A Texas-based conservative activist has sparked controversy after sharing a video of a 90-foot-tall “Statue of Union” of Lord Hanuman, which is located at the Shri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, Texas. While sharing the video, Carlos Turcios, a Republican activist based in the Dallas–Fort Worth region, said that third World Aliens are slowly taking over Texas and America. In a post on X, he aid, “stop the invasion.” His remarks drew support from some anti-immigration users while others criticised the post as racist and misleading.One of the supporters said, “Stop the invasion and deport them all.” Another said, “Disgusting. Get rid of it as soon as possible. What is wrong with Texas? Gotta be money.”While critics claimed, “Wasn’t Charlie Kirk saying about Secularism being a western and Christian value ? Besides there are way more churches and Jesus statues in India than there are Hindu temples and statues in the USA.” Inaugurated in August 2024, this Panchaloha Abhaya Hanuman statue is the tallest in North America, representing strength, devotion, and a “spiritual epicenter” for peace.Earlier also, Turcios have criticised claimed that “third world aliens” were entering the US through H-1B visas and said that Frisco had been “invaded”.
