Posted on 07/31/2023 1:00:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Indian citizen who had been living in Ontario pleaded guilty in an American court on Friday to smuggling foreign nationals from India into the U.S. in 2020 and 2021.
Simranjit Singh, 40, had been arrested in Ontario in June 2022 and was extradited from Canada to the U.S. in March. facilitated the smuggling of numerous Indian nationals from Canada into the United States, via Cornwall Island and the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation in the St. Lawrence River region, for profit,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of New York stated in a press release Friday.
Press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office Singh, who was a resident of Brampton, Ont., is facing at least five years in prison, but could also receive up to 15 years in prison, a fine of up to US$250,000, and three years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty to “alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling,” according to the press release.
He will also be facing deportation from the U.S. after his sentence is served, based on the decision of an immigration judge.
U.S. authorities say Singh “facilitated the smuggling of numerous Indian nationals” across the border through Cornwall Island and Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, which is between Quebec, Ontario and New York state.
According to documents released in April, some migrants who say their entry into the U.S. was facilitated by Singh told American law enforcement that he charged them between $5,000 and $35,000,
These documents detailed conversations between Singh and contacts, including one referred to as CW-1 who, on one occasion, dropped off three Indian citizens at a motel in New York and then travelled to Cornwall to meet Singh and collect $4,000 in pay.
CW-1 then became nervous that the motel room was in her name, according to the documents, and returned to the motel to pick up the three people. U.S. Border Patrol agents chased her car after all four left the hotel and arrested them.
On another occasion, Singh allegedly bragged to a contact that he had smuggled more than 1,000 people into the U.S. or Canada.
According to the press release, Singh is scheduled to appear before a judge at the end of December.
Authorities say Akwesasne’s geography makes it a popular but dangerous route for smugglers. Back in March, the bodies of four Indian and four Romanian migrants were pulled from the St. Lawrence River in Akwesasne. The body of 30-year-old Casey Oakes was also found in the water earlier this month, and police say Oakes was “connected to the eight deceased victims.”
In March, Canada and the U.S. agreed to a deal aiming to stop asylum seekers coming to Canada through unofficial border crossings.
“he had smuggled more than 1,000 people into the U.S. or Canada” — at $3,000 to $4,000 per head, that’s a tidy sum.
Obviously not H1Bs, because they don’t need to be smuggled in. Most Freepers like Sikhs.
Akwesasne. Drugs and illegals go one way and guns smuggled in the opposite direction.
The border is not enforced by the Canadian gov’t because of “Native Sovereignty”.
But then they use gang shootings in Toronto to justify more gun confiscations on the rural population.
More instances where they use deliberate failure and incompetence to increase their power.
Now do Mayorkas.
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Human trafficking into the US deserves a death sentence!
What the hell is there for the retard to decide? If "da judge" doesn't want him deported, the "judge" needs to be deported with him.
H1B’s steal American jobs and work for less money don’t be stupid I trained one to take my job
That was for you
Actually he only took part of my job. They need 2 more people to take the rest of it
And then we sold out to Chevron and sent his ass packing back to I did probably unless he has recycled again somewhere
Back to India
If even one of the illegal alien invaders commits a crime, the smuggler can serve time with him.
Hang him.
“H1B’s steal American jobs and work for less money don’t be stupid I trained one to take my job”
Pffft! I trained four Brazilians to take mine. They were real nice people though. NOT like the H1B Indians I had to deal with.
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