Uproar as video shows Haryana student handcuffed and pinned to ground at US airport

Notably, the U.S. has deported over 1,000 Indian nationals since January this year, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.

Hyderabad: A video of an Indian student handcuffed and pinned to the floor at the US airport before being deported to the home country has sparked a massive outrage on social media platforms.

Sharing the video clip of an Indian student’s arrest by the immigration authorities on X platform, Kunal Jain (@SONOFINDIA), wrote that the student who did not cause any harm was “treated like a criminal” at the Newark Airport. He tagged the Indian Embassy in the US for their intervention into the matter.

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“I witnessed a young Indian student being deported from Newark Airport last night—handcuffed, crying, treated like a criminal,” Jain wrote. “He came chasing dreams, not causing harm. As an NRI, I felt helpless and heartbroken. This is a human tragedy,” Kunal Jain tweeted.

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

The X user also stated that the student’s accent indicated that he is from Haryana state as he heard the boy shouting at the security officers in Hindi ( I am not crazy. They are hell bent on proving I am crazy.)

He further noted that Indian students who cannot explain the reason for their visit to the immigration officers at the US airports are handcuffed like criminals and deported back to their country, and recently there has been a spike in such cases.

“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 on 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 wrote in his subsequent tweet.

Notably, the U.S. has deported over 1,000 Indian nationals who entered the country without a valid visa since President Trump assumed office in January this year, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.