The video has sparked a debate over the responsibilities of governments in handling such sensitive matters
In India, several deportees shared their agonising experiences, stating that they were subjected to physical restraints—both handcuffs and leg chains—throughout their flight from the US back to India, only being unshackled after arrival in Amritsar.
This experience, which they described as traumatic, has raised concerns about the treatment of deportees and the ethics behind such visual representation.
Amid the backlash, the White House on Tuesday posted a video showing immigrants in shackles, preparing to board a deportation flight from Seattle in the United States.
The 41-second video, posted on X, shows a man putting on handcuffs and chains on some immigrants. It also shows a close-up of a man having his handcuffs linked together, a man’s feet in chains as he walks up a stairway to a plane, and a man about to board the aircraft. The video did not show the faces of any of the men.
Before the White House, the video was shared by the Seattle office of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which captioned it “Removal Flight” and wrote, “A group of undocumented aliens are flown from Seattle as part of a process to finalise return to their home countries.”
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