The United States deported 18,822 Indians since 2009, including 3,258 persons since January 2025, the Union government said on Thursday.

More than 1,360 Indians were deported in 2024 and 617 in 2023, the Ministry of External Affairs told Parliament.

Of those deported in 2025 till November 28, about 2,000 persons were deported on commercial flights and others on charter flights operated by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement or US Customs and Border Protection.

The deportations are subject to an “unambiguous verification” of their Indian citizenship, the ministry said.

Replying to a question asked in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reiterated that the government had “strongly registered” concerns with Washington about the treatment of deportees, “parti

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