Anti-India American journalist says he was attacked by protesters while covering a demonstration in Minneapolis. Conservative reporter Savannah Hernandez was attacked while filming an anti-ICE protest outside the Whipple ICE facility. According to eyewitnesses, a group of protesters surrounded him, pushed him and threw him to the ground. After the confrontation, Hernandez got back to her feet and continued reporting. She says that she will complain about this matter to the police. Hernandez acknowledged the incident on My glasses are broken. ANTIFA is still alive and well. “I’m talking to the police about pressing charges.”Things are already tense in the Minneapolis area following the recent shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretty by ICE agents, incidents that were caught on camera and condemned by local leaders and high-profile Democrats.Hernandez has previously been at the center of controversy over her reporting on immigration and cultural change in the United States. Earlier this month, he had posted about visiting a Hanuman temple in Frisco, Texas. She shared a photo from inside the temple and said she was “surprised” to see that an Indian temple in Texas had a board that read “Blessings for ‘Job Visa'”.In another post, she explained the purpose of her trip, saying: “Texans are saying that their state is starting to look unrecognizable, so I went to North Texas to see it. From streets named ‘Ali Akbar’ to residents saying Texas is now ‘mini-India’. His documentary is linked to Turning Point USA and focuses on the rapid growth of Indian and Muslim communities in Republican dominated areas like Frisco, Plano and Irving. It included interviews with residents concerned about cultural change, immigration and the increasing visibility of South Asian traditions, including festivals such as Holi and the rise of cricket grounds and religious infrastructure. His reporting also included criticism of the H1-B visa system, which allows highly skilled foreigners to work in the US. Their reporting matches the conservative ideology that Indians are replacing Americans in their country and taking their jobs and working for much lower wages, making employers prefer to hire them.Hernandez was accused of targeting a religious site, while MAGA supporters used her reporting to push anti-immigrant and anti-Indian stories.Frisco, in particular, has become a point of debate over immigration and identity, with heated city council discussions over the past few weeks. Online hate targeting Indians in the US is set to more than double between 2023 and 2025.
