More than 5 million
Thousands of illegal immigrants coming across every month
Donkey' is such a term
which is nowadays one of the most searched terms
to cross borders
like UK,US, Canada illegally
to enter into those countries
and why its like that
Why people really want to cross borders
and specially today we're going to talk
about world's deadliest border
that is US Mexico borders
where I also went
and I saw my immigration experience
Lets talk about in this video
Lets start with term Illegal border crossing
and the term Illegal
If you're crossing border illegally
It is a crime in US
If you search about it
Crossing India pak border is also crime
but if you cross that doesn't means you're illegal
You cannot call an immigrant illegal
If he or she has crossed the border
and many people in my surroundings do this mistake
As an example if you cross red light by mistake
that is definitely an illegal process
but that doesn't means that you're illegal
So definitely never call an immigrant illegal as well
You can call them undocument immigrants
to come into america
Lets start the story from Punjab
So if you have seen the movie "Aaja mexico challiye"
The people we sent for donkey
8 died out of them
This is a punjabi movie
It shows all complete struggle
There's a board in punjab
where it =s written that
in 10k or 150 dollars you can get US visa
or any country's visa
You go to those agents
and agent tell you that
it will take 15k..You deposit it
and your process will get started
But after paying 15k you get to know that
its just the start of the process
After I will have to pay more
on which they slowly tell you that
to apply visa..You have to pay 10k more
15k were just for counselling
and then you pay 10k more
and you already paid them 25k now
and your visa application starts
and during that
you get offers that " Oh you're going for work"
then it will charge more for work visa
and slowly they take more and more
tel you in the end that
Yes if you want to go to america
So total expense will be 10-15 lakh rupees
At this point you think
that I gave 25k rupees
You think that you have paid 1 or 1% of money of the process
What our Indian mentality is that
that money should not go to waste
to prevent this money from wasting
So that we can tell our parents
that I didn't waste this money
We literally arrange even 25 lakhs also
and pay them
that we have to go america by hook or crook
Infact mostly this amount
It is around 14-15 lakh to begin with
You tell them that I will arrange 14 lakhs
You pay them
to go to america
or literally agent can even lie to you
Agent will say that
for now the flight that I have for you
that I made in latin america somewhere
and your direct flight to mexico is after
Infact direct flight to US will be after
and you think that my direct flight will come
but in reality it never comes
Agent literally tells you on phone
Direct route to border is closed
If you want to go then donkey process
which is none other than
Illegal border crossing process
and you're left with just this way
and next option that you have to forcefully consider
that is to give your agent more money
So that you cross the borders
or at this point
Your journey either starts at brazil
Latin america countries like
Brazil
or Equador
Equador is such country where you get visa very easily
Now its a bit difficult
Because indians go in these countries
by slowly corssing borders
They're trying to get into USA
Thats why even this latin american process for indians have become difficult
because this trend is going on
and indians are 5th
in this year..5th or 6th
in the world
to cross US mexico border
every single day
You will get surprised to listen
When you reach some country of latin america
The process is not of days
It moves to months
So lets start from latin america
Imagine your agent has sent you
in some latin america country
brazil or equador
They got you its visa somehow
and when you land there
That is just 1% start of journey
because from there you have to one by one cross borders illegally
in buses or by walking
or by getting saved from police
You cross borders different different donkers are hired
In punjab they're called donkers
In US the term is Coyote
Coyote is the person who helps you in crossing the border
in every step either donker
or the person helping you to cross
They can be different
These agents talk to each other
Someties it takes days or weeks to get their time
You have to live in forests without any facilities
You wait for the donker to come and help you cross it
from Equador to Panama
or Equador to Columbia
So one by one you're crossing the border
Equador to columbia
Columbia to panama
You take boat finally from panama
or whatever the way is
till mexico
Just this process takes weeks
and after this
starts the real struggle
we say that US mexican border is the deadliest border to cross in world
Still most dangerous border
is of other countries like
North korea or India pakistan
because there's electric currents in cabels also
That you even die just by little touch
There are instructions that if
you see someone on border crossing.. you can shoot them
but here its not like that
Whats there exactly which makes it deadliest
Lets talk about it now
Now talking about as you enter mexico
or when you enter mexico
I want to tell you
Here if you want to reach till mexico
crime rate is so much in whole way
Take any country
Rape
literally traficcking of your body parts
They are sold here
Trading is done
They have big profits by commiting crime with you
I am telling you all from
A book tht I read in my college
which is enrique's journey
and this whole book surprised me when I came here
Thta your organs
They cost around 200-500k dollars
If these people are helping you in crossing borders
If they sell your organs themselves in black
They will get rich overnight
They will become crorepati
becauee of this reason
you have to think that the process you're planning to do
It is highly unsafe
and very deadly
And if by chance you get saved from these
if you get saved from them
Still your 10% journey to america is complete
slowly you go towards north
You take car buses or taxis
During this also
You can get caught
Literally in last one or two years.. Mexico caught
Mexico government caught
There were around 1500 indians
who were caught
trying to cross US mexico border
and mexico itself deported them to India
o you can get deported from mexico also
US is a far thing still
In mexico you go step by step
There are so many sides
The Us mexican border
that is 200 to 400 miles
that is in texas
to New mexico
Here is one river
where there is a border
So just the river is the border
from where if you cross the river
then you reach US after some climbing
So firstly lets talk about this
I literally went to texas now
where I saw rio grande river
who's drone shot you can see
provided by fox news
So oif you're talking about texas
If you reach rio grande river somehow
Firstly to reach that border
You have to go through trains
through mountains
In some cases if you see these mountains
by climbing these you reach there
Your condition after that
