(Full post at LA Times) The immigrants, mostly young men from poor villages, say they are fleeing religious and political persecution. More than 1,600 Indians have been caught since the influx began here early last year, while an undetermined number, perhaps thousands, are believed to have sneaked through undetected, according to U.S. border authorities.

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Most of the immigrants say they are from the Punjab or Gujarat states. They are largely Sikhs who say they face religious persecution, or members of the Bharatiya Janata Party who say they are targeted for beatings by members of the National Congress Party.

Seems the border authorities are baffled by the sudden spurt in illegal immigrants from India. But just last month the Wall St. Journal was lauding Gujarat under Narendra Modi as having “transformed itself into one of the country’s economic and export engines…”