Thousands of Illegal Alien Indians Show Up at the Border to Claim Asylum and Disappear

America apparently remains the welfare office to the world, at least in the minds of the greedy invaders who continue to flock here for the free stuff. One tribe about whom we have heard little recently is the illegal alien Indian bunch: now it turns out they are the largest group requesting asylum status except Mexicans. Who knew? The Trump presidency has turned up many diverse facts.

Thousands of Indians have traveled to the Mexican border to claim asylum as they clamber over a five-foot fence and jabber in Punjabi at border guards.

Wait, weren’t Indians supposed to be up and comers in the 21st century, hard-working aspirational types who made an ideal choice for immigration?

Actually, there are some holes in the sparkly image of modern India, as I pointed out in my 2007 article, Dogs, Frogs and Dalits: The Indian Model Minority Has A Dark Side. India still hangs on to many of its cultural unpleasantries, from misogyny to the caste system.

The fact that thousands are fleeing to enter the United States unlawfully suggests that all is not well in the “world’s largest democracy” where antagonist tribes continue to fight each other. Naturally, these historic conflicts (e.g. Hindus vs. Sikhs, Hindus vs. Muslims) don’t disappear when the combatants relocate to America.

Fox reporter William La Jeunesse also seemed surprised at the Indian influx.

WILLIAM LA JEUNESSE: A week ago this agent says ‘By the way, we’re catching a lot of Indians’; I said ‘Really? From Mexico?’ So get this: four years ago 13 Indian nationals were caught crossing into California from Mexico. Today it’s more than six thousand. Most in a tiny place called El Centro. . .

Most border agents know Spanish, but in El Centro, California, many immigrants speak only Punjabi.

BORDER PATROL AGENT JUSTIN CASTERHONE: When trying to communicate, we are gonna have to get an interpreter to get the entire story.

LA JEUNESSE: Agents here apprehend more Indian nationals than any group other than Mexicans.

CASTERHONE: It’s a very common area for Indian nationals to be crossing. Why? Because it’s a path of least resistance.

LA JEUNESSE: Across the entire US-Mexican border — 2,000 miles — it is this spot where more Indian nationals cross than anywhere else. Why? We’ll take a look at the fence from the Mexican side: we’re only looking at maybe five feet, don’t even need a ladder. Visuals say five to ten Indian nationals cross here illegally into the US every day.

CHIEF GLORIA CHAVEZ (El Centro Border Patrol Sector): This sector alone, seventy miles of border with Mexico, is the lead sector with Indian apprehensions. We have over 3,200 Indian nationals that have been apprehended right here, in one particular spot.

LA JEUNESSE: How? Agents say the immigrants fly to Qatar, then Ecuador, then travel through Central America up to El Centro.

JUDY WOOD (Immigration Attorney): They know that the border is heavily guarded closer to the ocean; as you get inland it’s easier to cross.

LA JEUNESSE: Attorney Judy Wood, who has handled many Indian asylum cases, says women who marry outside their class or caste system fear assault, while Sikh men flee religious and political persecution.

WOOD: People who are Untouchables, the lowest caste, are basically not allowed to participate fully in society.

LA JEUNESSE: So the smuggling fee for an Indian national is 25 grand versus say eight grand for a Central American. Most get released, they get on a bus and go live with relatives until a judge can hear their asylum claim.

La Jeunesse is optimistic that these characters will show up in court to have their asylum cases adjudicated: in fact, “asylum seeker” is the polite new term for illegal alien.

And there’s not a big need for thousands of Punjabi speakers in America these days.