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    This Indian family tried to immigrate to the US legally. They ended up separated and in legal limbo

    by Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times Sep 10, 2023 8 minutes
    Anirudh Singh, 12, center with red suitcase, escorted by lawyer Glen Raj, just behind him, looks around at vendors and lines of people, as he crosses into Tijuana on May 19 to visit his father, Dr.

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the surface, Dr. Pradyuman Singh has all the makings of the immigrant American dream. He has a business recruiting students to medical schools; a wife, son and daughter who is pre-med at UC Irvine; and his family lives in a Laguna Niguel home with ocean views.

    But his picturesque life in the U.S. has been unraveling almost since it started. Now Singh is separated from his family and stuck 90 miles away, just across the border in Tijuana.

    The Singhs are just one family making their way through the labyrinthine U.S. immigration process. But their experience shows that not even higher education, wealth and investments in the U.S. may make a difference when it comes to navigating a system that for many has become a bureaucratic black hole.

    Singh, 55, arrived in the U.S. with his wife and daughter in 2008 on a work visa after he purchased a motel in Kansas City, Kansas, where members of his extended family lived. The family landed in deportation proceedings in 2011 after his visa renewal was denied, but because of court backlogs and scheduling issues, he said, they didn't get their day in court until this summer.

    And despite having invested nearly $1.6 million in the motel, according to Singh's application for an investor visa, that petition — which would grant

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