Illegal immigration from India to US surged doubled in 2021-22

The death of an Indian man who fell trying to climb a border wall into Texas has put a spotlight on illegal immigration from India to the US which has shown a sudden surge along the border with Mexico in the last two monthsUS Border Patrol caught 4297 Indians crossing the Mexican border in October and November compared to 1426 during those two months last year and 16236 in all of the fiscal year that ended in September according to American government dataOverall the number of Indians apprehended by US authorities right on the border and elsewhere has more than doubled since last yearAlso read UNSC concerned over Talibans restrictions on women and girls in AfghanistanUS authorities encountered 63927 Indians who had entered the country illegally during the 202122 fiscal year that ended in September a 109 per cent increase from the 30662 they found the previous fiscal year according to Customs and Border Protection CBP dataIn just the last two months a total of 13655 illegal immigrants from India were caught compared to 6865 during those two months in 2021 the data showedIn the fiscal year 201920 the number of Indians illegally in the US who were apprehended by the CBP was only 19883 according to the agencyIndians are only a part of the phenomenon of Illegal migration to the US that has been spiralling since the election of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris who has been tasked to stop the flow of migrants from Latin AmericaAlthough Harris has asserted that the border is secure US authorities have registered 277 million encounters with people of different nationalities illegally in the US during the fiscal year that ended in September up 41 per cent from the 196 million in the previous periodIn 201920 there were only 646822 encountersThe Biden administration that has been struggling to cope with the surge of people trying to enter the US illegally at the southern border received a reprieve from the Supreme Court on Tuesday even though it glibly opposed itBiden had kept in place a rule instituted as a health measure because of the Covid19 pandemic by his predecessor Donald Trump to return Latin Americans from most countries to Mexico when they are caught but revoked it in May under pressure from his Democratic Partys leftA group of Republican state officials went to court against it and the Supreme Court temporarily stayed the revocation till February staving off an expected rush to the borderThe rule known as Title 42 is not used against Indians and people from outside Latin America as Mexico will not take them backThe illegal migration numbers are only of those caught by the CBP and several more would have successfully evaded authorities and those who entered legally but overstayed their visas making their presence in the country illegal are not included in the dataIn the 201920 fiscal year the latest period for which data is available 14389 Indians were suspected of overstaying up from 13203 the previous year according to the Department of Homeland Security DHSOn the northern border with Canada where an Indian family of four were found frozen to death about a dozen metres from the US border in January 84 Indians have been apprehended in the last two monthsDuring the US fiscal year ending September 237 Indians had been caught there compared to 42 in the previous 12 months and 129 in the period before thatMost of those caught by US authorities are released usually with a notice to appear before an immigration judge but with little or no followup and few are detainedA breakdown by nationality of how those caught by the CBP were dealt with was not availableAccording to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse TRAC a database maintained by Syracuse University 34230 asylum cases of Indians were pending before Immigration courts last monthPeople can ask for asylum on various grounds including fear of religious or political persecution domestic violence and threats due to sexual orientation but will have to prove it to a judgeIn the fiscal year 201920 the latest period for which data is available from the Homeland Security Department 1337 Indians were granted asylum down from the 2256 who received it the previous yearIn 201718 1302 Indians received asylum according to the DepartmentA breakdown of reasons for granting asylum was not availableTRAC provides a breakdown by languages spoken by those whose asylum cases are pending and Punjabispeakers who could be from India or Pakistan or elsewhere numbered 21961There were 6770 Hindispeakers 6315 Bengalispeakers who could be from India or Bangladesh or elsewhere and 376 Tamilspeakers who could be from India Sri Lanka or other countriesIn addition TRAC listed 222 Haryanvispeakers 166 Teluguspeakers and 32 MarathispeakersAccording to Immigration and Customs Enforcement 2312 Indians were deported from the US during 201920 and 1616 in 201819The deaths at the border of Indians involved families but most of the Indians apprehended by US officials are single adults They constituted 56739 of those caught in 202122 and 11780 in the last two monthsThose who came in as families were 6577 in the last fiscal year and 1736 in the last two monthsBrijkumar Yadav fell to his death on December 14 while holding his threeyearold son and climbing the border wall built by the Trump administration between San Diego and MexicoHis wife also fell but on the US side and survived and the child was reunited with her according to reportsOn the border with Canada Jagdishkumar Patel 39 his wife Vaishaliben 37 and their daughter Vihangi 11 and son Dharmik 3 were found frozen to death on January 19This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever