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Deported to India: Sikh grandmother spent three decades in Bay Area before ICE arrest
Local News Matters Bay City News ^ | 10/4/2025 | Sunita Sohrabji, India Currents

Posted on 10/06/2025 3:02:25 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

A SIKH GRANDMOTHER who had lived in the U.S. for more than 30 years has been deported to New Delhi, India, after spending a week in what her attorney called “barbaric” conditions at a private ICE detention center in Georgia.

“There was no rationale to detain Bibi Harjit Kaur,” Deepak Ahluwalia, Kaur’s attorney, told American Community Media in a Sept. 24 interview. “It’s all part of their effort to fill beds.”

“Her detention was nothing short of barbaric,” said Ahluwalia. “That type of treatment would affect most people. They chose to do this to a 73-year-old woman with disabilities and health issues.”

The elderly woman was initially taken to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Bakersfield and then transferred to the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. Neither her family nor Ahluwalia was informed of the transfer.

“Her detention was nothing short of barbaric,” said Ahluwalia. “That type of treatment would affect most people. They chose to do this to a 73-year-old woman with disabilities and health issues.”

The elderly woman was initially taken to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Bakersfield and then transferred to the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. Neither her family nor Ahluwalia was informed of the transfer.

No water, harsh conditions

Kaur was not given water to take her medications, according to Ahluwalia. When she asked for water, she was given a plate of ice instead, which she could not chew because of her dentures. In Lumpkin, Kaur was forced to sleep on the floor in a crowded detention facility; she could not easily get up from the floor, as she had surgery on both knees. The strict vegetarian got only meat-based meals for her first six days in detention. She was handcuffed numerous times during transfers.

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To: Rockingham

Back in the 80’s a student I was in classes with married an Indian man from England. He brought his entire family here - about 6 others - and had to sign something saying that he would sponsor them and they wouldn’t get welfare or something like that. She confided in me that the first thing they did was to sign up for welfare. His sisters all got braces that WE paid for and they DID get every single benefit they could. AND they had family money that they didn’t disclose - they were actually quite wealthy but STOLE from us.


21 posted on 10/06/2025 3:51:55 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: marcusmaximus; RitaOK; AFB-XYZ

Truth, justice and The American Way!

“The American Dream” is no longer for our children and our following generation.
The Democrats (whose official policy is “Hate, Violence and Murder) have decided that The American Dream is reserved for the rest of the world.
Us fat and lazy have given it up to the global community.

Push back Americans.
Ask the Democrats to define “The American Dream”.


22 posted on 10/06/2025 3:54:15 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration (CACA); The acronym defines the science.)
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To: marcusmaximus

How many times do I have to say this, “I don’t care!”


23 posted on 10/06/2025 3:56:53 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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To: marcusmaximus

I don’t care about your familial relations.

I don’t care how LONG you have been a law breaker.

I don’t care that you got a free flight home.

I DO care that the laws of our country are followed and applied equally, equitably, fairly for all, unfairly to none.

Bye.

Only 20-30 million more to go.


24 posted on 10/06/2025 3:57:56 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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To: marcusmaximus

And why is she not naturalized?


25 posted on 10/06/2025 3:58:03 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Socialism's promises, like a Djinn's wishes to the greedy, lead to punishment when due. )
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To: Rockingham

I’d love to see a breakdown of how much money the illegally present person sucked out of this country.


26 posted on 10/06/2025 3:59:35 AM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: SmokingJoe

What’s the point of the story?

I guess, this asshat reporter wants us to consider, consider mind you, that it might be wrong to deport someone who has been here forever.

I know a Mexican family. They’re living out somewhere in the. country. They clean houses for people, and caretake the farm they’re on. I don’t know their names, I only know the minister who has them living on their land.

I’ve known of this for going on 16 years now.

Eventually, if now already, they will be discovered and sent back I guess.

And some local reporter will write an article saying how wrong it is.

I hate the media.


