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Indians risking deadly routes to US fear migration crackdown

Adil Bhat | Sharique Ahmad
February 26, 2025

More than 350 undocumented Indian migrants have been deported under Trump’s new migration policy in the past three weeks. DW’s Adil Bhat met a deportee in Haryana, India—where thousands still risk everything for the American dream.

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