The obsession for migrating to the US is visible mostly in Majha and Doaba regions of Punjab, he further said.

From mortgaging land, taking bank loans and even selling off their buffaloes, families from Punjab have lost their enti.

A resident of Salempura village in Amritsar district, Daler Singh, a father of a 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, claims that the donkey route was not his choice and the agents forced him.