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A |     Washington, Oct 10 (UNI) More and more Indians are entering the United States from the Mexican border.

Since the beginning of the 2022 fiscal year that started last October, a record 16,290 Indian citizens have been taken into US custody at the Mexican border. The previous high of 8,997 was recorded in 2018, BBC reported.

Experts point to a number of reasons for the increase, including a climate of discrimination in India, an end to pandemic-era restrictions, a perception that the current US administration is welcoming to asylum seekers and the ramping-up of previously established smuggling networks.

While some migrants are coming to the US for economic reasons, many are fleeing persecution back home, said Deepak Ahluwalia, an immigration lawyer who has represented Indian nationals in Texas and California.

The latter group range from Muslims, Christians and "low-caste" Hindus to members of India's LGBT community who fear violence at the hands of extreme Hindu nationalists or supporters of the secessionist movement and farmers from the Punjab region, the BBC reported.

Conditions for many of these groups have deteriorated in recent years, international observers say.

Immigrants often see the US as "the ultimate gateway" to a better life, said Ahluwalia, the lawyer.

The enormous distances involved, however, make the trip to the US extremely challenging.

Traditionally, Indian migrants who arrive at the US-Mexican border use "door-to-door" smuggling services, with journeys arranged from India to South America.

They are often guided the entire way and travel in small groups with their fellow countrymen who speak the same language, rather than individually or with only family members.

These networks often begin with India-based "travel agents" which outsource parts of the journey to partner criminal groups in Latin America.

Jessica Bolter, an analyst at the Washington DC-based Migration Policy Institute, said that the number of Indian migrants is also rising as a result of a "ripple effect" that takes place when those who have used these services successfully recommend them to friends or family back in India.

"It naturally expands and draws more migrants," she said. "Of course, that doesn't happen without migrants wanting to leave originally."

Manpreet, a 20-year-old from Punjab who asked that only his first name be used, a vocal critic of India's ruling BJP, fled the country after being persecuted for his political beliefs, the BBC reported.

"From Ecuador I took a bus to Colombia, and from Colombia I took a bus to Panama," Manpreet recalled in an interview with the BBC from California. "From there, via a boat, I (went to) Nicaragua and Guatemala, and then Mexico and entered the US."

Even guided by seasoned smugglers, the trip to the border is often one that is fraught with dangers, including robberies and extortion at the hands of local gangs or corrupt authorities or extreme weather, injuries and illness.

These dangers were highlighted in 2019 when a six-year-old Indian girl from Punjab was found dead in the scorching desert near the border town of Lukeville, Arizona.

It was later reported that she died in temperatures of over 42 C (108 F) after her mother left her with a group of other Indians to go search for water.

UNI MR。    4月22日，内蒙古自治区开鲁县多位种植户反映，有镇、村干部阻止他们下田耕种，种地要交钱，而此前他们已签订了土地承包合同。　　报道的视频显示，开鲁县建华镇双胜村村委会一名副主任阻拦种植户春耕时称：“110来又能咋地，上边让我敛钱我就敛钱。

B | ”此外，建华镇还有镇干部阻止农民耕地，强力要求扣车。该镇党委副书记、政法委员纪云浩在报道中称：“别找我，我不懂法！”　　按镇、村干部的说法，这些种植户目前有两个选择，要么交“增补承包费”，要么解除承包合同。那么，冲突何以产生？啥是“增补承包费”？　　原来十几年前，村民承包的这些土地，还是少有人问津的荒地，当时承包价格也比较低，一开始种的是苜蓿、青贮等，后来经过承包户改良，如今成了水浇地。　　村民告诉记者，土地承包费他们已经交齐了。从村民提供的土地承包合同，记者看到土地的承包期从2004年3月20日开始，为期30年承包费分批次缴纳，在2022年就已经全部结清了。

C | 　　记者注意到，土地承包合同附件所显示的叫牧场图，这块总面积6000亩的土地耕地只有110亩。

D | 村民告诉记者，当初他们承包这块地是为了养牛种植饲草，当年这里除了少部分是耕地林地之外，绝大部分是盐碱荒地。　　为了在这些地上种植牧草，种植户投入很大。拉土、平地打井、接电、种植耐碱固氮的紫花苜蓿、牧草喂牛、牛粪养地，经过十几年的努力，昔日的不毛之地变成了水浇田。　　当地政府有关人员表示，从荒地变成耕地，土地增值了，自然要交“增补承包费”。　　该镇党委副书记被免职　　23日，开鲁县人民政府新闻办公室发布情况通报，全文如下↓　　一、关于“蹊跷的增补承包费”问题。

E | 报道所反映问题的背景是开鲁县作为上级确定的新增耕地高效利用试点单位，针对“国土三调”较“国土二调”新增加的耕地开展的高效利用试点工作。报道中提到的“增补承包费”，是开鲁县新增耕地高效利用试点工作采取的处置方式之一，即由村集体对新增耕地收取的有偿使用费。

F | 　　二、关于“阻拦不让种地”问题。建华镇双胜村实施试点工作过程中，一部分新增耕地大户不愿交纳费用，导致已交费用的农户产生攀比心理，由此产生了阻碍翻地行为。目前，通过县镇村三级协调化解，该村群众已同意采取诉讼方式主张权益，解决矛盾问题，确保不再有阻碍翻地整地、贻误农时等行为发生。　　三、关于个别基层干部对待群众态度蛮横、言语粗鲁的问题。针对报道中反映的个别基层干部对待群众态度蛮横、言语粗鲁、工作方式严重不当的问题，开鲁县委已给予该镇党委副书记免职处理，并由县纪委监委给予其党内警告处分；县纪委监委对该村党支部书记、村委会副主任分别给予党内严重警告处分。

G | 对可能存在的其他违纪行为，也正在开展调查。　　（图源网络 中国小康网综合央广网微信公众号、开鲁融媒、中国三农）。

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