India has good reason to help shore up Trump’s wall

An Indian police official escorts an immigrant woman deported from the US, who was among those who arrived in a US military plane in on Feb 6. The deportees were allegedly shackled throughout their 40-hour flight. AP

INDIA is proud of its diaspora. People of Indian extraction tend to earn well over the average wage in most countries, and often fit seamlessly and unobtrusively into local power structures.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a point of cultivating Indians abroad and sometimes gifts foreign leaders a bit of his star power for their own campaigns. He attended a joint rally in Texas during President Donald Trump’s first term, for example.