{"id":28249,"date":"2025-02-07T16:22:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T23:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=28249"},"modified":"2025-02-10T17:39:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T00:39:03","slug":"transfer-of-immigrants-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/transfer-of-immigrants-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage over migrants chained to India for 40-hour flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28250\" style=\"width: 667px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28250\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India-300x157.png\" alt=\"Migrants transported to India in chains sparks outrage\" width=\"667\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India-696x364.png 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India-1068x559.png 1068w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/India.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migrants transported to India in chains has caused outrage. As part of mass deportations, 104 migrants were transported to India on a 40-hour flight from the United States.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Listen to this note:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-28249-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Viviana-6626937.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Viviana-6626937.mp3\">https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Viviana-6626937.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the event, posters in Hindi were seen reading, \u201cIndians in shackles, insult will not be tolerated,\u201d while other messages read, \u201cHumans, not prisoners.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawmakers and media reports said deportees were handcuffed and shackled on the plane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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, \u201cthen a police officer told us we were being taken to India.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey handcuffed our hands and tied our ankles with chains before we boarded the flight,\u201d said Akashdeep Singh, 23, another migrant who arrived in Punjab on Wednesday with 103 other deportees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI will never forget the way they looked at us\u2026 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,\u201d Akashdeep Singh added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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&#039;s economy through its labor force and is now in danger due to the massive deportation plans implemented by Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/hate-crimes-against-ethnic-minorities\/\">Hate crimes against ethnic minorities on the rise in rural California<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escucha esta nota: &nbsp; El presidente Donald Trump ha implementado diversas acciones en materia migratoria, y\u00a0 como parte de las deportaciones masivas se trasladaron 104 inmigrantes a la India durante un vuelo que dur\u00f3 40 horas desde Estados Unidos a los cuales se les mantuvo encadenados durante el viaje, acci\u00f3n que ha causado indignaci\u00f3n. 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