The Indian government has formally raised concerns with the US administration over the treatment of 104 alleged Indian immigrants who were deported on 5 February aboard a 42-hour US military flight, reported The Hindu.

At least 104 Indian citizens were deported from the United States Tuesday night on a military aircraft, according to officials from India’s Punjab state, as US President Donald Trump makes stemming migration a top priority.

The military plane carrying illegal Indian immigrants landed in the northern city of Amritsar, deporting an unspecified number of people as part of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda.

PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE US FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, EVEN WITHOUT UNDOCUMENTED STATUS, THEY CANNOT JUST BE A GRAB AND DEPORTED. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO IMMIGRATION COURT TO PRESENT THE CASE. NOT THAT THEY’RE GOING TO WIN IT.

The Trump administration has begun using military aircraft to underscore its determination to deport undocumented migrants.

The Chinese foreign ministry called on Wednesday for dialogue and consultation between China and the United States as an additional 10% in U.S. tariffs on all Chinese products kicked in.

A U.S. military aircraft carrying dozens of undocumented Indian nationals landed in Northern India Wednesday morning, according to a Reuters video.

The Trump administration has begun using military aircraft to underscore its determination to deport undocumented migrants. But while the optics make for good political theatre, the flights are expensive - as much as $1 million in the case of a recent deportation to India,

India on Thursday vowed migrant crackdown a day after a US military airplane flew back 104 migrants as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement. DAILY POST reports that scores of unregistered migrants have been arrested across the United States since Trump’s inauguration on January 20.