IndianAmericanIssues for US 2022
Indian Americans’ necessary asks on their issues and policy matters in US mid-term election 2022 #IndoAmericansVoteMatter
— Khanderao Kand
WASHINGTON DC, WASHINGTON DC, USA, October 27, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — FIIDS publishes Indian Americans’ asks on issues and insurance policies necessary for them in US 2022 Congressional elections.
After launching the #DataAmericanVotesMatter marketing campaign for Indian Americans registration for voting and growing voting, the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS-USA.ORG) in the present day published an inventory of issues and policy matters necessary for Indian American voters. Our policy analysis group compiled this checklist of issues based mostly on previous surveys, discussions with group leaders, analysts, and personal analysis and evaluation. As Indian American’s are virtually ~4.5million in inhabitants with a excessive focus in essential competitions spanning states akin to Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Virginia, New Jersey, Texas, and California, we consider the Indian American voters will increase these issues and their voice be heard. As mail-in voting has begun and will proceed for the 2 weeks, this checklist will likely be helpful for Indian American voters to mirror on and to debate issues of their significance with candidates and throughout the group. This checklist contains the US-India startegic partnership, As part of four-weeks lengthy #IndoAmericanVotesMatter marketing campaign, FIIDS had earlier launched, voting registration, candidate evaluation and survey of Indian Americans. As mail in votes began earlier this week, we additionally launched a marketing campaign for voting.
The US-India Strategic Partnership: We respect there’s a bi-partisan settlement that India is a worldwide strategic associate and each Democrats and Republicans supported partnerships just like the IndoPacific Quad in addition to I2U2. We request persevering with help for any initiatives associated to the identical in addition to strengthening joint ventures with India in numerous areas like vitality, startups, army manufacturing, nuclear. We additionally request your assist to completely take away India from CAATSA sanctions. To strengthen the partnership additional, we additional request to expedite the appointment of an envoy to India.
Terror Funding / Military Aid to Pakistan: We are conscious that regardless of India being a worldwide strategic associate, the Biden administration authorized $450million army F-16 improve, which can more than likely be used towards India. We are additionally extra involved that regardless of ongoing acts of Pak-sponsored terrorism towards India, Pakistan has been faraway from the watch checklist of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the watchdog of terrorist funding.
Stop Injustice to High Tech Immigrants: Though Indian immigrants are a ~30% workforce constructing most developments in the tech trade that gives a world edge to the USA, the Indian tech professionals, are stagnant like bonded laborers for greater than ~50-60 years resulting from country-wise inexperienced card restrict of 5000 GC per 12 months for processing a whole lot of 1000’s of backlog. Hence, we urge elected officers and executives to 1 time clear all of the backlog and move HR 3648 Eagle Act 2022 to ban this backup in the long run.
Eliminating Visa Appointment Delays: After the painfully lengthy covid interval ended and journey restrictions have been lifted, my kin wish to go to us to satisfy household, attend occasions and heal collectively from the losses we endured. However, visa appointments in the US consulates in India have virtually ~900 days lengthy wait, making all of us undergo. We request assist in pursuing the division of state so as to add employees to remove the wait interval.
Inflation and Recession:We are involved about each inflation and recession. As the sudden and excessive will increase in rates of interest to this point didn’t scale back inflation however pushed us in a recession, We assume that the main focus ought to be to deal with root causes like growing gasoline provide to scale back excessive gasoline worth and strain on manufacturing and the provision chain from China.
Cultural Recognition: As a recognition of ~4.5million Indian Americans’ contribution in addition to their cultural heritage, we predict that elected officers ought to introduce/help resolutions recognizing cultural festivals like Diwali – Holi, Baisaki, Sewa Diwali, heritage months, honoring personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, Swami Vivekananda, in addition to contributions of charity organizations like Sewa International, and many others.
Campaign of Misinformation and Hate: We sadly observe that in this land of liberty and freedom, there’s a vicious marketing campaign of detrimental propaganda towards India and the Indian diaspora, ensuing not solely in friction in in any other case clean US-India relations but in addition elevated incidents of ethnic and spiritual hate crimes towards IndoAmericans in normal and Hindu-Sikh communities in particular. We request investigative businesses’ assist in addition to legislative assist in stopping hateful misinformation campaigns and the entities behind the campaigns.
FIIDS is an Indian American policy evaluation , technique, and advocacy platform.
Khanderao Kand
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