US charters flight to repatriate Indians residing illegally in the country
- In Reports
- 12:42 PM, Oct 26, 2024
- Myind Staff
The United States booked a chartered flight to return Indian nationals who were living in the country illegally. The Department of Homeland Security mentioned on Friday that this step was taken in cooperation with the Indian government.
Kristie A. Canegallo, a top official carrying out the responsibilities of Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, stated that Indian people who lack a legitimate reason to stay in the United States will be removed quickly and that prospective migrants should not believe the falsehoods of smugglers who claim otherwise. The charter flight was dispatched to India on October 22. According to the statement, DHS is still upholding US immigration laws and enforcing strict penalties for illegal immigrants by promptly repatriating individuals who lack legitimate justification to stay in the country and promoting the use of legal routes.
Interactions between ports of entry along the southwest border have dropped by 55% since the Securing the Border Presidential Proclamation and related Interim Final Rule went into effect in June 2024. According to the announcement, DHS performed more than 495 foreign repatriation flights to more than 145 countries, including India, and removed or returned more than 160,000 people in Fiscal Year 2024. It claimed that the DHS routinely worked with governments in the hemisphere and beyond to enable the repatriation of their citizens who lacked a legitimate basis to stay in the US.
It further stated that this was one of several strategies the United States employed to curb irregular migration, encourage the adoption of secure, legal, and orderly routes, and punish transnational criminal organisations responsible for smuggling and taking advantage of vulnerable members of society. DHS has removed people from a broad spectrum of nations such as Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal, Uzbekistan, China, and India in the past year.
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