New Delhi: In a heartless and cruel act, authorities allegedly handcuffed and pinned an Indian student to the ground at the Newark airport in USA’s New Jersey.
A social media user shared videos and pictures from the alleged brutality, most likely before the process of deportation.
His posts have gone viral on X.
“I witnessed a young Indian student being deported from Newark Airport last night — handcuffed, crying, treated like a criminal. He came chasing dreams, not causing harm. As an NRI, I felt helpless and heartbroken. This is a human tragedy,” social media user Kunal Jain wrote on X.
According to Jain, whose profile describes him as an Indo-American social entrepreneur, the student was speaking in Haryanvi. The youth insisted that he wasn’t crazy, even as the authorities were trying to make him look that way.
“These children get their visas and get on a flight in the morning. For some reason, they are unable to explain the reason for their visit to the immigration authorities and are sent back in the evening flight tied up like criminals. Every day 3-4 such cases are happening. There have been more such cases in the last few days,” Jain said.
“He was to be boarded last night in the same flight with me but he never got boarded. Someone needs to find out what’s going on with him at New Jersey authorities. I found him disoriented,” Jain wrote, urging the Indian Embassy in US and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take up the matter.
I witnessed a young Indian student being deported from Newark Airport last night— handcuffed, crying, treated like a criminal. He came chasing dreams, not causing harm. As an NRI, I felt helpless and heartbroken. This is a human tragedy. @IndianEmbassyUS #immigrationraids pic.twitter.com/0cINhd0xU1
— Kunal Jain (@SONOFINDIA) June 8, 2025
Donald Trump’s government has intensified crackdown on international students by revoking visas without prior notice.
The reasons have varied from pro-Palestine protests to traffic violations, pushing the helpless and puzzled students into a legal quagmire and widespread confusion.
According to the US Department of Homeland Security’s Entry/Exit Overstay Report for F-category visa holders, student visa overstays rose to 3.5% in FY 2023.
According to reports, India is among top ten countries in the world with the highest visa overstay rates in the US.
