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(27,137 posts) Thu Mar 21, 2013, 01:54 AM Mar 2013

Nepalis 'American dream' turns to nightmare

AlJazeeraEnglishAlJazeeraEnglish·Published on Mar 20, 2013

Thousands of South Asian migrant workers are falling victim to people smugglers as they try to reach the US.

They pay thousands of dollars to make a difficult journey.

But most of them never make it to America. More than 1,000 Nepalis have been stranded in Latin America alone.

Al Jazeera's Subina Shrestha reports from the Nepali city of Pokhara.

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