The Department of State has introduced visa restrictions for owners, leaders and senior officials in travel agencies based on and operated in India to deliberately facilitate illegal immigration to the United States.
According to spokesman Tammy Bruce, “Mission India’s Consular Affairs and Diplomatic Security Service works every day across our embassy and consulates to actively identify and target those who deal with facilitating illegal immigration and human smuggling and trade in operations. Frame.
In early February, a US military aircraft had brought 104 deported Indian illegal immigrants to Amritsar in the northern state of Punjab. It was the first time a military aircraft was used to deport illegal aliens to India.
According to Indian police, 30 immigrants from Punjab and 33 were each from Gujrat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state and Haryana.
The step was taken a week before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump in the White House.
” Our immigration policy is not only aiming to inform foreign nationals of the dangers of illegal immigration to the United States, but also to keep responsible persons who violate our laws, including facilitators of illegal immigration, ” noted Bruce.
According to DHS, the Trump administration has so far deported 152,000 illegal migrants.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said, “If you are here illegal, self -deploring is the best, safest and most cost -effective way to leave the US to avoid arrest. ”
The Pentagon has also planned to deport more than 5,000 migrants, of various nationalities contained by US authorities across the country.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has offered a $ 1000 scholarship and travel help to migrants who choose to voluntarily ” self-de-detailed ‘themselves from the United States.
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the average cost of arrest, detention and deporting of an illegal migrant around $ 17,000, while the scholarship and the potential flight ticket for a migrant, depending on where he/she is being deported, almost a third.
Analysts believe there are nearly 14 million immigrants lacking legal status and the Trump administration has promised to deport all those who have violated immigration laws.
Tammy Bruce said, “Enforcing US immigration laws and policies is critical of maintaining the rule of law and protecting Americans. This visa limitation policy is global and even applies to people who otherwise qualify for the Visa Waiver program”.
Although the United States has currently taken steps towards Indian travel agencies involved in illegal immigration, experts say, other countries must also keep an eye on their travel agencies to avoid such humiliation.
