Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Thursday that New Delhi is engaging with the U.S. to ensure that illegal Indian immigrants are not mistreated while being deported after opposition parties protested against the treatment of a group that was sent back this week.

India's foreign minister threatened a "strong crackdown" on illegal migration on Feb. 6, a day after a US military airplane flew back 104 migrants as part of President Donald Trump's overhaul of immigration. Thousands of unregistered migrants have been arrested across the United States since Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.

India's foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has vowed a 'strong crackdown' on illegal migration following the deportation of 104 Indian migrants from the US. With thousands arrested since January,

India's Parliament has been disrupted as opposition lawmakers protested what they said was mistreatment of 104 Indian immigrants deported by the U.S.

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One of the deportees told the BBC they had been handcuffed throughout the 40-hour flight, sparking criticism. But Jaishankar said he had been told by the US that women and children were not restrained.

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India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the government is engaging with the United States to ensure no Indian deportee is mistreated during the travel in the wake of 104 extradited nationals' claim that they were handcuffed and chained during the long journey.