Speaking to the media, Congress’s Shashi Tharoor said the Trump administration’s move to deport Indian nationals in “handcuffs” was an insult to the country.“We are protesting how this was done. They have every legal right to deport people who are illegally staying in their country, but to send them like this abruptly in a military aircraft and handcuffs is an insult to India; it’s an insult to the dignity of Indians,” Tharoor said.Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar assured that New Delhi was engaging with the Donald Trump administration to ensure against mistreatment of future deportees in any manner. Making a statement on the deportation in the Rajya Sabha, Jaishankar referred to the shackles episode, terming it as Standard Operating Procedure the US followed.“The deportations by the US are organised and executed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The SOP for deportations by aircraft, effective from 2012, provides for the use of restraint. We have been informed by ICE that women and children are not restrained,” Jaishankar said.
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