Sikh who entered US illegally to be deported to India
14 Aug 2017 4:56 PM GMT
New York: A 39-year-old Sikh, who entered the US illegally through Mexico over a decade ago, will be deported to India as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on illegal immigrants.
Baljit Singh had crossed the border into Texas illegally 12 years ago.
His attorney said being a Sikh, he had fled religious persecution in Punjab where he feared for his life.
Singh, who has no criminal history and is a father of two children who are US citizens, was required to go for periodic check-ins with immigration officials and during one such visit early this month, he was told he will be deported to India after 90 days, a report in the Los Angeles Times said.
After a week of detention, Singh has been released with an ankle monitor and will have to return to India at the end of three months.
"With this new administration, the rules have changed everybody goes," his wife, Kate Singh told The Times.
"It doesn't matter if you're a father and haven't done anything to break the law, or if you're a criminal.Everybody's going. It's just a huge cleanup," she said.
President Donald Trump came into office promising to expel the estimated 11 million people living in the US illegally, who he says steal American jobs and fuel crime.
Most are from Mexico, and many of them have been here for decades, raising families, owning homes and businesses.
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