The flight appeared to be the first use of an American military aircraft to deport people to India, which is one of the top sources of illegal immigration to the United States.

India's foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has vowed a 'strong crackdown' on illegal migration following the deportation of 104 Indian migrants from the US. With thousands arrested since January,

Indian airport officials say a U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants has arrived in a northern Indian city, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by t