Haiti is new port of choice for Indians trying to enter the US illegally

Indian agents involved in smuggling people into the US for the 'Big American Dream' have found a new route.

A confidential Indian Govt report reveals that illegal immigrants from India are now being taken to the US via Haiti, instead of the earlier Guatemala-Mexico route.

Till 2012, agents in India used to route illegal migrants to the US via Guatemala, from where they tried to cross the border to reach Mexico and then into US.

But after that route was busted by the Delhi Police, these agents have increasingly been using the Haiti route.

"Since 2013, no such case involving Gautemala has been found. It may be because of the new route, which is much better than then previous one," an official added.

The report reveals that the route, which has been in operation for over six months now and initially used by Delhi-based agents, is now being used by smugglers in other cities as well.

Seven FIRs have been filed from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport against "illegal travelers" trying to fly into Haiti with the aim of entering the US. In fact, it was a lead from the Haiti Consulate in Mumbai that alerted the authorities.

The Immigration Bureau in November last year found that flyers from IGI were travelling to Haiti with fake visas. An investigation into the matter revealed how Haiti was being used as a transit point to get into the US.