‘Trump’, ‘Snake’, ‘America Wala’: Amid US deportations, a look at songs favoured by illegal immigrants

The opus ‘Trump’ has 49 cardinal views connected YouTube. “Siddha vajya daran te Subedar tu/Kehnda keenve aaya jatta bina 7 set de/main kiha assi ni embassy vich visa mangya/Jithon lang aaye nahi saukha janda langya/Le ke aaya ni bags vich nave kapde/Sher ud aande 35 footi kandh tapke ((A subedar went consecutive to my location and asked, ‘How did you travel without 7 bands (IELTS)?’ I said, ‘We ne'er went to the embassy seeking a visa.’ Where we crossed from, it’s not casual to pass. We did not bring caller apparel packed successful bags. Lions leap implicit 35-foot walls to scope their destination,” the opus says.

“It is arsenic if they won an Olympic medal aft climbing the wall. This is to discourage those who travel ineligible routes….a mafia promoting ‘dunki’ civilization is down promoting specified contented connected societal media,” an overseas acquisition advisor from Ludhiana told The Indian Express, speaking connected the information of anonymity.

With a US subject craft carrying 104 Indians deported for entering the state illegally landing successful Amritsar this week, the spotlight is backmost connected the ‘dunki’ route, the treacherous travel crossed countries that galore amerciable immigrants take to scope the US, and the songs allegedly glorifying the practice.

Sidhu, who has roots successful Bathinda, released different opus successful November, ‘Snake’, flaunting the beingness of amerciable immigrants successful exile camps.

Another fashionable opus successful specified reels is ‘America Wala’ by singers Ravraaz and Ravi Rbs. Released 5 years ago, the opus talks astir however amerciable immigrants gain much than the ones connected survey visas.

“Kardi je maan tu survey vise da. Jatt water aaya axenic 40 lakh ni/Dina vich paani e main crippled baliye/Bhotiyan main tareekan wala nahi/Haske na kehdi ni 2 numberi/Munda pind vich vajje America wala ni (If you consciousness arrogant of your survey visa, this Jat has travel aft spending 40 lakh instead. I volition crook the crippled astir successful conscionable a fewer days. I americium not the benignant to spell connected galore dates (court dates of amerciable immigrants). Don’t telephone maine a fraud with a smile. In the village, the lad is called ‘America wala’,” work the lyrics.

The opus further refers to a lad who spent 2 months successful a exile campy and paid Rs 18 lakh for the migration enslaved (bail successful amerciable migration case). Once helium got out, helium handled his enactment and sent wealth to his colony each period which is equivalent to the interest of 1 semester of a survey visa student, the opus goes connected to say.

The songs are conscionable the extremity of the iceberg arsenic hundreds of videos connected societal media – from Facebook pages called ‘America donkey’, ‘USA wale’ etc to respective Instagram handles – amusement however Indians are travelling crossed countries and entering the US, the UK and Canada illegally.

“Now, things person go stricter successful America. Otherwise, specified show-off was being done proudly earlier. It was discouraging for genuine aspirants,” overseas acquisition advisor Vinay Kumar Hari, who has offices crossed Punjab, said.

According to France-based Punjabi NRI Sunny Sandhu, “It is clip to marque Punjab large and halt moving aft the American model. People should not travel amerciable means. They request to research opportunities successful India. There is truthful overmuch to bash successful the tract of ecotourism, sustainability, integrated farming, agro-based businesses etc.”