The Assam Cabinet on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) approved the framing of a standard operating procedure (SOP) under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, for “protecting” the State from illegal immigrants.
The SOP would guide the District Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police to expel illegal migrants from Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after the meeting.
“If the District Commissioner (DC) receives such information from the police or any other source that a person is suspected to be an illegal immigrant, he will direct the person to produce evidence of his citizenship within 10 days,” the Chief Minister posted on X.
“If the DC finds that the evidence submitted by the suspected illegal immigrant is not sufficient/satisfactory to prove his citizenship of India, he will record his opinion in writing identifying the person to be an illegal immigrant, which shall consist of a concise statement of facts and the findings thereof with reasons,” he said.
“The DC shall pass an expulsion order under Section 2(a) of the Act of 1950 with the direction to remove the illegal immigrant from Assam by giving 24 hours’ time and by the route so specified by him. The DC may also pass any further order with regard to the removal of the illegal immigrant, if required under Section 2(b) of the Act,” the Chief Minister said.
