On the last night of their lives, Jagdish Patel, his wife and their two young children tried to slip into the U.S. across a near-empty stretch of the Canadian border. Wind chills reached minus 36 Fahrenheit (minus 38 Celsius) that night in January 2022 as the family from India set out on foot to meet a waiting van.

An Indian family of four tragically froze to death while attempting to cross the US-Canada border in January 2022. The Patel family, including two young children, were part of a larger group relying on smugglers who promised safe passage.

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