‘Invasion in Texas’: Texas Attorney General candidate Aaron Reitz under fire over anti India comments

Aaron Ritz, the Republican nominee for Texas Attorney General, is facing intense criticism after posting comments on X that were widely condemned as racist and inflammatory toward Indians and South Asians.

In a post that went viral, Ritz claimed that Texas risked becoming like India or Pakistan due to immigration, writing that “Collin, Dallas, and Harris Counties may soon be renamed Calcutta, Delhi, and Hyderabad Counties,” which he described as the result of “the invasion of unassimilated and unassimilable Indians.”

Ritz also targeted global companies operating in Texas, accusing them of exploiting the state’s business-friendly policies while subsidizing H-1B visas. He claimed that the companies showed “contempt for native-born American workers” and facilitated what he called “a cheap labor H-1B scam.”

“As Attorney General, I will cooperate with the Trump administration to reopen the books of all their ‘legal’ papers,” Ritz wrote. “Deport most of them. And absorb the rest. “At the same time, I will go after the emboldened traitorous companies that have no loyalty to our country… This is Texas, USA – not India or Pakistan.”

These statements sparked rapid reactions on social media. User According to Siddharth, Ahmed has been federally indicted in a coronavirus test fraud case.

Siddharth also accused Ritz of hypocrisy, writing that while the candidate claims to oppose the conversion of Texas to Indian cities, he has accepted support from figures allegedly linked to Islamist groups. He condemned Ritz for using Indian cities as “racial slurs” and called his speech “disgusting.”

Campaign finance records from Transparency America show that Ritz accepted a $100,000 donation from Ahmed, making him one of the campaign’s largest contributors.

Legal experts have also weighed in on this debate. Stephen Brown, a Houston-based immigration attorney, noted that Indian nationals make up less than 2% of the Texas population, calling Ritz’s language “dog whistle rhetoric” that exaggerates immigration realities.

This controversy adds to growing scrutiny of the rhetoric around immigration and foreign workers in US elections, especially as candidates increasingly target visa programs and multinational corporations in their campaigns.

Introduction: In a viral post, Ritz claimed that Texas risked becoming like India or Pakistan due to immigration, writing that “Collin, Dallas and Harris counties may soon be renamed Calcutta, Delhi and Hyderabad.”

Aaron Ritz, the Republican nominee for Texas Attorney General, is facing intense criticism after posting comments on X that were widely condemned as racist and inflammatory toward Indians and South Asians.

In a post that went viral, Ritz claimed that Texas risked becoming like India or Pakistan due to immigration, writing that “Collin, Dallas, and Harris Counties may soon be renamed Calcutta, Delhi, and Hyderabad Counties,” which he described as the result of “the invasion of unassimilated and unassimilable Indians.”

Ritz also targeted global companies operating in Texas, accusing them of exploiting the state’s business-friendly policies while subsidizing H-1B visas. He claimed that the companies showed “contempt for native-born American workers” and facilitated what he called “a cheap labor H-1B scam.”

“As Attorney General, I will cooperate with the Trump administration to reopen the books of all their ‘legal’ papers,” Ritz wrote. “Deport most of them. And absorb the rest. “At the same time, I will go after the emboldened traitorous companies that have no loyalty to our country… This is Texas, USA – not India or Pakistan.”

These statements sparked rapid reactions on social media. User According to Siddharth, Ahmed has been federally indicted in a coronavirus test fraud case.

Siddharth also accused Ritz of hypocrisy, writing that while the candidate claims to oppose the conversion of Texas to Indian cities, he has accepted support from figures allegedly linked to Islamist groups. He condemned Ritz for using Indian cities as “racial slurs” and called his speech “disgusting.”

Campaign finance records from Transparency America show that Ritz accepted a $100,000 donation from Ahmed, making him one of the campaign’s largest contributors.

Legal experts have also weighed in on this debate. Stephen Brown, a Houston-based immigration attorney, noted that Indian nationals make up less than 2% of the Texas population, calling Ritz’s language “dog whistle rhetoric” that exaggerates immigration realities.

This controversy adds to growing scrutiny of the rhetoric around immigration and foreign workers in US elections, especially as candidates increasingly target visa programs and multinational corporations in their campaigns.