Sunday, August 12, 2018

They are saying what Americans already believe.

Everyone knows about illegal immigrants from Central America entering the US, "But one of the fastest-growing groups of illegal immigrants come not from the barrios of South America or the slums of Africa, but mega sized cities in India -- 8,000 miles away from the tiny town of El Centro, California, where a handful of Indian nationals are entering the US everyday, officials say," said a news report on Fox News. "Agents said they arrest five to 10 Indian nationals a day, with most young men claiming asylum as victims of political or religious persecution." Which is patently rubbish because Sikhs and Gurdwaras are everywhere in India. They pay people smugglers to take them into the US. "Some of these organizations are charging Indian nationals up to $25,000 to get smuggled into the US," said El Centro Sector Chief G Chavez. Indians claim to be adults in Mexico, because minors are arrested, and claim to be juveniles in the US because minors are released. So they have been expertly coached. $25,000 is over Rs 1.7 million, not a small amount for 'persecuted people'. The truth is elsewhere. The Punjab government had no money to pay power subsidies, salaries and pensions, a total of Rs 61 billion, in April. In 2015, the Punjab government mortgaged jails and homes for widows to raise money. Punjab has a high rate of youth unemployment and with no prospects of getting jobs there is a very high level of drug addiction in the state. Jobs are not a problem only in Punjab, though the situation is particularly grim in that state. Marathas are agitating in Maharashtra for reservations in government jobs. Falling commodity prices across the world have resulted in lower crop prices in India. Those dependent on agriculture for livelihood are suffering. Jobs in the private sector need higher education and knowledge of technology which put them beyond the reach of rural people. Hence, there is an enormous demand for government jobs. But, 50% of government jobs are reserved for lower castes, described as Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classses (OBC), who will violently defend their advantage if challenged. The Prime Minister admitted that reservation is here to stay. "Even if reservation is given, there are no jobs. Jobs in banks have shrunk because of information technology. Government recruitment is frozen," said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. Governments in states and the center are sitting on over 2.4 million vacancies, maybe because these jobs have become redundant because of technology or because governments are battling to reduce their deficits and do not want to increase their expenditure. Western countries have a stereotypical opinion of India and the illegal migrants are pandering to it. Can't stop Americans from being stupid. 

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