Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Krishnamoorthi Leads US Roundtable on South Asian Hate Crimes
Raja Krishnamoorthi held a meeting about hate and discrimination against South Asian Americans.
Other lawmakers and community groups joined the discussion.
They talked about why hate happens and how people can report it.
They also discussed ways to prevent attacks and respond to them.
Krishnamoorthi said everyone should feel that they belong in the United States.
He is supporting a bill that would study hate crimes more closely.
The bill would also examine how social media and technology may contribute to hate.
It would review whether federal hate-crime data is accurate.
The article says observers have linked rising racism to political rhetoric and immigration policies during President Donald Trump's second term.
Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi led a roundtable on hate and discrimination targeting South Asian Americans.
Federal, state, and local officials, along with Indian American Impact and Stop AAPI Hate, participated.
Participants discussed the causes of hate, reporting barriers, and prevention and response strategies.
Krishnamoorthi said no American should feel excluded because of ethnicity, religion, birthplace, or name.
His proposed Hate Crimes Commission Act would examine hate-crime drivers and audit federal data accuracy.
- Who
- Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi led the meeting with South Asian American lawmakers, other elected officials, and civil society groups.
- What
- A roundtable examined rising hate crimes and discrimination against South Asian Americans and discussed prevention, reporting, and response efforts.
- When
- The meeting took place on Wednesday; Krishnamoorthi's Hate Crimes Commission Act was reintroduced earlier this year.
- Where
- The discussion concerned South Asian American communities across the United States.
- Why
- Participants sought to understand factors driving hate and strengthen efforts to prevent, report, and respond to hate crimes.
- Organizer
- Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Participants
- Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Ami Bera, Suhas Subramanyam, and Shri Thanedar, plus federal, state, and local officials
- Civil society groups
- Indian American Impact and Stop AAPI Hate
- Proposed legislation
- The Hate Crimes Commission Act
- Bill's focus
- Studying hate-crime drivers, social media and technology's role, reporting barriers, and prevention strategies
- Data review
- The bill proposes a Government Accountability Office audit of federal hate-crime data
- Related congressional action
- Krishnamoorthi joined a resolution condemning racist commentary about Indians and rejecting racial and ethnic stereotypes