Illegal immigrants from Punjab play a real-life game of ‘snakes-and-ladders’ on the Mexican border

Whether they survive like the 311 Indian migrants sent back by #Mexico or die, like the 39 Asians in the refrigerated truck in England, #illegalimmigration is a thriving $35bn industry. Surprisingly, Indians from Punjab and Haryana are the fifth largest group crossing over from the #Mexican side. How the industry works and how the dangerous this real-life game of 'snakes and ladders' is along Mexico's borders is shown in this detailed video by Bisbo. Watch and digest the end limerick.

Sources:
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Reuters

UK arrests 2 more for human trafficking over truck deaths; Oct 25, 2019

Indians arrested for illegally entering U.S. nearly triples, Andrew Hay, September 29, 2018


Times of India

In a first, Mexico deports 311 Indians trying to sneak into US; Agencies; Oct 18, 2019


The Print.in
https://theprint.in/world/how-indians...
How Indians get to US illegally — visa-free trip to Ecuador, trek through forest drug den; Laura Oprescu; June 19, 2019

Time
Smugglers Inc.: A voyage through the fraught, life-changing and totally routine $35 billion human-smuggling business; Karl Vick and Lisette Poole; Feb 16, 2019

Newsweek
Working in the shadows; Asher Stockler; Sept 6, 2019

Rediff
Why did 24 Indians die off the Panama coast? February 03, 2016

CNN
The short life and long journey of the 6-year-old girl from India who died near the US-Mexico border, Catherine E. Shoichet, June 25, 2019

Fox News
India nationals illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in record numbers, pay smugglers up to $25G, August 10, 2018

Hindustan Times
Dodging gangsters, cheating death: The route Punjab’s young take for the American Dream, Hitender Rao, August 5, 2018

PTI
American dream landing Punjabi youths in US jails, June 28, 2018

India Today
996% rise in Indians seeking political asylum in past 10 years, Mukesh Rawat, , June 21, 2019


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