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.