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一 |     Washington, Oct 10 (UNI) More and more Indians are entering the United States from the Mexican border.

Since the beginning of the 2022 fiscal year that started last October, a record 16,290 Indian citizens have been taken into US custody at the Mexican border. The previous high of 8,997 was recorded in 2018, BBC reported.

Experts point to a number of reasons for the increase, including a climate of discrimination in India, an end to pandemic-era restrictions, a perception that the current US administration is welcoming to asylum seekers and the ramping-up of previously established smuggling networks.

While some migrants are coming to the US for economic reasons, many are fleeing persecution back home, said Deepak Ahluwalia, an immigration lawyer who has represented Indian nationals in Texas and California.

The latter group range from Muslims, Christians and "low-caste" Hindus to members of India's LGBT community who fear violence at the hands of extreme Hindu nationalists or supporters of the secessionist movement and farmers from the Punjab region, the BBC reported.

Conditions for many of these groups have deteriorated in recent years, international observers say.

Immigrants often see the US as "the ultimate gateway" to a better life, said Ahluwalia, the lawyer.

The enormous distances involved, however, make the trip to the US extremely challenging.

Traditionally, Indian migrants who arrive at the US-Mexican border use "door-to-door" smuggling services, with journeys arranged from India to South America.

They are often guided the entire way and travel in small groups with their fellow countrymen who speak the same language, rather than individually or with only family members.

These networks often begin with India-based "travel agents" which outsource parts of the journey to partner criminal groups in Latin America.

Jessica Bolter, an analyst at the Washington DC-based Migration Policy Institute, said that the number of Indian migrants is also rising as a result of a "ripple effect" that takes place when those who have used these services successfully recommend them to friends or family back in India.

"It naturally expands and draws more migrants," she said. "Of course, that doesn't happen without migrants wanting to leave originally."

Manpreet, a 20-year-old from Punjab who asked that only his first name be used, a vocal critic of India's ruling BJP, fled the country after being persecuted for his political beliefs, the BBC reported.

"From Ecuador I took a bus to Colombia, and from Colombia I took a bus to Panama," Manpreet recalled in an interview with the BBC from California. "From there, via a boat, I (went to) Nicaragua and Guatemala, and then Mexico and entered the US."

Even guided by seasoned smugglers, the trip to the border is often one that is fraught with dangers, including robberies and extortion at the hands of local gangs or corrupt authorities or extreme weather, injuries and illness.

These dangers were highlighted in 2019 when a six-year-old Indian girl from Punjab was found dead in the scorching desert near the border town of Lukeville, Arizona.

It was later reported that she died in temperatures of over 42 C (108 F) after her mother left her with a group of other Indians to go search for water.

UNI MR。    这位 70 岁的沉浸式模拟游戏类型鼻祖在 LinkedIn 上发布了退休声明，表示他觉得在辉煌的职业生涯中已经完成了自己设定的目标。他现在的计划是写一两本书，并进行一些讲座或咨询工作。Spector 在宣布退休时承认，仍有一些他想制作的游戏，但他表示游戏行业已经发生了变化，他不再觉得这很有趣了。同时，他也为未来某个时刻重返开发岗位保留了可能性。

二 | 让我开门见山地说吧。我要从游戏开发领域退休了。至少我是这么认为的。

三 | 我以前也经历过这种时刻并改变了主意，但这次我相当确定我是认真的。

四 | 我拥有一段伟大的职业生涯。即使可以，我也不会改变任何事情。

五 | 但退休的原因很简单：再过一个月，我就进入作为开发者的第 44 个年头了。我有机会参与桌上角色扮演游戏和棋盘游戏的制作。我参与制作的电子游戏多到记不清了——我想有 17 款完整游戏，以及 9 个左右的扩展包。令人欣慰的是，其中一些游戏在 15 年、20 年甚至 30 年后仍有人在玩。而且它们中的大多数都属于一个影响力超出我或任何人的预期的类型。我领导过小到十几人、大到 800 人的团队。我曾在大型公司工作过，也做过创业公司。

六 | 我喜欢认为我在一些极具才华的人的职业生涯中提供了帮助。（最后这一点是最重要的。）有了这些经历，再加上年龄和健康状况（我个人的私事）的影响，我觉得我已经完成了我想要做的事情。

七 | 是时候写几本书，读很多书，做一些讲座，也许做一些咨询了。（欢迎就最后两项与我联系。）此外，这里还有一台键盘，正等着我找回钢琴弹奏的技巧。我对此确实心情复杂。我的意思是，特别有三款游戏我仍然想做。（一款非常大……一款非常小……还有一款我不知道该怎么做，这让我感到恐惧。）但游戏行业已经发生了变化，对我来说不再那么有趣了。此外，新一代的开发者正在崭露头角，他们理应获得属于自己的高光时刻。

八 | 致所有读到这篇文章的人，我希望你们记住，游戏还不是一个已经解决的问题——我希望未来会有大量的实验和创新。致所有年轻的开发者们，我以前说过，现在还要再说一遍：你们的工作就是让人们忘记像我这样的人曾经存在过。我会回来吗？永远不要说绝不。但我认为现在是时候策马隐入夕阳了。现在停止阅读，去创作伟大的游戏吧。虽然 Spector 最为人熟知的作品可能是他在 Ion Storm 开发的 Deus Ex 和 Start Heart Thief | 出发吧！偷心盗贼 | 出撃 ルビー | 出擊 偷心盜賊，但他还创立了 Junction Point Studios，即 Disney’s Epic Mickey 系列游戏的开发商。Spector 退休前担任 OtherSide Entertainment 的首席创意官，该公司开发了 Looking Glass 的 Ultima Underworld 系列的精神续作 地下世界：崛起。Spector 的最新游戏 Thick as Thieves 未能吸引到受众，OtherSide 也经历了一轮裁员。

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