The Hindu American Foundation (HAF), a nonprofit advocacy organization that works to secure the rights and dignity of Hindu Americans, condemned President Donald Trump’s social media post on Thursday about birthright citizenship.
[NOTE: In January 2025, Trump signed an executive order to try to limit access to birthright citizenship, which the Supreme Court is currently considering.]
Trump’s controversial post described the ACLU lawyer defending the 14th Amendment in the Supreme Court case as “a Chinese American who looks to me like the classic ACLU attorney. Very smart, very evil, and very devious…They have been forever, and there they were again trying to turn America into a cesspool.”
Trump said of the current birthright citizenship law: “A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring the entire family in from China or India or some other hellhole on the planet…Our nation is being overrun with Chinese coming here just to drop a baby on our shores to then bring in the entire family.”
We are deeply disturbed by @POTUS sharing this hateful, racist screed targeting Indian and Chinese Americans.
Endorsing such rants as the president of the United States will further stoke hatred and endanger our communities, at a time when xenophobia and racism are already at an… pic.twitter.com/3lq6YrE9CT
— Hindu American Foundation (@HinduAmerican) April 23, 2026
The HAF, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., responded: “We are deeply disturbed by @POTUS sharing this hateful, racist screed targeting Indian and Chinese Americans. Endorsing such rants as the president of the United States will further stoke hatred and endanger our communities, at a time when xenophobia and racism are already at an all time high. We ask @realDonaldTrump to reconsider, delete this post & recognize the indelible contributions of Asian Americans to our great country.”
[NOTE: The co-founder and executive director of HAF, Suhag Shukla, Esq., was honored in 2023 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as one of 15 women of faith demonstrating extraordinary leadership on behalf of humanity.]