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I disagree.In October, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) sent a chartered flight carrying Indian nationals back home, marking a growing trend in deportations to India.
This was no ordinary flight - it was one of multiple large-scale “removal flights” carried out this year, each typically carrying more than 100 passengers. The flights were returning groups of Indian migrants who "did not establish a legal basis to remain in the US".
According to US officials, the latest flight carrying adult men and women was routed to Punjab, close to many deportees' places of origin. No precise breakdown of hometowns was provided.
In the US fiscal year 2024 which ended in September, more than 1,000 Indian nationals had been repatriated by charter and commercial flights, according to Royce Bernstein Murray, assistant secretary at the US Department of Homeland Security.
“That has been part of a steady increase in removals from the US of Indian nationals over the past few years, which corresponds with a general increase in encounters that we have seen with Indian nationals in the last few years as well,” Ms Murray told a media briefing. (Encounters refer to instances where non-citizens are stopped by US authorities while attempting to cross the country’s borders with Mexico or Canada.)
For one, the migrants are not from the lowest economic strata. But they cannot secure tourist or student visas to the US, often due to lower education or English proficiency.
Instead, they rely on agencies charging up to $100,000 (£79,000), sometimes using long and arduous routes designed to dodge border controls. To afford this, many sell farms or take out loans. Not surprisingly, data from the US immigration courts in 2024 reveals that the majority of Indian migrants were male, aged 18-34.
Second, Canada on the northern border has become a more accessible entry point for Indians, with a visitor visa processing time of 76 days (compared to up to a year for a US visa in India).
The Swanton Sector - covering the states of Vermont and counties in New York and New Hampshire - has experienced a sudden surge in encounters with Indian nationals since early this year, peaking at 2,715 in June, the researchers found.
Earlier, most irregular Indian migrants entered the Americas through the busier southern border with Mexico via El Salvador or Nicaragua, both of which facilitated migration. Until November last year, Indian nationals enjoyed visa-free travel to El Salvador.
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Why more Indians are crossing borders illegally to enter the US
A surge in illegal border crossings by Indians into the US has left many puzzled -what’s going on?www.bbc.co.uk
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Growing up in the UK, I grew up with a lot of Indians, Sikhs, Hindus etc but all were born and raised in the UK, in the same town as me.
Now I often bump into Indians who cant speak English, live in small places and dont seem very confident. A few seem to be illegals but of course I cant confirm this, apart from one who openly stated he is.
We often here its illegals in India but it seems millions are living illegally abroad. Why is this ?
Also..have you met any Illegal Indians in your native country ? Of course if you are one and reading this , it doesnt count.
Two Indian Chemical Companies and a Senior Executive Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals
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Two Indian Chemical Companies and a Senior Executive Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals
BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, two indictments were unsealed charging India-based companies Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (Athos Chemicals) and Bhavesh Lathiya, a founder and senior executive of Raxuter Chemicals, with criminal conspiracies...www.justice.gov
Defendants Allegedly Smuggled Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals from India to the United States Knowing They Would Be Used to Manufacture Fentanyl
BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, two indictments were unsealed charging India-based companies Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (Athos Chemicals) and Bhavesh Lathiya, a founder and senior executive of Raxuter Chemicals, with criminal conspiracies to distribute and import fentanyl precursor chemicals to the United States. Lathiya was arrested on January 4, 2025 in New York City and arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Marutollo. Lathiya was ordered detained pending trial.
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General and Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, announced the arrest and indictments.
“Our efforts to disrupt the global fentanyl supply chain are being fought on many fronts, and as alleged in these indictments, by charging two chemical companies based in India and a company executive with knowingly distributing the chemical building blocks of fentanyl,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “My Office will vigorously prosecute those pushers of poison, here and abroad, who are responsible for fueling our nation’s opioid epidemic without any regard for the extreme harm they are causing.”
Mr. Peace thanked the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, Homeland Security Investigations, New York and United States Customs and Border Protection, New York Field Office, for their invaluable assistance.
“The Justice Department is targeting every link in fentanyl trafficking supply chains that span countries and continents and too often end in tragedy in the United States,” stated Attorney General Garland. “We allege these companies, and a company founder and senior executive who is now in custody, conspired to distribute and import fentanyl precursor chemicals from India to the United States and Mexico. We made a promise that the Justice Department would never forget the victims of the fentanyl epidemic, and that we would never stop working to hold accountable those who bear responsibility for it — that is what we have done, and that is what we will continue to do.”
