Nepali families paid millions to send their sons to US. They ended up in jail

In Rukum East, families are still paying the price for perilous journeys to the United States, with young men stranded in detention and parents buried under crushing debt.

Rain falls steadily outside the small mud house in Rukum East, cooling the air and casting a subdued mood over the village. Water drips from the roof. From the kitchen, a thin trail of smoke rises into the rainy sky.