The 73-year-old Punjabi woman, Harjit Kaur, who was recently deported from the US after spending over three decades in California, said she was not given “any reason” for her arrest.

Recounting harrowing details, Kaur said she was “cuffed and shackled” when she was taken from San Francisco to Bakersfield. At the detention centre, she survived on chips and cookies, as they served beef – which Kaur said she does not eat.

Later, she was handcuffed by the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officials in the middle of the night , and transferred to a detention center in Bakersfield to Los Angeles and placed on a flight to Georgia – without notifying the attorney, Kaur's attorney, Ahluwalia had told PTI earlier.

How Harjit Kaur was deported

Kaur, had unsuccessfully applied for asylum

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