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The Indians, whose hideout was provided only with soiled mattresses claimed to be on vacation. But the authorities hastily concluded that they were waiting to be exported to the U.S. through a 11,000-mile (17,700 km) of prepared human cargo - the same network that brought thousands of illegal immigrants of India, through Central America and Mexico and on the sand banks of the Rio Grande over the past two years.
Indians have come en masse while the total number of illegal immigrants entering the United Stateshas fallen dramatically, largely because of the sluggish U.S. restriction. And with fewer Mexicans and Central Americans crossing the border, smugglers are excited for more "high value cargo" as the Indians, some are willing to pay more than $ 20,000 for the cruise.
"Being businessmen they are, they need to start looking for ways to supplement that trade," said Rosendo Hinojosa, chief of the U.S. Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley sector, the southern tip of Texas, which is the fastest nationwide to understand Indian nationals.
Source: USA Today