India has pledged to intensify its efforts to control illegal immigration to the United States, aligning with President Donald Trump's administration's vigorous push to deport undocumented immigrants.

A planeload of illegal immigrantswas deported to India. They were brought by a military aircraft, perhaps as a symbolic show of power. Part of the Indian media has sharply reacted. The government is mute as it has agreed to take back the illegals.

The Indian government is considering a new law to promote safe and regular migration for overseas employment, following the deportation of over 100 Indian nationals by the United States. The proposed Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill,

Indian officials have told their US interlocutors that India is ready to take back immigrants who have entered the US illegally. This is a low-cost give for New Delhi — its priority is to ensure that the legal channels for Indians to travel to the US are not constricted in any way.

AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) -A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian illegal immigrants landed in India on Wednesday, authorities said, part of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda a week before he is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington.

India vowed on Thursday to curb illegal immigration to the US, as President Donald Trump and his administration carry out an unprecedented drive to deport undocumented migrants.

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.