Success, backlash and the Maga turn: Why Indian Americans are facing an unprecedented wave of hate

Indian Americans are reportedly facing an unprecedented surge in open racism across the United States, fuelled by intensifying culture-war politics, online misinformation and growing hostility within sections of the far-right movement. Recent political developments show that the country’s fastest-growing immigrant group is now increasingly being singled out as a threat not only by white nationalists but also by parts of the MAGA base that once aligned with several high-profile Indian American conservatives.