In an early indication that it is eager to cooperate with the new US president and prevent a trade war, the indian government is ready to work with Donald Trump's administration to locate and repatriate all of its people who are living in the US illegally.
 
According to persons acquainted with the situation, the two nations have jointly identified some 18,000 illegal indian migrants in the US who should be repatriated. The persons, who asked not to be named since the talks are private, noted that the number may be far more than that because it's unknown how many undocumented indian migrants are in the US.

India is striving behind the scenes, like many other countries, to placate the trump administration and escape the worst of its trade threats. trump has made the war on illegal immigration a key campaign promise. The newly elected president sought to abolish birthright citizenship and gather soldiers on the US-Mexico border to carry out that promise within hours of his inauguration on Monday.
 
India believes that in exchange for its assistance, the trump administration would defend the legal immigration pathways that its nationals utilize to enter the united states, specifically the H-1B program for skilled workers and student visas. According to government figures, about three-fourths of the 386,000 H-1B visas issued in 2023 were to indian nationals.
 
According to those aware of the situation, any delay in repatriating unlawful US migrants might also hurt India's labor and mobility accords with other nations. The administration of prime minister Narendra Modi has recently struck migration agreements with several nations, including Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Israel, and others, in response to a lack of employment at home.

"The united states and india are working together to discourage unlawful migration as part of their cooperation on migration and mobility. According to Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs, this is being done to open up additional channels for lawful migration from india to the US. About a repatriation operation in October, he continued, "The most recent deportation of indian nationals from the US by a chartered flight is a result of this cooperation."
 
According to US Customs and Border Protection data, around 3% of all illegal crossings that US border patrol personnel met in fiscal 2024 involved indian individuals, making it a very small source of illegal migrants to the US. A far higher percentage is accounted for by Latin American nations including Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela.
 
Nonetheless, there has been a slight increase in the number and proportion of indian illegal migrants in recent years. It has increased especially at the less-traveled northern US border, where, according to the data, indians make up the largest percentage of illegal migrants stopped at that entry point and about a quarter of all illegal crossings.
 
 
 

 
 
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22/01/2025 08:51 AM