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ICE Deports 73-Year-Old Harjit Kaur to India After Decades in U.S.

ICE says her appeals were exhausted, prompting enforcement of a long-standing removal order.

Overview

  • Kaur arrived in New Delhi on September 23 after being moved from Bakersfield to Los Angeles and placed on a charter flight routed through Georgia, her lawyer said.
  • She was detained on September 8 during a routine check-in at the San Francisco ICE office and held about two weeks after transfers between facilities in Fresno and Bakersfield, according to family.
  • Her attorney alleges prolonged shackling, bare-cell confinement, inconsistent access to medication, and denial of a final family visit or chance to collect belongings.
  • ICE says she lost multiple appeals up to the Ninth Circuit and that the agency was carrying out court-ordered removal.
  • California community members and elected officials protested her detention, and the Sikh Coalition says it will pursue accountability following the deportation.