A 73-year-old woman from Punjab has been deported from the United States after more than three decades, in a move immigrant rights advocates described as cruel and unnecessary. Harjit Kaur arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on September 23 after being put on a chartered flight by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to her lawyer Deepak Ahluwalia.

Deepak Ahluwalia said Harjit Kaur was suddenly taken from Bakersfield to Los Angeles on Sunday night, flown to Georgia and then transferred to New Delhi. He alleged her journey back was marked by harsh treatment, including shackling, confinement in bare concrete cells and denial of basic amenities.

“She was not even allowed to say goodbye to her family or collect her belongings," Deepak Ahluwalia said, ca

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