33 Gujaratis among deported illegal immigrants on flight to Amritsar

Among the 205 illegal immigrants deported from the United States, 33 are from Gujarat and two are reportedly from Ahmedabad, who are expected to arrive at Amritsar Airport on Wednesday.

According to reports, the deportees include two from Ahmedabad, 12 each from Mehsana and Gandhinagar, four from Surat, one from Vadodara, one from Patan, and one from Kheda.

The Gujarat Police have stated that all the deportees will be brought to Gujarat for investigation after they land in Amritsar today. Authorities are coordinating with state officials to manage the arrival and further legal proceedings.

The illegal Gujarati immigrants deported from US—

1- Jayvirsingh Vihol, Mehsana

2- Hiral Vadsma, Mehsana

3- Rajput Walaji, Patan

4- Ketulkumar Darji, Mehsana

5- Praksha Prajapati, Gandhinagar

6- Jigneshkumar Chaudhary, Gandhinagar

7- Ruchi Chaudhary, Gandhinagar

8- Pintukumar Prajapati, Ahmedabad

9- Khushbu Patel, Vadodara

10- Smit Patel, Gandhinagar

11- Shiva Goswami, Anand

12- Jeevanji Gohil, Gandhinagar

13- Nikita Patel, Mehsana

14- Esha Patel, Bharuch

15- Jayesh Rami, Viramgam

16- Bina Rami, Banaskantha

17- Enny Patel, Patan

18- Mantra Patel, Patan

19- Ketulkumar Patel, Manud

20- Kiran Patel, Mehsana

21- Mayra Patel, Kalol

22- Rishita Patel, Gandhinagar

23- Karansingh Netuji, Gandhinagar

24- Mital Gohil, Kalol

25- Hevansingh Gohil, Mehsana

26- Dhruvgiri Goswami, Gandhinagar

27- Hemal Goswami, Mehsana

28- Hardikgiri Goswami, Mehsana

29- Hemani Goswami, Gandhinagar

30- Angel Zala, Gandhinagar

31- Arun Zala, Mehsana

32- Mahi Zala, Gandhinagar

33- Jigneshkumar Zala, Gandhinagar

India has expressed readiness to accept these migrants, post-verification, EAM Jaishankar conveyed this to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last month.

“For the first time in history, we are locating and loading illegal aliens into military aircraft and flying them back to the places from which they came,” President Trump told reporters last month.

Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal expressed disappointment over the US decision to deport the Indians, saying they have contributed to the US economy and should have been granted permanent residency, instead of being deported.

Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said from the Punjab government's side, “we will receive our immigrants and set up counters for them there (at the airport).”

“We are in touch with the Centre. As and when information comes, we will share,” he told the media here on Tuesday.

Approximately 725,000 illegal immigrants from India live in the US, making it the third-largest population of unauthorised immigrants after Mexico and El Salvador, according to data from the Pew Research Centre.

Many people from Punjab, who are now facing deportation, had entered the US through the “donkey route” or other illegal means by spending lakhs of rupees.

The US administration has launched a crackdown against illegal immigrants after Trump became the President.

(With inputs from syndicated feed)