A third American aircraft arrived at Amritsar Airport on Sunday night, with 112 Indian citizens, who were deported by the US as part of a rift against illegal immigrants by the Donald Trump administration.
PTI quoted sources as saying that the aircraft reached Amritsar Airport at 10:03 am.
Of the 112 exempted, 44 from Haryana, 33 from Gujarat, 31 from Punjab, two from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, reports.
Exile will be allowed to go home after completing several formalities, including immigration, verification and background check.
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Arrangements have been made to visit their destinations for exile.
On Saturday, an American military aircraft brought back the second batch of illegal Indian migrants as it landed at Amritsar Airport. The C-17 aircraft landed at the airport at around 11:35 pm at 11:35 pm.
Among the 116 exempted, 65 were from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, eight from Gujarat, two from Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, and one of each from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
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Most of them were aged between 18 and 30, PTI quoted sources as saying.
Next to the arrival of the second batch, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann slammed the center when the aircraft landed in Amritsar, stating that the holy city was not made exile center.
He also visited the airport and said that his government has made arrangements to take the residents of Punjab to their hometown.
On 5 February, an American military aircraft brought back 104 illegal Indian migrants at Amritsar Airport. Among them, 33 each were from Haryana and Gujarat, and 30 from Punjab.
