‘Anti-Hindu’ crimes remain low in US, but MAGA hostility against Indians is growing

Hindus for Human Rights, a group that tracks bigotry against Hindu and Muslim Americans, says outright anti-Hindu hate crimes remain rare in the US, but hostility toward Indian Americans is climbing, particularly among segments of the MAGA right. Scroll.in reports the trend traces back to backlash over H-1B visas and has since grown louder, with Texas — home to large Hindu and Muslim communities — becoming a flashpoint. The piece is framed around one Indian American family's fear that their US-born children could still face nativist hostility despite decades of calling America home.

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