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India Reports 3,258 U.S. Deportations in 2025, Confirms Maltreatment Case

The government coupled the disclosure with a formal protest over a 73-year-old deportee’s treatment.

Speaking about the Indian woman's deportation in the Rajya Sabha, the EAM stated that while Kaur was not handcuffed, she was maltreated during her detention. He added that India has raised the matter strongly with the US.
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Overview

  • External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha that 3,258 Indians were deported from the U.S. in 2025 and 18,822 since 2009, with 2,032 returned on commercial flights and 1,226 on ICE/CBP charters.
  • Jaishankar said 73-year-old Harjit Kaur was not handcuffed on arrival in India but was maltreated in U.S. detention, and India lodged a note verbale with the U.S. Embassy on September 26 seeking an inquiry.
  • The minister cited U.S. deportation flight rules under a 2012 Restraining Policy, noting women and minors are generally not shackled and that flight officers retain discretion, with no reported shackling of women or children since February 5.
  • India detailed action against trafficking networks, reporting 27 NIA cases with 169 arrests and 132 chargesheets, and state measures including Punjab’s SIT, 25 FIRs against 58 illegal travel agents, and 16 arrests.
  • On visas, Jaishankar linked a spike in student visa cancellations to an April 2025 U.S. policy change, said Indian missions intervened in cases brought to them, and noted U.S. statements framing visa decisions as national security judgments with social media scrutiny.