‘Returned illegal aliens to India’: US Border Patrol chief shares video of shackled deportees boarding flight

United States Border Patrol (USBP) chief Michael W Banks released a video showing Indian nationals in handcuffs and leg restraints while boarding a deportation aircraft.

“USBP and partners successfully returned illegal aliens to India, marking the farthest deportation flight yet using military transport. This mission underscores our commitment to enforcing immigration laws and ensuring swift removals. If you cross illegally you will be removed,” Banks wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

A US military C-17 transport aircraft carrying 104 Indians deported for illegal immigration landed in Amritsar on Wednesday, marking the first such deportation to India under President Donald Trump’s second-term crackdown.