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Chahal had visited some of the detention centres in 2015 after some of the illegal immigrants from Punjab had complained about being given non-vegetarian food and had interacted with them at the time.Most of the illegal Indian immigrants are lodged in detention facilities in California. California is followed by Arizona where 434 Indians are held in different detention centres, including 144 at CCA Florence Correction Centre and 129 at San Luis regional detention centre. Washington’s Tacoma ICE Processing Centre houses 115 illegal Indian immigrants.Chahal said that most of the Indian detainees in the federal facilities would opt for seeking asylum in the US. The data of the Indian detainees has revealed that 1,008 Indians are held in different centres in California, including 377 at Adelanto ICE processing centre, 245 at FCI Victorville and 269 at Imperial regional adult detention facility at Calexico. JALANDHAR: The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) has 2,382 illegal Indian immigrants in its custody and they are lodged in different detention centres across the country, according to information released last month under the Freedom of Information Act.North American Punjabi Association executive director Satnam Singh Chahal had sought the information about the Indians held in the ICE detention centres.Chahal said he expected a significant number of Punjabis would be among the Indian detainees..