President Donald Trump has implemented various immigration actions, and as part of the mass deportations, 104 immigrants were transported to India during a 40-hour flight from the United States, where they were kept chained during the trip, an action that has caused outrage.
The actions against these immigrants have generated various criticisms, so the activity of the Indian Parliament in New Delhi was interrupted on Thursday, February 6, when legislators protested against the treatment given to them.
During the event, posters in Hindi were seen reading, “Indians in shackles, insult will not be tolerated,” while other messages read, “Humans, not prisoners.”
Lawmakers and media reports said deportees were handcuffed and shackled on the plane.
Jaspal Singh, one of the migrants who was transferred, spoke to the Press Trust of India news agency about what happened, saying that the handcuffs and leg chains were not removed until they reached Amritsar airport in India.
Singh, 36, said they were not sure where they were going and initially thought they were being taken to another camp in the United States, “then a police officer told us we were being taken to India.”
“They handcuffed our hands and tied our ankles with chains before we boarded the flight,” said Akashdeep Singh, 23, another migrant who arrived in Punjab on Wednesday with 103 other deportees.
“I will never forget the way they looked at us… We went to the bathroom with our shackles on. Just before landing, the shackles were removed from the women. We saw it. The shackles were removed from us by the local police officers after landing,” Akashdeep Singh added.
Immigrants from India come to the United States in search of better living conditions. This sector of the population, like others, contributes to the country's economy through its labor force and is now in danger due to the massive deportation plans implemented by Donald Trump.
With information from CNN
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