Though Srinivas‘s hate crime was a random incident, the fear among NRI parents spread widely with Indian media highlighting the incident round the clock. On top of that, after Trump took charge, a few other hate incidents took place, where people pasted posters on Indians doors, that said: “go back to your country”.
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All these happenings are in line with what Trump has been lecturing all the time. Though he says he just targeted the illegal immigrants, his aggressive speeches painted the whole immigrant community illegal, which was never the scenario in the US.
Now the Indian parents are in dilemma to send their youth to the US for education, but also are hesitating to go for an NRI for marriage. Trump’s immigration revisions now have a huge effect on the NRI matches. NRI grooms have always had a good demand in India for the marriage. In fact, it was a tradition to look for an NRI guy to get their daughters married.
But now, Indian parents are preferring the software employees of India and refraining themselves from going for the NRI matches. Back then, it was hard to get an NRI groom and now it has become a hard time for NRIs to get a bride. This proves again that, it really matters how and what a leader speaks, their words could have the impact on generations.
