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India nationals illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in record numbers, pay smugglers up to $25G
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/1...n-record-numbers-pay-smugglers-up-to-25g.html
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Unable to obtain H1b visas, which are given to highly skilled workers, because of a crackdown on the visas by the Trump administration, and because of a fear that Sikhs are coming under attack by fundamentalist groups in their country, Indians are heading to the U.S. -- illegally -- in droves.
In 2015, agents caught six immigrants from India trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico. So far this fiscal year, the figure is already at more than 3,400.
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"Communication is very, very hard," said Casterhone, who like most border agents speaks fluent Spanish, but no Punjabi, the native language. "When trying to communicate, we are gonna have to get the interpreter to get the entire story."
Agents said they arrest roughly five to 10 Indian nationals a day, with most young men claiming asylum as victims of political or religious persecution.
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Some of these organizations are charging Indian nationals up to $25,000 dollars to get smuggled into the U.S.," said El Centro Sector Chief Gloria Chavez. "These traffickers, they are winning on this. Law enforcement is not."
Chavez said Indians generally fly to Qatar then Ecuador, then travel on foot or by bus through the jungles of Colombia and Panama, through Central America and Mexico to El Centro. Most know to travel without any documents verifying their identity.
"Many use their lack of identification to claim to be one person in Mexico and another one in the United States," she said. "In Mexico, they claim to be an adult because unaccompanied minors under 18 are arrested. In the U.S., the opposite is true. Here, they claim to be juveniles so they must be released."
Asylum seekers without a criminal history in the U.S. are typically released. The Indian nationals usually head to the local Sikh Temple for a meal, change of clothes and a bus ticket. From there they will go live with relatives until an immigration judge can hear their case – typically a year or two later.
El Centro Sector Apprehensions 2008-2018
2015 Mexicans 11,320 Indians 6
2016 Mexicans 14,361 Indians 1,455
2017 Mexicans 12,821 Indians 2,028
2018 Mexicans 15,885 Indians 3,408
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Our southern border is the laughingstock of the world.
By the way, why don't we send them back to Mexico? CIS has the answer:
If the law in Mexico provides for the granting of asylum status, why would [the immigrants] not be required to seek asylum in that country before seeking asylum in the United States? Simply put, there is no requirement for them to do so under U.S. law.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Caravan-Points-Out-Weakness-US-Border-Policy?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/1...n-record-numbers-pay-smugglers-up-to-25g.html
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Unable to obtain H1b visas, which are given to highly skilled workers, because of a crackdown on the visas by the Trump administration, and because of a fear that Sikhs are coming under attack by fundamentalist groups in their country, Indians are heading to the U.S. -- illegally -- in droves.
In 2015, agents caught six immigrants from India trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico. So far this fiscal year, the figure is already at more than 3,400.
.....
"Communication is very, very hard," said Casterhone, who like most border agents speaks fluent Spanish, but no Punjabi, the native language. "When trying to communicate, we are gonna have to get the interpreter to get the entire story."
Agents said they arrest roughly five to 10 Indian nationals a day, with most young men claiming asylum as victims of political or religious persecution.
....
Some of these organizations are charging Indian nationals up to $25,000 dollars to get smuggled into the U.S.," said El Centro Sector Chief Gloria Chavez. "These traffickers, they are winning on this. Law enforcement is not."
Chavez said Indians generally fly to Qatar then Ecuador, then travel on foot or by bus through the jungles of Colombia and Panama, through Central America and Mexico to El Centro. Most know to travel without any documents verifying their identity.
"Many use their lack of identification to claim to be one person in Mexico and another one in the United States," she said. "In Mexico, they claim to be an adult because unaccompanied minors under 18 are arrested. In the U.S., the opposite is true. Here, they claim to be juveniles so they must be released."
Asylum seekers without a criminal history in the U.S. are typically released. The Indian nationals usually head to the local Sikh Temple for a meal, change of clothes and a bus ticket. From there they will go live with relatives until an immigration judge can hear their case – typically a year or two later.
El Centro Sector Apprehensions 2008-2018
2015 Mexicans 11,320 Indians 6
2016 Mexicans 14,361 Indians 1,455
2017 Mexicans 12,821 Indians 2,028
2018 Mexicans 15,885 Indians 3,408
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Our southern border is the laughingstock of the world.
By the way, why don't we send them back to Mexico? CIS has the answer:
If the law in Mexico provides for the granting of asylum status, why would [the immigrants] not be required to seek asylum in that country before seeking asylum in the United States? Simply put, there is no requirement for them to do so under U.S. law.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Caravan-Points-Out-Weakness-US-Border-Policy?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany
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