Overview

• Speaking from India, Kaur says she was detained on September 8 during a routine check-in in San Francisco and later kept handcuffed, made to sleep on the floor, and given chips and cookies while being denied needed medication.
• Kaur arrived in New Delhi around September 23 and is staying with relatives in Mohali, saying she has no home to return to in India.
• Her attorney and family say ICE refused requests for brief parole or a commercial flight and did not allow her to say goodbye or collect belongings.
• ICE maintains it executed a lawful removal after an immigration judge’s 2005 order and multiple failed appeals up to the Ninth Circuit.
• India’s Ministry of External Affairs confirmed her return and reported 2,417 Indians deported or repatriated from the United States since January 2025, as California protests highlighted community opposition to her detention.