Woman, 73, deported by ICE to India after three decades in U.S.
A 73-year-old grandmother who spent more than three decades living in the U.S. has been deported to India.
Harjit Kaur, who had unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the U.S, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on 8 September, sparking shock among the Sikh community.
She moved to California in 1991 with her two young sons to escape political turmoil in Punjab and lived and worked there while making several unsuccessful asylum attempts in the U.S.
Her lawyer, Deepak Ahluwalia, has alleged that Ms Kaur - who has no criminal record - was treated in an "unacceptable" manner by ICE officials during her detention.
Ms Kaur was moved to a holding facility in Georgia on 19 September and deported to India on 22 September, never getting to visit her U.S. home or bid a proper farewell to family and friends, Mr Ahluwalia said.
Mr Ahluwalia described Ms Kaur's treatment in an Instagram video as "unacceptable", saying she spent 60-70 hours in detention without a bed, forced to sleep on the floor despite double knee replacements.
He alleged she was given ice to take medication and denied food she could eat, with guards blaming her for her inability to eat the provided sandwich.
Ms Kaur, who lived in Hercules in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked for two decades as a sari-store seamstress and paid her taxes. Asylum applicants are allowed to live and work legally while their claims are in process.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sikh-granny-deported-unacceptable-treatment-060628139.html
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That she overstayed her permission to remain in the U.S. after her appeals were denied is irrelevant to the alleged inhumane treatment while in detention.
One way to solve this is to allow asylum applicants to apply for legal immigration at the same time, so that the legal immigration process runs concurrent to the asylum petition request. It is hard to believe that a legal immigration request filed in 1991 wouldn't have been approved for her by now.
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These are human rights abuses. The fascist Trump administration and his black shirt goons at ICE are giving a black eye for the United States.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/harjit-kaur-exclusive-elderly-woman-deported-from-us-speaks-to-ndtv-9354476
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/handcuffed-feet-tied-71-year-old-punjab-grandmother-deported-from-us-recounts-ordeal-watch-video-2794358-2025-09-27
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgq63lgn7zo
Harjit Kaur, who had unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the U.S, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on 8 September, sparking shock among the Sikh community.
She moved to California in 1991 with her two young sons to escape political turmoil in Punjab and lived and worked there while making several unsuccessful asylum attempts in the U.S.
Her lawyer, Deepak Ahluwalia, has alleged that Ms Kaur - who has no criminal record - was treated in an "unacceptable" manner by ICE officials during her detention.
Ms Kaur was moved to a holding facility in Georgia on 19 September and deported to India on 22 September, never getting to visit her U.S. home or bid a proper farewell to family and friends, Mr Ahluwalia said.
Mr Ahluwalia described Ms Kaur's treatment in an Instagram video as "unacceptable", saying she spent 60-70 hours in detention without a bed, forced to sleep on the floor despite double knee replacements.
He alleged she was given ice to take medication and denied food she could eat, with guards blaming her for her inability to eat the provided sandwich.
Ms Kaur, who lived in Hercules in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked for two decades as a sari-store seamstress and paid her taxes. Asylum applicants are allowed to live and work legally while their claims are in process.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sikh-granny-deported-unacceptable-treatment-060628139.html
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That she overstayed her permission to remain in the U.S. after her appeals were denied is irrelevant to the alleged inhumane treatment while in detention.
One way to solve this is to allow asylum applicants to apply for legal immigration at the same time, so that the legal immigration process runs concurrent to the asylum petition request. It is hard to believe that a legal immigration request filed in 1991 wouldn't have been approved for her by now.
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These are human rights abuses. The fascist Trump administration and his black shirt goons at ICE are giving a black eye for the United States.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/harjit-kaur-exclusive-elderly-woman-deported-from-us-speaks-to-ndtv-9354476
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/handcuffed-feet-tied-71-year-old-punjab-grandmother-deported-from-us-recounts-ordeal-watch-video-2794358-2025-09-27
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgq63lgn7zo
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