An Indian family froze to death crossing the Canada-US border, a perilous trip becoming more common

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An Indian family froze to death crossing the Canada-US border, a perilous trip becoming more common
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Two men are accused of helping illegally smuggle Indian nationals across the U.S.-Canada border and into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022. Their federal trial is set to start Monday.

A federal trial begins Monday for two men accused of helping smuggle Indian nationals across the U.S.- Canada border into Minnesota , including four members of a family who froze to death in a blizzard in 2022.FILE - A border marker, between the United States and Canada is shown just outside of Emerson, Manitoba, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. FILE - Road signage is posted just outside of Emerson, Manitoba on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.

“16 degrees cold as hell,” Shand messaged during an earlier trip. “They going to be alive when they get here?” “It wasn’t a lavish life,” said Vaibhav Jha, a local reporter who spent days in the village. “But there was no urgent need, no desperation.” Satveer Chaudhary is a Minneapolis-based immigration attorney who has helped migrants exploited by motel owners, many of them Gujaratis.

With so many Indians trying to get to the U.S., the smuggling networks see no need to warn off customers.

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