Donald Trumps statements affect us directly: Indians in the US

The eccentric billionaire and US President hopeful Donald Trump sweeping the New York primaries on Wednesday raised visions of an outright win in the Republican nomination after his thumping victory With an Indian origin population of roughly 31 million 2013 and a student population of 132 lakh in the US it has been a missed bag for Trump from Indians based in the USThe Hindus for Trump picture on social mediaVaishnavi KondapalliShe is an engineer from Mumbai and is working in Columbus Indiana If and when Trump becomes president would be the day America stops being a great nation Trump is a hatefilled bitter leader and history has shown us that no country can function peacefully under such a leadership said the 24yearoldKondapalli who has been working in the US since 2014 said every time Trump makes a misogynist or racist statement its repercussions on her daily life are subtle but certain When Trump spoke against the H1B visa there was a growing insecurity among all my Indian friends and colleagues I know a person who was abused and called a third world visa fraudster by a group of Trump supporters in her office she addedMohitMohit an MBA graduate working in Denver who uses only his first name while echoing Kondapallis sentiments said Trumps speeches during campaigns and debates provide comic relief to him and his friendsIts hilarious to see him spew such nonsense and it provides us fodder to joke about His hatred towards immigrants is frightening It does make me feel insecure at times but then isnt every country like that in some way Look at the anti outsiders standby right wings parties in India or the extreme views of the Left in India Politics is the same everywhere he saidWhen it comes to politicians cynicism is the common thread Vivek Patel from Mumbai who works for a software company in Chicago said he keeps his distance from the elections Trump or Hillary Clinton will not make life easier he said Patel though refused to make any clear statement saying only I dont want to get into trouble by the pro or antiTrump brigade Ive only recently started work he said warily This does show that there are people who are pro and against Trump who evokes strong reactionsPatel may be wary of speaking out but it is not all antiTrump by Indian Americans Pages on social media called Hindus for Trump and IndianAmericans for Trump are also popularAnand Ahuja founder of political action committee IndianAmericans for Trump 2016 has been quoted in several US newspapers saying that he supports Trump for wanting to stop immigrants from entering the country illegally The page has an image of Trump sitting on a lotus flower with American flag colours which has been morphed and proudly displayed it as the groups official pictureParth TrivediThe 24yearold boy from Ahmedabad who recently completed his Masters in Engineering from Georgia Tech University said Trumps anger is directed towards illegal immigration and the money going out of the country through that which is fair Trivedi said if he could he would vote for Bernie Sanders Though I am all for young blood he Sanders is one of the few politicians who talks more about the issues at hand than getting drawn into irrelevant arguments One needs guts to speak in a conservative college being a Democrat he said referring to Sanders speech at Liberty College