I need to tell you about something that happened in Frisco, Texas — and why I refuse to stay quiet about it.
At a protest outside Frisco City Hall, a demonstrator tore an Indian flag to pieces while the crowd chanted bigoted slurs. Not political disagreement. Hate — the kind of raw, targeted intimidation designed to make entire communities feel like they don't belong here.
I've seen where that leads. I'm an immigrant. I've had a sitting elected official publicly call for the mass deportation of Indians and label me a "foreign occupier."
Here's the thing about hate like this: it starts small. A torn flag. A chant. And if leaders look away and hope it passes, it never stops there.
Meanwhile, hate in all its forms is skyrocketing.
I joined a coalition of Members of Congress to condemn what happened in Frisco in the strongest possible terms — because every community targeted by hate deserves leaders who will stand up and say clearly: this has no place in our country.
But condemning hate isn't enough. We have to out-organize it, out-fight it, and elect more leaders who will never flinch in the face of it.
That's why I founded Equal Opportunity Now — to support the leaders who will stand up for immigrant communities, for South Asian families, for every American being told they don't belong.
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