New Delhi, June 6 -- A total of 1,076 Indian nationals have been deported from the US so far this year, while the figure for 2025 was 3,567, the external affairs ministry said on Friday while asserting that the two countries are committed to act against illegal migration. The US administration has increased the deportation of illegal migrants from around the world as part of a crackdown that began soon after President Donald Trump took office last year. The number of Indians deported from the US last year was the highest in the past 16 years, according to figures provided by the government in Parliament in 2025. "A total of 1,076 Indian nationals have been deported from the US to India so far this year," external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular media briefing. During 2025, a total of 3,567 people were deported from the US, he added, in response to a question. The two countries are in close touch on the issues of deportation, migration and mobility, and they are working to stop illegal migration without impacting legal migration, Jaiswal said. External affairs minister S Jaishankar told Parliament last December that the government has engaged US authorities to ensure that Indian nationals being deported are not ill-treated and that women and children on deportation flights are not restrained with handcuffs and chains. The maltreatment of 73-year-old Harjit Kaur during her deportation last year and the shackling of women and children on a deportation flight last February had triggered a controversy, and India had formally protested over these incidents....