The visuals of illegal Indian migrants shackled in chains, handcuffed, and sent by the US government in a military plane, are shocking and bound to cause anger in the mind of every Indian citizen. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has told Parliament that India “was engaging with the US” to ensure that Indian deportees are not mistreated during flights. The minister said that shackling and handcuffing deportees were part of “the SOP (standard operating procedure) for deportation used by the American Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)” and this has been going on since 2012. He reeled out year-wise statistics to say that 14,877 illegal Indian migrants have been deported by the US since 2009.OPINION | Deport but why handcuffs and shackles?
The visuals of illegal Indian migrants shackled in chains, handcuffed, and sent by the US government in a military plane, are shocking and bound to cause anger in the mind of every Indian citizen. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has told Parliament that India “was engaging with the US” to ensure that Indian deportees are not mistreated during flights. The minister said that shackling and handcuffing deportees were part of “the SOP (standard operating procedure) for deportation used by the American Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)” and this has been going on since 2012. He reeled out year-wise statistics to say that 14,877 illegal Indian migrants have been deported by the US since 2009.
