The pipeline of illegal immigration from India has long existed but has increased sharply along the U.S.-Canada border. The U.S. Border Patrol arrested more than 14,000 Indians on the Canadian border in the year ending Sept. 30, which amounted to 60% of all arrests along that border and more than 10 times the number two years ago.

Experts say illegal immigration from India is driven by everything from political repression to a dysfunctional American immigration system that can take years, if not decades, to navigate legally

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.