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Sects Use Religious Visas for Unholy Activities in U.S.
avatar By Bob Dane   May 17, 2021 1 Comment
 

While Americans witness continued chaos at the southern border, the Justice Department last week raided a New Jersey Hindu temple accused of importing slave labor from India. Unlike migrants streaming into this country illegally, the temple workers arrived here on religious (R-1 and (R-2) visas.

These temporary visas permit the entry of clergy and lay religious workers such as missionaries. But in the case of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu sect known as BAPS, hundreds of low-caste Indian nationals were exploited in a years-long construction project. They were paid the equivalent of $1 an hour for grueling forced labor. BAPS confiscated the men’s passports and confined them to a guarded, fenced-in compound.

BAPS calls itself “a spiritual, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to improving society through individual growth by fostering the Hindu ideals of faith, unity and selfless service.” In fact, its Robbinsville, N.J., temple, or mandir, is a multimillion-dollar operation. Opened in 2014 but still under construction, the organization aims to have the largest Hindu temple in the U.S.

https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/05/17/visa-abuse-religious-sect-immigrationreform-com/

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