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As US continues to deport illegal Indian immigrants, another batch of 119 people will return to India on Saturday, February 15. The deportees will reach Amritsar tomorrow between 10-11 PM. A third flight is expected to bring back more Indians on February 16, Sunday. The majority of deportees belong to the northern states of Punjab and Haryana.

On February 5, the US deported a total of 104 Indians who had illegally entered its territory by taking the "dunkey" route. This was the first group of immigrants to be sent back and they were transported in a C-17 aircraft of the US military.

It is unclear how the fresh batch of Indians will be brought back. Whether the aircraft has been arranged by the US military or the Indian government is not known, The Indian Express said in its report.

The new batch of deportees include 67 people from Punjab and 33 from Haryana. As many as eight people hail from Gujarat, three belong to Uttar Pradesh, and two each from Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Further, there's one person each from Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Jammu & Kashmir, the report said citing sources.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to the US, clarified India's stance on illegal immigration on Thursday as he said, "We are of the opinion that anybody who enters and lives in another country illegally, they have absolutely no legal right or authority to live in that country."

On the understaning between India and the US, PM Modi said, "We have always said that those who are verified Indian citizens and who are living in the US illegally, India is prepared to take them back.”

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“However, for us, the issue doesn't stop there. These are children of very ordinary families, and they are lured by big dreams and promises,” he said. The prime minister however pointed out that a lot of them are being led astray and misguided by the human traffickers. "That is why we must fight against the whole human trafficking ecosystem," he said.