The president of the United States, Donald Trump, invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week, said a White House official, hours after an American military plane left to return to migrants deported to country.
Trump spoke with Modi on January 27, when he discussed immigration and emphasized the importance of India buying more American manufacturing security equipment and fair bilateral commercial ties.
India, a strategic partner of the United States in their efforts to counteract China, is anxious to improve commercial relations with the United States and facilitate its citizens to obtain visas from qualified workers.
He is also interested in avoiding tariffs Trump has threatened in the past, citing the high rates of India about US products.
The United States is the largest commercial partner in India and bidirectional trade between the two countries exceeded $ 118 billion in 2023/24, with India publishing a commercial surplus of $ 32 billion
American military flight deporting migrants to India, says the official
An American military plane is deporting migrants to India, an American official said Monday, the further destiny of Trump administration’s military transport flights for migrants.
President Donald Trump became more and more to the military to help Host them.
The official, who speaks under anonymity, said that the C-17 plane had left to India with migrants on board, but would not arrive for at least 24 hours.
The Pentagon also began to provide flights to deport more than 5,000 immigrants held by US authorities in El Paso, Texas and San Diego, California. Until now, military airplanes have led migrants to Guatemala, Peru and Honduras.
Military flights are a expensive way of transporting migrants. Reuters reported that a military deportation flight to Guatemala last week will probably cost at least $ 4,675 per migrant.
