New Delhi, July 17 -- The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday confirmed that approximately 1,563 Indian nationals have been deported from the United States since January 20, 2025, the day Donald Trump assumed office as US President for a second term.

"Since 20 January of this year, till yesterday, some 1563 Indian nationals have been deported from the United States so far. Most of these Indian nationals have come by commercial flight," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during the weekly media briefing.

Responding to a query on the arrest of an Indian national in Washington on charges of possessing child pornography, Jaiswal said, "These are matters of law and order... We would endeavour to tell Indian nationals going abroad tha...