As Trump has committed to initiating the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, thousands of undocumented Indians with final deportation orders will be returned to India.
Washington: As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office in a month, stricter immigration policies are already being implemented.
According to a list compiled by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 1.45 million people are marked for deportation, including 18,000 undocumented Indians.
In the past three years, approximately 90,000 Indians have been caught attempting to illegally cross into the United States, with most coming from states like Punjab, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh, as reported by the Times of India.
For many undocumented Indians, the process of legalizing their status is fraught with bureaucratic hurdles, often resulting in waiting periods of up to two or three years.
However, India is not the primary source of undocumented immigrants. Countries neighboring the United States, such as Honduras and Guatemala, top the list with 261,000 and 253,000 undocumented individuals, respectively.
In Asia, China tops the list with 37,908 undocumented individuals, while India ranks 13th with 17,940 individuals.
Amid heightened border security and stricter immigration policies, India has been labeled as one of the “uncooperative” countries in the deportation process. Other nations on this list include Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and Venezuela. This lack of cooperation could pose additional challenges for diplomatic relations.
The ICE document highlights the importance of “conducting interviews, issuing travel documents in a timely manner, and accepting the physical return of their nationals via scheduled commercial or charter flights, in accordance with ICE and/or foreign government removal guidelines.”
With Trump pledging to implement the largest deportation operation in U.S. history, thousands of undocumented Indians with final deportation orders are expected to be sent back to India.
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