U.S. President Donald Trump states that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do “right” for illegal immigrants, emphasizing that the debate is being held with India.
President Trump said on Monday (January 27, 2025) while talking to reporters on the Air Force 1 on the way back to the Andrews joint base from Florida. He also stated that Modi is likely to visit the White House in February.
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Apart from that, in the reading of the phone between both leaders, the White House calls Mr. Modi with Modi calls Modi, and the “fair” inter -country trading relationship and the deeper cooperation of India and US. He said he wanted to move. 。
President Trump stated that while talking to Republican members at Floridal Trid on January 27, the United States would impose tariffs on “harm” the United States as China, India and Brazil. 。
“We are going to put tariffs on countries and outside people, which really mean us for us … look at what others do. China is a tremendous tariff manufacturer He said, in India, Brazil, many other countries, so we don’t intend to wake it up. “
Meanwhile, the two leaders discussed the two leaders on the phone, discussing Modi’s plans to visit the United States.
While talking to the reporter on the Air Force 1, Trump was asked, “I agree that he (Modi) would take illegal immigrants.” “He (Modi) does the right thing. President said.
“This morning (Monday) I talked to him for a long time. He will probably come to the White House next month, probably in February. Trump told the reporters on the Air Force 1.
The President answered a question on the phone with Modi on Monday.
“Everything has appeared (by phone with Modi),” said Trump when asked about the details of the call with the Prime Minister.
The first trip to Trump 2.0, the Prime Minister’s trip to the United States, was confirmed during the call. Trump’s last foreign trip to President was to India during his first term.
Trump and Modi enjoy a friendly relationship. The two talked to thousands of people at two different rallys at Houston in September 2019 and at the Amedabaddabard in February 2020.
After winning a stunning election in November 2024, Modi was one of the top three world leaders to talk to Trump.
The White House said in how to read calls that two Trump had called for India to increase US security equipment and move toward fair inter -country trading.
“Today, President Donald J. Trump made a productive call with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two leaders discussed the expansion and deepening of cooperation. They are also the Indian Pacific. We have discussed various regional issues such as the Middle East and European security. “
“The president has emphasized the importance of India’s increase in the procurement of US -made security devices and moves towards fair bilateral trading,” said White House.
“The leaders have discussed the plan to visit the White House and emphasized the strength and strategic bond between nations.”
Commitment by both leaders to promote “US Strategic Partnership”
Mr. Modi and Trump emphasized their commitments to move the strategic partnership between the United States and India and the Quad Partnership in the Indian Pacific. The United States, India, Japan, and Australia are the groups of all sides. They have strengthened their cooperation in various fields such as defense and energy in the increase in military and economic influence in China.
Like many countries, there were some concerns in India about the Trump administration approach to immigrants and tariffs.
Mr. Trump has already handed a “100 % tariff” in the BRICS group, which contains India.
During the weekly press conference, Landil Jaiswal, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed hope that both parties could address all issues on issues related to trade and immigrants. did.
Trade accounts for a special place in the powerful and multifaceted India and the United States, and in 2023, it reached a record level of 190 billion dollars -equivalent products and services. Was described.
On January 23, Foreign Minister S.jaishankar, who represented India at Trump’s inauguration ceremony, said that India was always open to the legal interests of Indians, which are not always documented.
“Illegal transition”
“As a government, we believe in a clear global workplace, so we support legal mobility very much … at the same time, we are very strongly opposed to illegal mobility and illegal immigrants. I’m doing, “said Jaishankar.
“So all countries and the United States are no exception, so if we are illegally there, if we are convinced that they are our citizens, we are always up to them. He has been open to Legal Return to India. He responded to the news report question that India is working with the Trump administration to export the country.
In April 2024, the Ministry of Land Security said in 2022 that there were about 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. Mexico performs a list of 4.81 million illegal immigrants, followed by Guatemala (750,000), 710,000, Honduras, 560,000, Colombia (230,000). 0 )
DHS stated that illegal immigrants from India had rapidly decreased between 2018 and 2022.
At the end of 2022, 220,000 Indians lived in the United States illegally.
“India’s population has decreased by 54 % to 220,000 in 2022 in 2018, but the Chinese population has decreased by 47 % (180,000) from 390,000 to 210,000,” DHS said. 。
Disclosure -An January 28, 2025 08:45 AM IST
