Posted on 10/29/2025 2:33:24 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Several illegal Indian migrant workers who were recently deported from the US have recounted their ordeal to BBC Punjabi, describing humiliation, debt and shattered dreams.
At least 54 men, who had entered the US through the "donkey route" - often used by traffickers to facilitate illegal crossings - landed in the country's capital Delhi on Sunday.
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Of the 54 deportees who returned on Sunday, BBC Punjabi met 15 men in Haryana's Kaithal district who say they are now uncertain about their future.
Harjinder Singh, a farmer who had spent 3.5m rupees (£29,653; $39,624) to go to the US four years ago, said he worked there as a cook - a job he took so that he could support his children back home.
"My hopes have been dashed, it is a pity that I could not do anything," said
Mr Singh, adding he cannot forget the humiliation he was put through during the deportation process.
With all his savings gone, he is worried about his children's future.
Another deportee, Naresh Kumar, said he had sold land and paid 5.7 million rupees to agents who promised to get him to the US.
He left for Brazil in January 2024, from where he travelled to the US. "My relatives kept giving me money from time to time while I was on the way," Mr Kumar said.
But before he could start a new life there, Mr Kumar was arrested for illegally entering the country. "I spent 14 months in jail and then they sent me to India."
BBC Punjabi has reached out to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for comment.
Meanwhile, Rajat Pal from Karnal district who reached the US via Panama, described his journey as "very dangerous".
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American dream, my Aunt Tilly.
who put that on the SOL in the first place?
So are the hopes of many American workers whose jobs you’re taking.
Go back to India.
Exactly!
Yuck. Guaranteed he never washed his hands after wiping his ass with them.
Typical dirtbag indian. Wants dignity when he breaks our laws? Then go back home and apply through proper channels.
You're comparing apples to oranges.
There's a world of difference between someone of *descent* whose ancestors were LEGAL immigrants and assimilated into American culture, learned the language, and obeyed the law, and the current crop of grifting, law breaking, illegal leeches.
I would never eat in an Indian restaurant. They do not
have the same standards of cleanliness that we have.
“who put that on the SOL in the first place?”
I saw a documentary years ago. It was said that Lazarus and her friends put it there almost surreptitiously, without any approval, and it just stayed there. It wasn’t done legally. IIRC, they were Jewish commies.
If that truly is the origin of “Colossus” existing on the SOL, then I really believe that should be verified and removal should be immediate. I don’t know who in the administration has authority to remedy the problem.
Let them Make India Great Again, (or maybe for the first time).
My hopes of being Dolly Parton’s boyfriend were dashed 40 years ago. I’m still not over it.
It isn’t the American taxpayers’ job to provide you with “hopes”. Go home and “dash” your own hopes.
Not our former exploited colony. Enjoy Albion street s***ters.
MIGA!
“Harjinder Singh, a farmer who had spent 3.5m rupees (£29,653; $39,624) to go to the US four years ago, said he worked there as a cook - a job he took so that he could support his children back home.”
I’m glad his family is back together again!
He could read and write so they wouldn’t give him a license.
I‘d like to tell them: „There is no legal right anywhere in the world to simply immigrate to another country. Sorry about that, but the law is what it is.“
What man would leave his family for four years “for a better life”.
I‘d like to tell them: “There is no legal right anywhere in the world
to simply migrate to another country. Sorry, but the law is what it is.“
Amen.
So they’re saying that India sucks?
He could read and write so they wouldn’t give him a license.
Lol......you’ve cleared it up but good.
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