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It is a route which is going through many of the countries and then we will jump the wall of the USA.. . Chaudhary told CNN he paid an agent morethan$50,000 to help him cross multiple borders and traverse the dangerous jungles of Latin America to illegally enter the United States.. ..
In just four years, the number of Indian citizens illegally entering the US has surged dramatically from 8,027 in the 2018 to 2019 fiscal year to 96,917 during 2022 to 2023 period,government data showed.. . Recent Pew researchfoundthatas of 2022, Indiansmadeup the third-largest group of undocumented migrants in the US, behind people from Mexico and El Salvador.. . . The numbers speak to the desperation faced by Indians in the worlds largest democracy and stand in stark contrast to the powerful and robust image that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to project on the world stage..
They said it involved taking a flight out of New Delhi and flying via countries with relatively favorable visa requirements, before landing in Latin America, if they are entering via the southern US border.. . There, the migrants meet smugglers who then guide them through treacherous jungles to the US-Mexico border, where they wait to be picked up by border enforcement agents and request asylum.When asked, many have been trainedto say they do not feel safe in India and that their lives are in danger, the families said.. . Malkeet left India in February, first flying to Dubai before continuing to Almaty, Kazakhstan, according to his family..
The Indian economy has not been able to create enough remunerative jobs in the non-farm sectors for new educated youth labour force entrants, which is reflected in the high and increasing unemployment rate, the report said.. Lawyer Muzaffar Chishti, director at the Migration Policy Institute in New York, said push factors like these are what matter in the decision for people to make the journey.. . Chishti, who has been watching illegal immigration trends into the US, said: If these young men and women know that there is a good chance, even a 50% chance that they will get into the US that is a magnet.. ..
There has been an increase in the number of people being deported for certain, he said.This has caused fear in those going illegally and the agents involved in the donkey route.. ..
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