Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi told people at a Chicago event that America and India are basically in a freezing phase right now, which sucks because the partnership took decades to build up. He went off on Trump's tariff plans, saying a 50 percent hit on Indian imports is completely random and looks like it came from a social media post instead of actual policy work. The guy pointed out that slapping higher tariffs on India than China makes zero sense when you're trying to counter Beijing's influence.
Krishnamoorthi defended legal immigration pretty hard, calling it the thing that makes America work, and said the five million Indian Americans living here are basically the glue between Washington and New Delhi. He mentioned getting heat from some Florida politician who wanted him deported, which he called deeply messed up. The whole speech was part of a 10-city tour talking about how the relationship between the two countries needs to warm back up instead of going downhill.
Krishnamoorthi defended legal immigration pretty hard, calling it the thing that makes America work, and said the five million Indian Americans living here are basically the glue between Washington and New Delhi. He mentioned getting heat from some Florida politician who wanted him deported, which he called deeply messed up. The whole speech was part of a 10-city tour talking about how the relationship between the two countries needs to warm back up instead of going downhill.
