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Indians arrested for illegally entering U.S. nearly triples

By Andrew Hay

 

Three men from India jump the fence from Mexico and give themselves up to U.S. border patrol agents in Calexico, California, U.S. February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files

 

(Reuters) - The number of Indians arrested for illegally entering the United States has nearly tripled so far in 2018, making them one of the largest groups of illegal aliens apprehended, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Friday.

 

Paying smuggling rings between $25,000-$50,000 per person, a growing number of Indians are illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and claiming asylum for persecution, CBP spokesman Salvador Zamora said.

 

Many present viable claims, but a large number are economic migrants with fraudulent petitions that swamp the system and can cause legitimate cases to be "washed out" in the high volume of fraud, Zamora said in an interview.

 

The Indian embassy in Washington and the Indian consulate in San Francisco did not respond to requests for comment.

 

Zamora said the CBP expects that the data for the fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30 will show "around 9,000" Indian nationals had been apprehended versus 3,162 in fiscal year 2017.

 

Around 4,000 Indians who entered the United States illegally this year did so over a three-mile stretch of border fence at Mexicali, Zamora said.

 

"The word got out that Mexicali is a safe border city which favors their crossing into the United States," he said.

 

CUT AND PASTE EVIDENCE

 

Asylum seekers range from lower caste "untouchable" Indians facing death threats for marrying outside their class to Sikhs claiming political persecution, immigration lawyers said.

 

Fraudulent asylum seekers often present "cut and paste" evidence identical to that of other migrants, Zamora said.

 

Some 42.2 percent of Indian asylum cases were denied between fiscal years 2012 to 2017, according to Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. That compares with denial rates of 79 percent for El Salvadorans and 78 percent for Hondurans.

 

After Mexicans, citizens of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were most likely to enter the United States illegally in 2018, according to Border Patrol data. Indians still have some way to go to outnumber the roughly 30,000 El Salvadorans who entered the United States illegally in 2018, the data showed.

 

After being held in the United States, Indians are often bonded out of detention by human trafficking rings, Zamora said. They then enter indentured servitude in businesses ranging from hotels to convenience stores to pay off smuggling debts and bond fees, Zamora said.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-29

[metisdead]

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[TPUBON]

Wait a minute. If anything, the Indians should arrest the white people for illegally entering their land.

Oh, you must be referring to Indians from India. Never mind. 55555

[rgraham]

We really need to work on sealing our borders and enforcing the immigration laws that are already in place. The US could certainly learn something from the countries I have visited and lived in about immigration.

[bristolboy]

1 hour ago, rgraham said:

We really need to work on sealing our borders and enforcing the immigration laws that are already in place. The US could certainly learn something from the countries I have visited and lived in about immigration.

Because?

[vinegarbase]

21 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

Because?

Does a sovereign country have the right to enforce their immigration laws? Yes, including Thailand. The USA could learn a thing or two from Thailand when it comes to immigration and enforcement. 

[stevenl]

33 minutes ago, vinegarbase said:

Does a sovereign country have the right to enforce their immigration laws? Yes, including Thailand. The USA could learn a thing or two from Thailand when it comes to immigration and enforcement. 

Is illegal immigration a problem?

[jcb2001]

1 hour ago, bristolboy said:

Because?

Because????  Is your head buried in the sand?  The US has been under attack for many years.  Ignoring the problem, like many of our politicians do is not the solution.  

[stevenl]

37 minutes ago, jcb2001 said:

Because????  Is your head buried in the sand?  The US has been under attack for many years.  Ignoring the problem, like many of our politicians do is not the solution.  

So what is the problem?

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, vinegarbase said:

Does a sovereign country have the right to enforce their immigration laws? Yes, including Thailand. The USA could learn a thing or two from Thailand when it comes to immigration and enforcement. 

The Native Americans certainly could. 

[bristolboy]

2 hours ago, vinegarbase said:

Does a sovereign country have the right to enforce their immigration laws? Yes, including Thailand. The USA could learn a thing or two from Thailand when it comes to immigration and enforcement. 

But the US is enforcing its immigration laws just as it enforces other laws? But resources aren't unlimited. The question is how much resources should be devoted to enforcing immigration laws.. What threat do these undocumented immigrants pose? By all rational accounts they commit crimes against persons and private property far less frequently than do native born Americans. 

And as for learning from Thailand, are you saying that there are not lots if undocumented immigrants living and working in Thailand? Really?

[moe666]

2 hours ago, vinegarbase said:

Does a sovereign country have the right to enforce their immigration laws? Yes, including Thailand. The USA could learn a thing or two from Thailand when it comes to immigration and enforcement. 

Do you think so, Thailand is awash with illigals from ajoining countries. Do not kid yourself China ha an illigal migrant problem as well they do not talk about it in Public.

[bristolboy]

25 minutes ago, moe666 said:

I am suprised the Rump hasn't tried to deport a few Native Americans 

Well, actually the Trump administraton is trying to deport more than a few native Americans.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-is-denying-passports-to-americans-along-the-border-throwing-their-citizenship-into-question/2018/08/29/1d630e84-a0da-11e8-a3dd-2a1991f075d5_story.html?utm_term=.5e74aacf5fb0

 

[underlordcthulhu]

They're not sending their best!

[Credo]

Well, a new tactic by the Administration to try and get his border wall.   

 

In 2017, there were 7,400 asylum claims from India.   There were 17,400 from China, and they already have a wall.  

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/over-7000-indians-sought-us-asylum-in-2017-report/articleshow/64672874.cms

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2018 by Credo

[Mad mick]

14 hours ago, jcb2001 said:

Because????  Is your head buried in the sand?  The US has been under attack for many years.  Ignoring the problem, like many of our politicians do is not the solution.  

[Mad mick]

[Morch]

12 hours ago, underlordcthulhu said:

They're not sending their best!

 

Obviously. The best wouldn't get caught.

[james1995]

Just take $50k from them and let em in.  If they can pay us enough, they should get a permanent visa.  $50,000 x 2 million each year.  How much is that?  $100 billion a year?

[bendejo]

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Give him time.  He'll start with the descendants of the guy who killed Custer.  He'll send them back to India.