“Much of our nation’s illicit fentanyl crisis can be traced to bad actors overseas who knowingly and illegally traffic precursor chemicals to North America, where cartels refine them into deadly narcotics and wreak immeasurable heartbreak and destruction on so many American communities,” stated DHS Secretary Mayorkas. “The Department of Homeland Security, alongside our federal partners, will continue to take the fight against fentanyl directly to alleged foreign precursor chemical exporters like the companies and the individual indicted today – because the best way to stop illicit fentanyl from killing Americans and devastating communities is by preventing it from being manufactured in the first place.”
Fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, is the deadliest drug threat currently facing the United States. It is a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is approximately 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Fentanyl is designated as a Schedule II controlled substance while various precursors that can be used to produce fentanyl are included on the controlled substance schedules List I and List II.
Raxuter Chemicals and Lathiya are charged with conspiracy to distribute and import a listed chemical, distribution and importation of a listed chemical knowing it would be used to manufacture fentanyl, smuggling and other related offenses. Athos Chemicals is charged with similar offenses, including conspiracy to distribute and import a listed chemical and distribution and importation of a listed chemical.
As alleged in the indictments and court filings, the defendants supplied precursor chemicals to the United States and Mexico, among other places, knowing they would be used to manufacture fentanyl. They also sent their chemical products to the United States and Mexico using international mail and package carriers. The chemicals distributed by the defendants included all the materials necessary to manufacture fentanyl via the most common methods or pathways. To prevent detection and interception of chemical products at the borders, the defendants employed deceptive and fraudulent practices, such as mislabeling packages, falsifying customs forms, and making false declarations at border crossings.
For example, on or about June 29, 2024, a package shipped by Raxuter Chemicals was delivered to an address in the Eastern District of New York. The package had a false manifest that listed its contents as Vitamin C. In truth, the contents were a List I chemical, 1-boc-4-piperidone, an unlawfully imported fentanyl precursor.
On or about October 2, 2024 and October 15, 2024, Lathiya appeared on a video call to discuss sale of fentanyl precursor chemicals with an HSI undercover officer. After being told by the undercover officer that his “clients in Mexico were very happy with the quality of what you sent me” and with “the yield they got of the final product,” Lathiya agreed to sell 20 kilograms 1-boc-4-piperidone, which is a List I chemical used in fentanyl synthesis. Lathiya also proposed mislabeling the chemical as an antacid. The undercover officer replied and asked if it would be easier to ship the product to Mexico, stating “This is a very controversial product … Because like you said it’s banned and in Mexico I think it could be easier but there’s so much pressure on them because of fentanyl.” On or about November 23, 2024, Raxuter Chemicals and Lathiya shipped approximately 20 kilograms of 1-boc-4-piperidone to the Eastern District of New York. The package was mislabeled as an antacid.
In addition, on or about February 20, 2024, Athos Chemicals agreed to sell 100 kilograms of 1-boc-4-piperidone to a known drug trafficker in Mexico who was making fentanyl in association with a drug trafficking organization.
Mexican drug trafficking organizations, including but not limited to the Sinaloa Cartel, have increasingly availed themselves of the fentanyl precursors developed and distributed by companies like the defendants. The chemicals provided by the defendant companies have enabled such cartels and other drug trafficking organizations to produce fentanyl in clandestine laboratories in Mexico on a massive scale for subsequent distribution in the United States and elsewhere.
The charges in the indictments are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. If convicted of all the charges, Lathiya faces up to 53 years in prison.
The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s International Narcotics and Money Laundering Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Adam Amir, William P. Campos and Chand Edwards-Balfour are in charge of the prosecution with the assistance of Paralegal Specialist Samuel Ronchetti.
The Defendants:
BHAVESH ranCHHODBHAI LATHIYA (also known as “Bhavesh Patel” and “Bhavesh Bhai”)
Age: 36
Surat, Gujarat, India
RAXUTER CHEMICALS
Surat, Gujarat, India
E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 24-CR-525 (PKC)
ATHOS CHEMICALS PVT. LTD.
