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Crackdown on rogue agents who aided Indians’ illegal entry into US, leading to Feb deportations
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Indian immigrants deported from the US leaving the airport in Ahmedabad on Feb 6.
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NEW DELHI – Denied work visas by Canada, Britain and Sweden, retired Indian army serviceman Mandeep Singh turned in desperation to an immigration agent who promised to help him enter the United States.
Mr Singh, 38, claims that the agent assured him that he would be able to enter the US legally – for a hefty fee of four million Indian rupees (S$61,700).
