The two leaders share cordial relations but experts say US's concerns over tariffs, illegal immigration might strain bilateral ties.

It took Daler Singh six months and $45,000 to reach the United States last month without paperwork. Within three weeks of his arrival, he was sent back to his native India on a military plane, his hands and legs cuffed throughout the journey.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said US President Donald Trump deporting illegal Indian immigrants is "not the first" deportation and that it "won't be the last". A US military aircraft carrying about 200 Indian nationals, who had illegally entered the US, is likely to land at the Amritsar airport on Wednesday afternoon.