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Thousands of immigrants from India have crossed into the United States illegally at the southern tip of Texas in the last year, part of a mysterious and rapidly growing human-smuggling pipeline that is backing up court dockets, filling detention centers and triggering investigations.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
reply to post by HunkaHunka
Political Asylum... from India? Thats a new one to me.. Granted some parts of India still adhere to the ancient caste system, but even then....
Is it possible their citizenship is Indian but loyal to another country / group (terrorist or something else)?
Kind of unusual to have an influx from a Democratic Country with rule of Law. To me it would be like a mass influx of Canadians sneaking into the US claiming asylum.
Something doesnt seem right.
Originally posted by CitizenNum287119327
It will probably get a lot worse.
US is one of the few developed countries with weak border protection I have heard of.
Amazing that 1/2 the budget is military, yet the people's own borders are not safely secured.
What are your tax dollars doing for you?
Thats right!
Billions for dictators to oppress their citizens for the oil companies profits
The article author casts doubt on that:
Originally posted by squandered
India's certainly does have refugee's. There have many mass-slaughters in that country in recent years... mostly low caste untouchables converting to Christianity which the controlling Hindu's won't allow.
I think they will say anything to get asylum, even made up nonsense like the example in the story.
But analysts and human rights monitors say political conditions in India don't explain the migration. There is no evidence of the kind of persecution that would prompt a mass exodus, they say, and Sikhs haven't been targets since the 1980s. The prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, is a Sikh.
"There is no reason to believe these claims have any truth to them," said Sumit Ganguly, a political science professor and director of the India Studies Program at Indiana University.
Originally posted by gougitousakusha
reply to post by Xcathdra
isnt india at war with china? i have new neighbors from bhutan, just north of india, said they fled from some kind of war. one poo'ed in my yard and they tend to flip out when i listen to metal and rock and roll.
Originally posted by CitizenNum287119327
It will probably get a lot worse.
US is one of the few developed countries with weak border protection I have heard of.
Amazing that 1/2 the budget is military, yet the people's own borders are not safely secured.
What are your tax dollars doing for you?
Thats right!
Billions for dictators to oppress their citizens for the oil companies profits