Indian lawmakers have voiced rage over the U.S. allegedly flying dozens of deportees halfway around the world in handcuffs and leg chains.

The C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the US Air Force landed in Amritsar at 1.55pm a day and a half after taking off from Texas, with a reported stopover in Germany

The military plane carrying illegal Indian immigrants landed in the northern city of Amritsar, deporting an unspecified number of people as part of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda.

A US deportation flight carrying about 100 Indian nationals accused of entering the country illegally has landed in the state of Punjab. The military aircraft, which left Texas late on Tuesday, is now in the city of Amritsar where authorities say they have put measures in place to process the deportees.