27 posted on 10/06/2025 3:59:57 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Jonty30

Because she was probably here illegally, so until her papers were in order, she could never be naturalized. She’d have had to go to the back of the line like everyone else who goes through the proper channels.


28 posted on 10/06/2025 4:02:00 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: marcusmaximus
I never knew there were some many people at the buffet that didnt pay to eat. Her family should be checked for immigration status.

end birth right citizenship unless the parents are both U.S. citizens or one is active duty military.

otoh, you should do well in india, you speak 2 languages, you could open a restaurant or phone call center.

29 posted on 10/06/2025 4:04:54 AM PDT by Ikeon (Kill me, and I'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine. )
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To: marcusmaximus

Who gets her parking space?


30 posted on 10/06/2025 4:05:02 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: marcusmaximus

by the many arms of Vishnoo, 30 years was too long


31 posted on 10/06/2025 4:06:13 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: OttawaFreeper

>> Gee, I wonder if there is a little bit more to this story than what this silly article is bothering to tell people.

“Anecdotal Journalism”. Get ready for a tsunami of it.


32 posted on 10/06/2025 4:06:33 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

*** He brought his entire family here - about 6 others - and had to sign something saying that he would sponsor them and they wouldn’t get welfare or something like that.***

Those are the same conditions that my grandparents and my husband’s grandfather had to sign when they were coming to the U.S.

None of them ever had welfare.

When I was growing up, “welfare” was like a dirty word. You worked multiple jobs to keep food on the table, if that’s what it took.


33 posted on 10/06/2025 4:06:42 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: marcusmaximus
ICE should calculate and publicly release the total amount (if any) of assistance she unlawfully received from USA tax payers during her 30 years.

If she was employed, did she make required contributions and tax payments to Social Security, Medicare, and the IRS?

34 posted on 10/06/2025 4:07:00 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: marcusmaximus

The fake media is Dem fan fiction. They lie by omission and commission constantly.


35 posted on 10/06/2025 4:09:23 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: marcusmaximus
She could have self deported. First class flight instead of a week sleeping on a floor.

just saying,

if youre here living under the radar,

youre playing a game of cat and mouse with people who wont quit, or listen to your sob story.

36 posted on 10/06/2025 4:09:53 AM PDT by Ikeon (Kill me, and I'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine. )
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To: nikos1121

>> What’s the point of the story?

Pure propaganda, working to manipulate your soul (mind + emotions + will)

Like all anecdotal journalism, the point of the story is to get your MIND off of the facts of the problem (we’re overrun by illegal immigrants!) by playing to your EMOTIONS. The goal is to affect your WILL to take the action the propagandist desired (hate ICE, vote democrat, etc.)

It’s evil.


37 posted on 10/06/2025 4:12:15 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Ikeon; ComputerGuy; MarlonRando

>> otoh, you should do well in india, you speak 2 languages, you could open a restaurant or phone call center.
>> Who gets her parking space?
>> by the many arms of Vishnoo, 30 years was too long

Y’all crack me up! And laughing our a** off is EXACTLY the RIGHT response to this agitprop!


38 posted on 10/06/2025 4:15:17 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: FamiliarFace

When I went out on my own at the age of 18, I worked min wage jobs to make ends meet. I have been cold, hungry and without and it made me more determined to do better. That attitude has been removed with the ease of welfare. Kicking these parasites out is a good start.


39 posted on 10/06/2025 4:15:51 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: marcusmaximus

Consequences of Visa Overstay in India

Remaining in India past the expiry date of a valid visa, even for a single day, is a criminal offense under the Indian Foreigners Act of 1946. The legal consequences can be severe.


1. Immediate Legal and Financial Penalties


2. Criminal Charges and Imprisonment Risk

Overstaying is a criminal matter, not just a fineable offense.


3. Long-Term Immigration Record Damage


Crucial Advice: If a visa is expired, the most important step is to immediately contact the nearest FRRO office to begin the process for the Exit Permit.

40 posted on 10/06/2025 4:25:19 AM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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