In a significant move related to the Trump administration’s stricter immigration policies, a U.S. military aircraft landed at Amritsar’s Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. The plane carried 104 Indian immigrants who had been deported from the United States, marking the first batch of deportations since the U.S. government ramped up its crackdown on illegal immigration. The deportees were primarily from the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat. Among them were 19 women and 13 minors, all of whom were reportedly shackled during their long flight back to India. The deportees underwent the necessary processing at the airport before being allowed to reunite with their families. Congress MPs Manickam Tagore and Gurjeet Singh Aujla criticized the manner in which the deportations were carried out, calling it disrespectful. Tagore and Aujla said the treatment of the deportees was wrong, especially considering the harsh conditions they endured during the flight.