Immigrants, wearing masks, deported from the United States, who were among those who arrived in a U.S. military plane Wednesday in Amritsar, enter a police vehicle at the Ahmedabad airport, India, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Ajit Solanki/AP hide caption
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Immigrants, wearing masks, deported from the United States, who were among those who arrived in a U.S. military plane Wednesday in Amritsar, enter a police vehicle at the Ahmedabad airport, India, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.
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There’s been a political backlash in India after the Trump administration deported dozens of Indian migrants who were in the U.S. without legal status. This comes after the U.S. had announced 26 percent tariffs on India, which are currently suspended. Those events have changed Indian’s perceptions of what they had thought was a cozy relationship with the U.S. and have cause a headache for the Indian prime minister. We go to western India to hear what people think of the U.S. now.
