Should refugees be taxed?

The Chilkur Balaji Temple near Hyderabad has "gained popularity as the Visa Temple because its devotees believe prayers to the deity here for a US visa rarely go unanswered", wrote Sanjaya Baru. "Studies show that Indian students remit anywhere between $10 to $13 billion annually as tuition fee abroad." Remittances into India from Indian expatriates was $83 billion in 2019, highest for any country, but is expected to fall by 23% to $64 billion in 2020 because of the pandemic. A large chunk of this comes from the Gulf, mainly from manual laborers, who send a large portion of their earnings to families back in India. "The out-migration of educated and skilled Indians that is not balanced by a return flow of income, knowledge, investment and talent, constitutes both a drain of cash and brain power," wrote Baru. The Indian Express tracked down "86 men and women who stood first in India, between 1996 and 2015, in their Class 10 and 12 exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations" and found that, "More than half the toppers live overseas today, the US being the destination of choice." Baru found it is much worse. "Data collected by this writer from a couple of high-profile private schools in New Delhi show that while around the turn of the century about 20 percent of their high school students went abroad for graduate studies, the number shot up to close to 50 percent by 2010 and to 70 percent in 2019." Baru strongly recommends a 'brain-drain tax' proposed by economist Jagdish Bhagwati in the 1970s. "In his academic publications as well as in his writings for the popular press, Bhagwati was a forceful advocate for free trade and globalization," wrote the Encyclopedia Britannica. Globalization for the world and ghettoization for India. Patriot. But how will Baru tax those paying Rs 600,000 to Rs 1.2 million to people smugglers to be smuggled into Guatemala and Rs 2.5-3 million for the US. If these people can gamble so much money to pay smugglers they are not the malnourished poor of India. Delhi, Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state, and Mumbai have the highest per capita GDP in the country, so why do people flee these states? This tragedy was a little girl from Punjab. Over 800,000 Indians are desperately waiting for a green card which allow them to live and work in the US. More than a better life, these people will do anything to avoid returning to India. Why? Modi wiped out 86% of India's cash with just 4 hours notice on 8 November 2016, and imposed the strictest lockdown with 4 hours notice on 24 March 2020 when coronavirus cases were just around 500. Videos of policemen sanitizing sticks to beat people with went round the world. Indians escaping abroad are refugees. You shouldn't tax refugees.