In reducing ITTSDEPORTATION schemes, the Trump administration on Tuesday sent the unspecified Indians riding in a C -17 military aircraft home.
India is the farthest destination so far for exile flight in the latest campaign of Trump administration against illegal stay.
This is the first time the Trump administration has arranged a military aircraft to deport Indians.
The aircraft carrying 104 exiled Indian migrants reached Amritsar, a northern Indian city of Punjab on 5 February 2025. These Indians illegally entered the United States for years and came from various Indian states.
Exile is a sensitive subject in India, and this phenomenon has increased online misinformation. The DW Fact Czech analyzed some viral claims.
Handcuffed and shake Indians exiled on an aircraft?
claim: “This is a scene of flight to overseas Indians, who have deported bees with” free of free “. They handcuffs and have chains in their feet.” wroteA Facebook user (stored) Here), Posting a picture of people sitting in a plan.
DW fact check: Untrue
The picture does not show Indian migrants exempted from America. It is on Associated Press Image From January 30 (stored Here), El Paso, to portray people waiting in Texas, was sent to Guatemala. They are really, wearing face masks and huts on their hands and feet, but the image is unrelated to newly exiled Indians.
Although news agencies have released pictures of aircraft landing at Amritsar Airport, it is not clear under what facilities the Indians flew in flight or what facilities they were provided with during a long journey. No pictures have been published from inside the aircraft so far.
This is not the only misleading image of the US being excluded by the US. Another Misleading position (Stored Here) Facebook claimed in Hindi on Facebook: “The American C -17 aircraft has been departed with people searching on the board. This flight will reach India within the next 24 hours.”
This is wrong. This picture is old, and from 23 January, when the first exile flight left for Guatemala from Taxon International Airport. imageWhat was provided by the US Air Force and discovered as a picture coalition operated by various picture agencies.
Exaggerated number of exile shared online
claim: this picture Walking on social media (stored) Here) Claims to show the Indian which has recently been deported from the US. A user posted it on X, formally Twitter and wrote: “The first batch of illegal Indian immigrants has been deported by the USA by C -17 Globemaster III military aircraft.” This further said, “His American dream is now over.”
DW fact check: Untrue
This picture is old and does not belong to the recent exile of Indians by the Trump administration. What was it taken in late December 2023 In Mumbai, when hundreds of Indians were sent back from Paris after suspicion of human trafficking. They were flying on a chartered flight to Nicaragua, a Latin American country.
But only fake images about the exile of Indians from America are not online. The number of deported Indians is creating discussion and confusion and leads to false information.
A Viral post On X’s claims that the US and Canada have approved a plan to deport 1.2 million illegal Indian migrants (stored) HereHowever, this number is wrong.
India and America have been negotiating on exile for a long time. Last year, the US recognized about 18,000 unspecmritied Indian migrants to send back home, according to special Bloomberg, Report,
More than 1,100 Indians who attempted illegally enter America Referred between 2023 and 2024This happened during the tenure of President Joe Biden before taking charge of Trump. There is no official figure for unspecified Indians living in America, but a Pew Research Center ReportIt is estimated that the number exceeds 725,000, making them the third largest group of migrants unspecified after Mexico and Salvadores.
Video of Indians aboard an aircraft?
claim: A VideoPosted on Instagram claimed that Indian exile people were in pain while riding in the scheme. The post in Hindi states: “Masked on their faces, hands and feet. Indians were mercilessly deported from America.”
DW fact check: Untrue
Indians are being deported in the video, but is again one of the first exile flights since mid -January. Footage arises VideoIt was released on 27 January by the US Department of Defense (DOD). According to the DOD to the US Customs and Border Security Agents, on January 23, a chain and handcuffs on a military aircraft were seen. The handout did not distinctive the destination of this flight.
In Trump’s election campaign, deportation of illegal migrants from the US was an important promise. However, according to Bloomberg, the Government of India has expressed a desire to cooperate with the Trump administration to avoid trade struggle.
India, therefore, allegedly wants to protect its legal migrants in the US. About five million people of Indian originLive in the country and more than five million Indians already have Disorganized visa To visit America. Additionally, the Indian national receives two-thirds H -1B visa According to official data, it was released annually.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio, a day after Trump’s inauguration, Indian Foreign Minister S. Meeting Jaishankar and expressed concern about irregular stay, according to A Press release By US State Department.
In return, India showed a desire to withdraw the unspecified migrants. “We have always considered that if we have any citizens who are not legally here. If we are sure they are our citizens, we have always been, you know, open to a legitimate return in India, ” Jishankar later said.
Edited by: Rachel Baig
