The deported Indian students were apparently detained for several hours without water and food.
The deported Indian students were apparently detained for several hours without water and food. They said the officials threatened to bar their entry into the US for five years if they did not return home.
The students also claimed that they were not given any reasons for being denied entry in the US despite giving satisfactory replies to their questions and having valid documents. “After my arrival at Seattle airport, officials shifted me to another terminal when I said I was joining NPU and interrogated me from 8 pm to 11 pm. I gave satisfactory replies to all their questions and submitted all the original documents. Still, they made me wait for six more hours and told me that my visa was cancelled and I would have to return to India immediately. When I asked an officer, he told me that though I gave all satisfactory replies, he was cancelling my visa on his boss’ orders,” said D. Anil Kumar, a student.
Another student, K. Prateek, who had gone to join SVU, California, said, “They asked me if I had bought the visa. I was told that I could apply again for admission to another university and come back but I would have to return now. Not only SVU and NPU, students who had taken admissions in other universities were also sent back,” he said.
The students also said the US officials were not convinced when they pointed out that their universities were not blacklisted by the US authorities.
