Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that since January 2025, 3,258 Indian nationals have been deported by the United States, the highest figure for any year since 2009.

A total of 18,822 Indian nationals have been deported since 2009. Mr. Jaishankar was replying to a question raised by Samajwadi Party MP Ramjilal Suman.

Mr. Suman also asked “whether it is a fact that women have also been deported in handcuffs by the US Government”. Mr. Jaishankar clarified that 73-year-old Harjit Kaur, whose deportation was widely reported in Indian media, was not handcuffed during her return to India. However, he confirmed that she was maltreated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials during her detention in the U.S. “While Harjit Kaur (deportee

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