Surat, Gujarat, India
E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 24-CR-526 (RPK)
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow indians distrubuting Fentanyl - how classy you lot are - surprised you didnt blame the chinese,
@Rajdeep @sweep_shot @The Bald Eagle @the Great Khan @Cpt. Rishwat @Theanonymousone @Vikram1989 @Devadwal @JaDed @uppercut @Champ_Pal @RexRex @Local.Dada @LordJames @KingKhanWC @HalBass9 - your thoughts - a lot of these drug dealers happen to be indian - not a coincidence

What an interesting thread, but filled with non- sequiturs, flame baits and one sided perspectives.
The fact is that India and Indians are obsessed with getting ahead; the desire to be better, do better. There’s very little chill with us.
The fact is that this has led to incredible achievements by Indians the world over, on an individual scale that’s matched by few nationalities.
The fact is that there are side -effects, the scams, the behaviour, but these are not the main story, however some posters here may try to make it.
And yes, Indians traveling abroad can come across as cringeworthy, out behaviours pretty bad, but then that is a cultural phenomenon. Chinese tourists are as bad.
A better question would be, if Indians are so talented, why does India look like a third world dump and they have to brag about incredible achievements abroad?![]()
What he said has nothing to do with what you've said.
I literally bolded the part I wanted to expand on. At least I didn't leave out the bits I didn't like as you have a habit of doing.
The part you bolded is about what Indian immigrants do abroad which has nothing to do with why India is a third world dump.
A better question would be, if Indians are so talented, why does India look like a third world dump and they have to brag about incredible achievements abroad?![]()
Why does it need to be? India being a third world dump is highly relevant to why Indians are chasing the American dream. Check the thread title.
Because India is incredible in many places and because we have accomplished incredible things the world over.
It isn’t patriotism. Two contradictory things can exist simultaneously.Do you really think if India was so incredible then Indians would be chasing the American dream? I appreciate the patriotism, but what would you think if I said Pakistan is incredible in many places and they have accomplished incredible things the world over?
It isn’t patriotism. Two contradictory things can exist simultaneously.
For example: I know for a fact that U.S. kids are some of most unaware in the world, some of them don’t know where the next state is, far less the bordering nation. Many Americans are astonishingly ignorant But at the same time the U.S. is at the cutting edge of R&D in many fields, pushing the boundaries of what we know. So both can be true.
If you said that about Pakistan I’d wait for you to showcase the accomplishments of Pakistanis, to make your case. I certainly won’t reject it. In fact I would even give examples to partly support that
For example, from the pictures I’ve seen many parts of Pakistan are astonishingly beautiful. I know Pakistani music has its own niche abroad and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan quite the following. At the risk of getting political Imran Khan is a globally recognised, dare I say admired person. Among others

Part time shifts are common among Master students from India.. honestly he was just trying to get that for daily expenses waiting for his masters to complete ..
That’s same with China, and let me me put it out there China is way ahead of India and still..What you are saying isn't wrong, but I am not really talking about outliers. I am discussing in context of the thread. I'm sure India is wonderful, but the traffic is more towards the USA and other western countries than the other way round.
That’s same with China, and let me me put it out there China is way ahead of India and still..
The Pakistani posters do that though your fav FinalFantasy dude has been harping about China for last 1 weekYes but I am not seeing any Chinese posters popping up in these forums telling me how fantastic China is while living in the USA.
The Pakistani posters do that though your fav FinalFantasy dude has been harping about China for last 1 week
lmao yes he is born and brought up in UK..Yes but he's not Chinese.
Yes but are the indians (Kochi) who take these jobs - do the complete the job better than others, like i work in payroll - 3rd party contract for a massive Uk based company whihc is technically own by a american copany, i was at this company just before it started to lay off Uk workers for indians, we were told that the indians wre qualified and had a similar pay structure (by law to the UK),What an interesting thread, but filled with non- sequiturs, flame baits and one sided perspectives.
The fact is that India and Indians are obsessed with getting ahead; the desire to be better, do better. There’s very little chill with us.
The fact is that this has led to incredible achievements by Indians the world over, on an individual scale that’s matched by few nationalities.
The fact is that there are side -effects, the scams, the behaviour, but these are not the main story, however some posters here may try to make it.
And yes, Indians traveling abroad can come across as cringeworthy, out behaviours pretty bad, but then that is a cultural phenomenon. Chinese tourists are as bad.
which means what exactly - that i cant compare people from different countries, on how they work / behavelmao yes he is born and brought up in UK..