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Posted on 10/30/2025 12:21:46 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Under President Donald Trump’s renewed crackdown on illegal immigration, thousands of illegal migrants are facing deportation from the United States.
Among them are dozens of Indian men who had risked everything, including their money, safety, and dreams, to reach what they believed was the land of opportunity.
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Harjinder Singh, a farmer, had spent 3.5 million rupees to go to the US four years ago. Once there, he worked as a cook, determined to support his children back home.
“My hopes have been dashed, it is a pity that I could not do anything,” said Singh to BBC, adding he cannot forget the humiliation he was put through during the deportation process.
With all his savings gone, Singh now finds himself back in Haryana, struggling to imagine what comes next and deeply worried about his children’s future.
Naresh Kumar’s dream of a better life came at an even higher price. He sold land and paid 5.7 million rupees to agents who promised him a safe passage to the US.
He began his journey in January 2024, flying first to Brazil before trekking northwards toward the American border. “My relatives kept giving me money from time to time while I was on the way,” Kumar said to BBC.
But his hopes collapsed soon after arriving. Arrested for illegal entry, he spent over a year behind bars before being deported. “I spent 14 months in jail, and then they sent me to India,” he explained to BBC. Now back home, Kumar faces mounting debts and the burden of crushed expectations.
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Seems he probably could have gotten here legally with that kind of effort.
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Hey! What about my shattered dream of living rent-free on Lake
Lucerne in Switzerland?
That was the POLICY of the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama-Biden-Autopen Administrations.
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