Check this out below, 2nd paragraph, these people may pay $50,000-$75,000 per head to cross the border. Maybe if it is "from India to the United States, somewhere inland", I don't know. It seems like a lot no matter how one makes it to be.
Indians arrested for illegally entering U.S. nearly triples
Andrew Hay
(Reuters) - The number of Indians arrested for illegally entering the United States has nearly tripled so far in 2018, making them one of the largest groups of illegal aliens apprehended, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Friday.
Paying smuggling rings between $25,000-$50,000 per person, a growing number of Indians are illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and claiming asylum for persecution, CBP spokesman Salvador Zamora said.
Many present viable claims, but a large number are economic migrants with fraudulent petitions that swamp the system and can cause legitimate cases to be “washed out†in the high volume of fraud, Zamora said in an interview.
Read more at:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-indians/indians-arrested-for-illegally-entering-u-s-nearly-triples-idUSKCN1M82SZ
