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Feds bust extensive Uber smuggling ring at northern border
Washington Times ^ | 06/05/2022 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 06/05/2022 9:23:37 AM PDT by DFG

Federal authorities say Rajinder Pal Singh had figured out a pretty sweet scam, smuggling illegal immigrants from India across the northern border and into the Seattle area — by putting them in Ubers.

Investigators revealed evidence of more than 90 Uber trips they say showed patterns of smuggling that they connected to Mr. Singh from just one Uber account. And they traced a total of 17 accounts to his organization, according to court documents.

Mr. Singh’s arrest late last month underscored the dangers and vulnerabilities at the northern border, far from the U.S.-Mexico boundary that gets most of the attention these days.

His case also served to highlight the increasing numbers of illegal immigrants from Asia, and particularly India, who are testing that northern border, hoping the path less traveled will give them a chance to sneak by the Border Patrol and attain a foothold in the U.S.

In April, Customs and Border Protection agents and officers nabbed 1,197 Indians at the northern border, or about 13% of all border jumpers along the U.S.-Canada line. They made up less than 1% of encounters at the southern border.

(Excerpt) Read more at amp.washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: border; greatwhitenorth; illegals; india; seattle; singh; smuggling; uber

1 posted on 06/05/2022 9:23:37 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Immigrants just doing the jobs Americans won’t do. /sarcasm off


2 posted on 06/05/2022 9:30:46 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (I miss Don Imus!)
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To: DFG

Curry Shops everywhere


3 posted on 06/05/2022 9:56:52 AM PDT by butlerweave
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They may have jumped the border, but they were very polite about it.


4 posted on 06/05/2022 10:02:32 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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Why are Indians trying to escape Canadia anyway?


5 posted on 06/05/2022 10:03:31 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: DFG

Well the numbers would be much higher because most of the Border Patrol agents are detailed to the southern border changing dippers.


6 posted on 06/05/2022 10:06:49 AM PDT by usurper
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To: dsrtsage

Too Cold ?


7 posted on 06/05/2022 10:09:14 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: dsrtsage

they aren’t ... they are just passing through ...


8 posted on 06/05/2022 10:12:58 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: dsrtsage
But do they really *mean* it?


9 posted on 06/05/2022 10:13:18 AM PDT by Daffynition (*This admin tells us *A* story; but they don't tell us *THE* story* & :) ~ D Bongino)
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To: Daffynition

Trudeau is replacing Canadians with Illegals just like Biden


10 posted on 06/05/2022 10:28:04 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DFG

The cartels south of the border are setting up in Vancouver as we speak, thanks to the progressive policies of the left in Canada.


11 posted on 06/05/2022 10:28:07 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: DFG

Apparently its easy to smuggle people and stuff into the USA, but just try it the other way - the Canadians will tear your stuff apart no matter how innocent you are.


12 posted on 06/05/2022 10:46:26 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: dsrtsage

“Why are Indians trying to escape Canadia anyway?”

They figure Amerika is the lesser of two evils?


13 posted on 06/05/2022 10:47:47 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: dsrtsage

Easier to milk the system in the USA ? I am guessing.


14 posted on 06/05/2022 10:50:24 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: DFG

More human garbage destroying America.


15 posted on 06/05/2022 11:57:45 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

That over sized Jeapordy winner is or was a Uber driver.


16 posted on 06/05/2022 1:51:58 PM PDT by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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To: butlerweave
But they do have a fantastic Coast Guard.


17 posted on 06/05/2022 3:03:36 PM PDT by Daffynition (*This admin tells us *A* story; but they don't tell us *THE* story* & :) ~ D Bongino)
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