The wedding program was going on in 10 villages located in Banfikot rural municipality-3. On the one hand, the line of blessing the bride and groom. On the other hand, the joy of dancing.

At this time, the song was heard -

'Giddhaile Khayo Her Gai Maryouko Sino

Amrika sendhoha Vairagiko Chino.'

This line of the song is enough to understand how much America is infatuated in Rukum West. There is hardly any village in Rukum East and West, where Tanneris have not entered America illegally after paying millions of rupees. In every village, you can hear stories of people who have paid money in installments to many brokers or who have illegally crossed the borders of dozens of countries, who have entered the US and stayed in immigration detention, who have been turned back halfway or who have been deported even after entering the US. 

After Donald Trump was elected as the President of the United States, he has taken a strict policy regarding illegal immigration. Its effect has reached the villages of Rukum east and west. Parents are worried that their children who have traveled or reached America after spending millions of money will be deported. 

Jagat Chhetri (name changed) of Bamfikot-3 said that his 31-year-old elder daughter came to America four years ago and his 18-year-old son recently. His 25-year-old younger daughter also arrived in America 5 months ago and is in jail. "After the eldest daughter went to America and started earning, the rest of the children also decided to go there," he said, "I am afraid of what will happen to the son who has been in jail for 41 days and the daughter who is in prison." They say that America will send them back everywhere. If that happens, we will either die or live.

He says that in the beginning, when he sent his eldest daughter, he spent 31 lakh rupees and last time he paid another 75/75 lakh rupees to the broker to send two children. He also told that before this, a broker took 50 lakh rupees saying that he would send his son to America, but after taking the money, he lost contact. 

'Now I have a loan of about 2 crores in Thaplo. I'm crazy. Since hearing that America will send him back, he is not at home," he said in his own voice. He says that even though some amount was arranged by his elder daughter, it was also a loan and the interest of 2 crores has increased to more than 3 crores. On the one hand, the children are not with us, on the other hand, there is a load of debt. "We got lost in America," he says in frustration.

This is a representative story of the world. The amount may be big or small, but many people who are in the circle of America have the same pain. Sur Bahadur Oli (name changed) of Bamfikot-3 says that he sent his 20-year-old daughter to America after paying 75 lakh rupees to a broker. He lamented that his daughter left home about 13 months ago and has been stuck in Mexico for three months. I took out a loan at 2 to 3 percent interest and sent it to America. "Years have passed, but my daughter has not reached America," he said.

There has been news that the broker has taken it to Mexico. But we hear that America has made it very difficult to enter. It's ruined," he said. Oli says that there was a short conversation a week ago with other people's phones because the broker took away his daughter's phone as well. The broker took all the money but did not proceed because there was an election in America. Now they are strict over there (America), I am afraid that they will be sent back from there (Mexico)," he says, "The work done by the neighbor's lahilhai made me suffer." 

Oli said that he had previously paid 500,000 to another broker saying that he would send his daughter to America, but he could not send his daughter to America. "I paid 500,000,000 to send plane to plane to America, but the matter of sending it to America, that money was lost," he says, "He contacted the broker through his own person. I am in a situation of what to do, what to do after the broker is out of contact.' 

Dalveer Khatri (name changed) from Rukum East Sisne-3 Pokhara is also suffering. He said that his son, who left home to go to America, arrived in America after two and a half years and was imprisoned there. 

'About 80 lakh rupees have been spent so far. A month ago, there was news that he was imprisoned in Texas," he says about his son. "Now, there was hope that he would get out of prison and get a job. People started saying that he would return. Creditors keep coming to ask for money, they don't have money. There is only fear of what will happen next.

The 24-year-old youngest daughter of Pokhara's Ramita Khadka (name changed) arrived in Mexico 15 days ago. She said that after the broker took away 30 lakh rupees at first, she made a last attempt by paying 70 lakh rupees through another broker. Even though the debt of millions is about to be doubled, the US dream is not fulfilled and the fear of returning again is pressing him. 

Brokers are making those trying to reach the US go through the difficult route of 13 countries. They take it from Nepal to India or Dubai and from there through agents through Russia, Spain, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia to Panama. Those who send their children and relatives to the US do not want to talk openly because of the latest government order there. Gariha also does not disclose his identity. Their focus is how to fulfill the goal of the offspring and collect the trapped money. 

The Deputy Head of the District Coordination Committee, Dipendra Vick, says that they do not have any data on how many Rukums have reached America from the West and what is their condition. Bamfikot Rural Municipality Chairman Janak Kumar Batha Magar also said that some of the young people from most of the houses in the municipality have reached America, are on their way or have returned. There is a lot of attraction to America here. 3-4 people have also gone from the same house. There is no way to say that exactly so many people have gone and the situation is like this.

Krishna Regmi, president of Sisne Rural Municipality of Rukum East, estimated that about 600 people from his municipality alone are in America and 200 people are on their way. "The federal government should think about their safety first," he said.

Purna Bahadur Dangi, who traveled to America, passed away in Ghana

38-year-old Purna Bahadur Dangi from Dang, who traveled to America, passed away on Wednesday in Accra, the capital of Ghana. According to Bikas Subedi, President of the Non-Resident Nepalese Association of Ghana, Dangi died in the hotel.

'His friend said that he died of a heart attack in the hotel. The post-mortem report has not come yet,' he told Kantipur, 'After the report comes, the specific cause of death will be revealed.' His body has been kept at the police hospital.

Shortly after returning from his employment in Malaysia, Dangi took the 'low road' to America. According to relative Topendra Dangi, it had been three years since he left home to go to America. "He reached Ghana through different agents," Topendra said, "In the meantime, more than a million has been spent." It is not clear how long he was in Ghana. NRNA Ghana has coordinated with the Nepali Embassy in Egypt to send his body. 

Nepali Ambassador to Egypt Sushil Lamsal said that the concerned party has been requested to send the body quickly. "We are inquiring more about the death with NRNA and Dangi's friends," he said, "We have asked the concerned party to bear the cost of sending the body."