India's government is prepared to work with Donald Trump's administration to identify and deport its citizens residing illegally in the US. The move is seen as an attempt to appease the incoming American president and avoid a trade war. India will verify and start the process of deporting an estimated 18,000 undocumented Indian migrants identified by the US. In return, India hopes the Trump administration will protect legal immigration channels for its citizens, such as student visas and the H-1B program.
India’s government is prepared to work with Donald Trump ’s administration to identify and take back all its citizens residing illegally in the US, an early signal from New Delhi that it’s willing to comply with the incoming American president and avoid a trade war .
Like several other nations, India is working behind the scenes to appease the Trump administration and avoid the brunt of its trade threats. The crackdown on illegal migration has been a signature campaign pledge for Trump. Within hours of his inauguration Monday, the new president moved to fulfill that promise as he pushed to end birthright citizenship and mobilize troops on the US-Mexico border.
“As part of India-US cooperation on migration and mobility, both sides are engaged in a process to deter illegal migration. This is being done to create more avenues for legal migration from India to the US,” said Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs. “The latest deportation of Indian nationals from the US by a chartered flight is a result of this cooperation,” he added, referring to an October repatriation action.
“Illegal immigration is an area where India can demonstrate to the Trump administration that it is delivering.” Taking back undocumented migrants could also further Modi’s goal of deterring secessionist movements overseas, according to the people, including the so-called Khalistan movement, which seeks to establish a separate Sikh state on Indian soil. India has cracked down on the movement, and officials believe some of the group’s backers in the US and Canada are undocumented migrants.
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