Officials warned that the sharp rise reflects both improved enforcement and an escalating threat environment driven by powerful narcotics syndicates adapting to international pressure.
HAF described the advertisement as “racist, un-American, anti-Indian profiling/trolling” by a federal agency and said it should “shock our nation’s collective conscience”.
Patel’s death has left his family, friends and colleagues facing the loss of a man whose final journey home was meant to be an ordinary part of his day.
