Reports that deported migrants had faced mistreatment stirred an uproar in India ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Washington.

The government is "seriously considering" passing a new law to create a framework that will encourage "safe, orderly, and regular migration for overseas employment." This action follows controversy surrounding the deportation of more than 100 Indian migrants who arrived in Amritsar yesterday on a US military C-17 airplane,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continued a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA.

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.

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 US began deporting the first batch of undocumented Indian migrants since President Donald Trump returned to office threatening trade action against countries who didn’t comply with his immigration policies.

Much of the migration from India to US appears to originate from the Sikh-dominated state of Punjab and neighbouring Haryana, which has traditionally seen people migrating oversea

Chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports the latest from the Pentagon.

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.