that is terrifying
The travel that you're doing in train also
towards US mexico border
That is also one of the deadliest
I read in book that here
There are so many crimes in that train
that all your stuff is taken
you're left with nothing
nothing to eat and drink
Further with whom you will talk
In 50% cases you're on your own
Yuo struggle on your own if you don't get any agent
who helps you to cross
or by chance if you get saved
Your phone gets saved
If you reach rio grande river
Then you have to swim in rio grande river to cross
There's some news from 29th sept
that 9 people died by drowning in that river
or here is so much heat
In texas and houston there's so much humidity
Many people die during just walking
They pass out on the way
because of heat and humidity
15 people passed out in one day in Arizona
People used to sleep while standing after crossing border
Such conditons were there
if you want to know about the death rate
in 2021
1200 people died crossing the border
and now in last 12 months
853 immigrants
have already died
And this year
is proven to be one of the deadliest year
for immigrants crossing US mexican border
The reason is
One is heat
2nd that swimming in rio grande is very difficult
Some people have kids along
There's non food left for kids
In trains they lose everything
Money, bags, food, everything
they had..Has ran out
So they are left with nothing
To drink water they have to search forests
So at this point
You're dying out of dehydration
You're dying out of starvation
because of these factors
Your survival is very challenging
Talking about Indians crossing US mexico border
It was highest in 2022
that is around 18000
before it was highest in 2018
which was around 10k
why this sudden rise
Lets talk about ideal scenario..If
When trump was not there..Before that
So that when crossing border.. you apply for asylum
Basically you're saying that make me legalized
no not legalized..Make us documented
You're trying to become documented immigrant
Not legalized because you
were never illegal
So when you apply for process
Then Us used to allow you to live in US
But acc to rule,,If you're applying for Asylum
when you cross border
you will be sent back to mexico
During trump administration
Number of people crossing border were less
and Indians were also crossing less at that time
but since Joe biden has
taken down on that rule
that the moment you cross US mexican border
You can apply for Asylum
You can live in US..You're free
So because of this thing
The number of people crossing are the highest
and
infact it is still very deadly
i go to US mexico border
I will tell you my story while going to US mexico border
There's one national park
You will get to see vlog soon
and I am going to that national park
while coming back I have to face US border patrol
because everytime you exit the border
You'll get US border patrol
because they want to check whether you're documented immigrant or no
They asked me about my passport and visa
and literally my US passport file
is in athlanta..I don't carry it anywhere
because I always have driver's license
That is like aadhaar card there
that why you need to take passport along
If you are here
So literally process was this
that you cross and apply for asylum
If you are indian and you cross the border
You tell them
The first process of Asylum is
that you're not safe in your country
Do not send us back
because they will tell you to go back
You have to prove if you want to apply for asylum
that I am not feeling safe in my own country
then your Asylum's process will start
After the starting of the process
You can't work immediately in US
You have 150 days till you can't work
After 150 days
You apply for EAD or work permit
During that people ho are working in US
They are working on Cash which is Illegal
The regions near texas and houston
Whats happening there
There they do inspection
that your immigrants
are documented or no
So because of this
So they get warning one day before
that we're coming for check..otherwise they push undocumented immigrants
and they want that only documented immigrants work here
So there's a lot of struggle
in the first 150 days
when you don't get work permit
And literally you have to hire a nice lawyer
If your Asylum process gets approved
In process Indian proabability is single digit
Just 1-9% probability
that it will get approved without a lawyer
So you have to pay for lawyer also
In this process
20 lakhs agent takes initially
upto 50 lakh rupees
You're spending
to cross Us mexico border
And 50 lakhs is more than the amount of money
which I spent for a US degree
After scholarship
So you can't think How expensive this process is
and it is so deadly
The Indians that bring their children along
Their chances of Asylum are more
If you are taking yoiur small child
Nowadays that chances are more
and in those cases also
Its deadly...because I just saw
few days ago and also in 2019
A 6 y.o indians baby
or a child
or their child died
in the process because food was not sufficient
So it is really dangerous
Don't think that I will take my small child
and your Asylum will het easily approved
and you can easily work there
It is very very risky
And it is the game of luck
and it is the survival of the fittest
and at the end of th day it is still very very deadly
I went to border
There they have made one cementry
Where many dead bodies have been digged
I saw ont he rio grande river...Dead bodies of so many people
So it is so so dangerous
And after this process you won't believe
During trump
things were so difficult
that people's kids were separated from their parents
There's one walmart
It is so difficult for me to explain
The emotion I am going through while explaining is so difficult
that walmart which was not working near border
That walmart was bought and children were put there
and those children were separated from parents
and parents were told to go back
to mexico till your asylum process
So thats how Immigrants were treated
for crossing the border
and applying for asylum
Now its not like that
Now people are free to move anywhere
but you cant work for 150 days
When you're crossing or
Till you receive your asylum application
You cant work
So things are very very difficult
I will give you one suggestion
If you're spending that much money
Why not spend on education
Education is biggest asset
We should spend our money more on learning
that if you're educated even in india
You take good skills
Then also you can go to US legally
and you can become a documented immigrant
That is better as compared to spending 40-50 lakhs
Still crossing illegally
So definitely I will not recommened
I was going as tourist
I got shocked when border patrol stopped me
and asked for my passport and visa
I will definitely not recommened
then we should be spending on learning
and skillset
Spend on things from which you can learn
which will be with you forever because
The skills that you learn
Things that presents in your resume
that can get you job anywhere in the world
So that will be it for the video
Stay tuned for the vlog
Thankyou so much for watching