Indian opposition lawmakers staged a protest outside Parliament, condemning the reported mistreatment of Indian immigrants during their deportation from the United States. Lawmakers, some wearing shackles, demanded government answers and called for a discussion on the deportation. They cited reports that deportees had their arms and legs shackled during the flight and faced difficulty even using the washroom.
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India's opposition lawmakers, some of them wearing shackles, stage a protest outside the Parliament in New Delhi, to condemn the reported mistreatment of Indian immigrants during their deportation from the United States, Thursday, Feb.6, 2025. The banners in Hindi language read"Indians in shackles, will not tolerate the insult.
Renuka Chowdhury, a lawmaker in the Congress party, said the deportees were “handcuffed, had their legs chained and even struggled to use the washroom.”Parliament speaker Om Birla tried to calm the lawmakers, saying the transportation of the deportees was a matter of U.S. foreign policy.The Press Trust of India news agency quoted one of the deportees, Jaspal Singh, saying deportees' handcuffs and leg chains were taken off only at the Amritsar airport in India.
"It is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens,” he said.
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