Legal fees add to woes of detained students in US

Hyderabad | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

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HYDERABAD: Already burdened with enormous bank loans back home, the high cost of legal proceedings in the US has added to the worries of Indian students locked up in detention centres across the country. Because, if these students are harmed and they lose all their degrees and money, they’ll have no choice but to beg,” Peshawaria added. “Apart from being enrolled with a phony university, a few students also have other offences – related to their driver’s licence or change of address. Through the community also, we are trying to collect money to pay for their bail and hire lawyers,” said Tampa-based Chandu Talla, who is personally helping two students. The rents in the US are high, the attorneys give salaries to pay their assistants, etc..