Article published by US newspapers in 1910 exposes history of Hinduphobia amid H-1B visa debate

The recent discussions surrounding the H-1B visa have exposed the underlying sentiments of neo-Nazis and white nationalists, who have never truly hidden their racist ideologies. The Detroit Times, 1910 "HINDUS CONTINUE TO FLOCK TO U.S." "No Effort Made at Frisco to Stop Entry of Undesirables, Although Other Ports Bar Them" "The dumping place for the scum of the orient and India is San Francisco"#HindooHistory pic.twitter.com/7UgRbwU5mU — HindooHistory December 21, 2021 The work titled “Hindoos Continue to Flock to the US” can be described as a vehement diatribe that appears to emanate from the mindset of a member of the Ku Klux Klan or an equally radical white supremacist. His very mode of life makes him entirely foreign to the people of the United States, yet thanks to the leniency of the immigration commissioner at the port of San Francisco, Hart H. North, this class of undesirables is flocking by the hundreds into the United States, through San Francisco, with the arrival of every boat from the Orient.” Overt racism and Hinduphobia disguised as advocacy for American workers The narrative perpetuated by racists has endured for over a century, as highlighted in the article that accuses Indians and Hindus of usurping American jobs due to the desire of the companies to reduce labor costs. pic.twitter.com/Mwz7i9TcSM — Bernie Sanders January 2, 2025 Vince Dao, an American conservative political commentator who is of Vietnamese and Italian descent called H-1B immigrants as “foreign guest workers” and asked, “So the debate is, should we be importing massive numbers of guest workers to take potential American jobs?” It’s inappropriate to even refer to H1B workers as immigrants. I’m cool with H1B Visas But only if they’re White — Lauren Witzke December 27, 2024 “American workers are being sold out to India with 85,000 H-1B visas to the tech sector is a massive amount of applicants against Americans,” is how another American conspiracy theorist registered his protest over the issue.