Context:
US military C 17 aircraft landed in Amritsar carrying 205 Indian nationals who were deported from the United States. The deportation flight from San Antonio, Texas, is a part of the continued efforts under the Trump administration to grapple with illegal immigration.
Key Highlights:
- Donald Trump’s Illegal Immigration Crackdown
- The president, Donald Trump, in his tenure, took illegal immigration as one of the focal points and was aggressively going on with the policy of deportation along with deporting people through military aircraft.
- Reason for Using Military Flights
- They may choose to go forward with military flights out of a need to meet Donald Trump’s emphasis on wanting to appear though on immigration, using the powerful, symbolic actions of deportation.
- Military planes are a significant cost factor and raise the issue of inefficiency and the lack of an economic rationale in using them.
Illegal Immigrants
An illegal immigrant in India is a foreigner who has entered in a country either without valid documents or who initially had a valid document, but has overstayed beyond the permitted time.
