When the ‘American Dream’ of an Indian middle class family ends in tragedy

An India family of 4 goes to cross the US border illegally. But they face their biggest enemy - the cold Canadian weather. Will they surpass it and live their American dream?

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Indian Express
Gujarat family that froze to death identified, left with all woollen clothes, toys; Vaibhav Jha; Jan 29, 2022

Hindustan Times
Gujarat family among eight who died along US-Canada border; Apr 3, 2023

Outlook
A Schoolteacher, A Baby: Gujarat Family That Froze To Death Chasing The 'American Dream'; Jan 28, 2022

Times of India
Will US illegal immigration kingpin spill beans on Dingucha deaths?; Feb 19, 2023
Dingucha victim's brother suspected of planning journey; Jan 17, 2023
Two illegal immigration agents held in case related to death of Gujarat family at Canada-US border; Jan 15, 2023
Dingucha family's last known footage aired on Canadian channel; Parth Shastri; Oct 22, 2022
Gujarat cops list 11 illegal immigration hotspots; Ashish Chauhan; Oct 13, 2022,
American nightmare: Gujarat man held in Mexico, kin ‘sent to US’; Ashish Chauhan; Jul 23, 2022
4.9k ‘left’ for US illegally despite Dingucha tragedy; Ashish Chauhan; May 10, 2022
How an Indian family froze to death on Canada-US border; Mar 18, 2022
On illegal US journey, 37 Gujarat families feared ‘missing’ in Turkey; Ashish Chauhan; Mar 14, 2022
Future citizens of US being planned in north Gujarat; Ashish Chauhan; Feb 27, 2023
Gujarat: Streets empty, shops shut as Dingucha villagers pay homage to four of family who died on US-Canada border; Jan 29, 2022
Why a rich Gujarati family paid $100,000 for illegal journey to US? Police seek answers;
Chidanand Rajghatta; Jan 29, 2022
Gujarat’s Patel family not the only victims, 3 more missing; Ashish Chauhan and Bharat Yagnik; Jan 25, 2022

New York Times
A Fatal Crossing on the Northern Border; Miriam Jordan; Mar 14, 2022

The Wire
Dingucha: A Gujarat Village Where Death Is More Lucrative Than Life; Deepal Trivedi and Janvi Sonaiya; Jan 30, 2022
The Gujarati Family That Froze to Death in Search of the 'American Dream'; Jan 24, 2022

The Week
Why and how people from Gujarat are trying to sneak into US; Nandini Oza; Apr 16, 2023

The Quint
Year After Family of 4 Froze to Death on Canada-US Border, 3 Arrested in Gujarat; Sakshat Chandok; Jan 19, 2023

The Print
Gujarat’s young men are migrating illegally to US, Canada. Only the dead get caught; Soniya Agrawal; Apr 3, 2023

Outlook
The Great Gujarati Migration And The American Dream; Darshan Desai; Apr 14, 2022

Deccan Herald
Nine US-bound persons from Gujarat go missing; immigration agent arrested; July 14, 2023