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Dreams of leaving India


The narrow streets of Dingucha, a quiet village in the western Indian state of Gujarat (PM Modi's birth place) , are spattered with ads to move overseas. "Make your dream of going abroad come true," one poster says, listing three tantalizing destinations: "Canada. Australia. USA."

On the final night of their lives, Jagdish Patel, his wife and their two young children tried to slip into the U.S. across a near-empty stretch of the Canadian border. Wind chills reached -38 Celsius that night in January 2022 as the family from India set out on foot to meet a waiting van. They walked amid vast farm fields and bulky snowdrifts, navigating in the black of an almost-moonless night. The driver, waiting in northern Minnesota, messaged his boss: "Make sure everyone is dressed for the blizzard conditions, please."



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