Overview

• Assam has returned over 330 individuals since June 7, including 19 on June 10 and nine more slated for deportation on June 11.
• The state government is using the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, to sidestep court proceedings and empower district commissioners to evict suspected foreigners.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has ruled that administrative assessments will determine immigration status regardless of a person’s inclusion in the NRC.
• The National Register of Citizens, released in 2019 without official notification, excluded more than 1.9 million applicants and is now subject to a state request for partial re-verification by the Supreme Court.
• Human rights organizations and the Gauhati High Court have questioned the pace and transparency of detentions, prompting habeas corpus petitions in the Supreme Court.