Between October 2022 and September 2023, almost 97,000 Indians were detained while attempting to enter illegally: US Customs and Border Protection

 Between October 2022 and September 2023, almost 97,000 Indians were detained while attempting to enter illegally: US Customs and Border Protection

There has allegedly been a five-fold surge in the number of Indians arrested for illegally entering the US in recent years.

The most recent US Customs and Border Protection (UCBP) statistics shows that between October 2022 and September 2023, a total of 96,917 Indians were detained while entering the country illegally.

There has allegedly been a five-fold surge in the number of Indians arrested for illegally entering the US in recent years.

19,883 Indians were detained in 2019–20. The statistics indicates that 30,662 Indians were arrested in 2020–21 and 63,927 in 2021–22. 30,010 Indians were apprehended on the Canadian border and 41,770 at the Mexican border out of the 96,917 Indians detained between October 2022 and September of this year.

Accompanied Minors (AM), Persons in a Family Unit (FMUA), Single Adults, as well as Without being protected Children (UC) are the four categories under which those who are arrested fall. Adult singles make up the biggest group.

In 2023, 84,000 adult Indians entered the US illegally during the fiscal year. A total of 730 juveniles who were not accompanied were detained.

The fiscal year of the US federal government begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. On Thursday, Senator James Lankford stated on the Senate floor that these individuals travel by plane four times, passing through nations like France, to reach the nearest airport in Mexico. From there, they essentially ride a bus that the cartels have rented all the way to the border, where they are dropped off for their final delivery.

"They may then claim, as Lankford did, that "I am afraid for my nation." According to Lankford, so far this year, 45,000 Indians have crossed our southern border, paid the cartels, and entered our nation while claiming to be afraid of returning to their own country.

Lankford restated his often expressed belief that Mexican criminal organizations are teaching migrants from across the globe how to manipulate the asylum procedure and enter the US while they are awaiting a hearing.

Let's face it, not everyone on the planet understands this. Except for us, almost everyone else in the world has changed their mind on this. He remarked, "We're literally inviting people from all over the world to take advantage of our system," on the areas that need legislative attention and America's dysfunctional asylum system.

Asylum and refugee status are the same, according to Lankford. The same holds true for international law. When a scared refugee arrives to a refugee center and tells the UN, "I have a dramatic fear of persecution in my country," they are essentially sharing themselves with people all throughout the globe, including the United States. We welcome refugees from all across the globe here.

The same standards apply to asylum applicants. Once they reach the next safe location, they are expected to apply for asylum. He said that while it is the worldwide norm, we don't follow it here. We welcome refugees from all across the globe here.