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.

Over 100 Indian migrants have been deported by the US who had used the illegal 'donkey route' to enter the country. What is the donkey route, how it works?

A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants arrived in a northern Indian city on Wednesday, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration,