The State Department has imposed visa restrictions on owners, executives and senior officials of travel agencies with headquarters and operation in India for facilitating illegal immigration to the United States.
According to spokesman Tammy Bruce, “the consular affairs of Mission India and the Diplomatic Security Service every day in our Embassy and Consulting to actively identify and point to those who participate in facilitating the illegal immigration of immigration and human smuggling and traffic operations.
At the beginning of February, an American military plane had brought 104 illegal Indian immigrants to Amritssar, in the northern state of Punjab. It was the first time that a military plane was used to deport illegal foreigners to India.
According to the Indian police, 30 immigrants were from Punjab and 33 each of Gujrat, the native state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Haryana.
The step took a week before the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, was scheduled to meet with US President Donald Trump in the White House.
“Our immigration policy points not only to inform foreign citizens about the dangers of illegal immigration to the United States, but also to hold people who violate our laws, including facilitators of illegal immigration,” Bruce said.
According to the DHS, the Trump administration has deported 152,000 illegal migrants so far.
The Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, said: “If it is illegally, self -sports is the best, safer and more profitable way to leave the United States to avoid arrest.”
The Pentagon has also planned to deport more than 5,000 migrants, of various nationalities, in the possession of US authorities throughout the country.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has offered a stipend of $ 1000 and travel assistance to migrants who choose to “deport” voluntarily from the United States.
According to the Department of National Security (DHS), the average cost of stopping, stopping and deporting an illegal migrant is around $ 17,000, while the stipend and the possible air passage for a migrant, depending on where he is being deported, is almost a third.
Analysts believe there are almost 14 million immigrants who lack legal status and the Trump administration has promised to deport all those who have violated immigration laws.
Tammy Bruce said: “Making enforcement laws and policies of the United States is essential to defend the rule of law and protect Americans. This visa restriction policy is global and even applies to people who otherwise qualify for the visa exemption program.”
Although the United States has taken measures against Indian travel agencies involved in illegal immigration, experts say, other countries must also monitor their travel agents to avoid such humiliation.
