Thread: Indians arrested for illegally entering U.S. nearly triples

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 / 2:43 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Indians arrested for illegally entering U.S. nearly triples

Andrew Hay

(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 (19,176.2 - 38,352.4 pounds) 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 favours 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.

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Oh just stop all this stupid asylum nonsense. Need to repeal the law and in the meantime just close the US to all asylum seekers until further notice.

India nationals illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in record numbers

We are going backwards. Where is our protection? Our country is being overtaken by other countries through their citizenry. Why are our borders not secure? Why are illegal aliens in large numbers entering at the same places repeatedly? Why are our Border Patrol agents not on the border?

The protestors in Washington right now, who are against Judge Kavanaugh, include those who represent illegal aliens, legal immigrant groups, among them refugees, others. We have permitted illegal entry and we have often not chosen well in legal immigration. The loyalties often do not lie with "America First." We are expanding differences not unity, allowing radicals and George Soros to gain footholds and to dictate.

Trump tweeted tonight that FBI is already on it, they started tonight. My guess is it will be done by Monday/Tuesday. Mitch will call for a vote on or before Friday.