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WASHINGTON, DC: Under President Donald Trump's ‘zero-tolerance' immigration policy, 52 Indian nationals are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a federal prison in Oregon without any meaningful legal access which is in violation of the US Constitution, federal immigration laws and international treaties.

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Over 40 Indian immigrants are being held at a detention center in New Mexico over alleged attempts to enter the United States illegally, according to the Hindu. As many as 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, are lodged at a facility in Oregon, reports that emerged earlier this week had said.

PORTLAND: At least 72 South Asian asylum-seekers are being detained at a federal prison in Oregon after getting caught up in the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy for illegal border-crossers, a US Senator's office said on Wednesday.

The detainees, held at the Sheridan Federal Corrections Institution, include 52 from India, 18 from Nepal and two from Bangladesh.

All of them are single men, who flew into Mexico and crossed the border into the United States, said Sara Hottman, a spokeswoman for US Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat.

s many as 52 immigrants of Indian origin are among the people detained by American authorities in Oregon over allegations of illegal entry in the country, an American politician has disclosed. A total of 123 illegal immigrants are being held at the Sheridan prison in Yamhill county in the U.S. state, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici wrote in her blog.

The Indian embassy in the United States is following up on the issue, and trying to get in touch with the Indian inmates, The Hindu reported, citing an official.

Several people from South Asia, including many Indians, are among those detained by U.S. immigration authorities at a federal prison in Oregon for illegally entering the country.

The Donald Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal immigration has resulted in sweeping enforcement measures such as separation of children from their families.

An Oregon senator has claimed that over 100 undocumented migrants are being held 'in limbo' in a federal prison because other jails have insufficient space.