Amid uproar over claims of illegal Indian immigrants being deported from the US handcuffed and shackled, the US Border Patro chief on Thursday morning shared a video of "illegal aliens" being returned to India.

Michael W Banks, the Chief of US Border Patrol (USBP) posted the 24-second video on X and wrote, "USBP and partners successfully returned illegal aliens to India, marking the farthest deportation flight yet using military transport. This mission underscores our commitment to enforcing immigration laws and ensuring swift removals."

"If you cross illegally, you will be removed," he added.

The video shows people in handcuffs and shackles being escorted onto a plane.



The video came after the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the nodal press agency of the Government of India fact-checked purported pictures/videos showing shackled Indians circulating on the social media, labelling them "fake".

A US military aircraft carrying a first batch of 104 Indian citizens landed in Amritsar on Wednesday.

Ever since Donald Trump has assumed office as US President, he has been targeting 'illegal' immigrants residing in the US. Following his executive order in this regard, the concerned US agencies have launched a massive crackdown on such immigrants.