H.Res. 1322

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1322 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1322

Condemning racist rhetoric targeting Indian and Chinese Americans, 
reaffirming that immigrants from all backgrounds are vital to the 
United States, and calling on all elected officials to refrain from 
language that promotes racial or ethnic division.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 22, 2026

Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Meng, Mr. 
Bera, Ms. Chu, Mr. Subramanyam, and Mr. Thanedar) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary

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RESOLUTION

Condemning racist rhetoric targeting Indian and Chinese Americans, 
reaffirming that immigrants from all backgrounds are vital to the 
United States, and calling on all elected officials to refrain from 
language that promotes racial or ethnic division.

Whereas immigrants from all over the world contribute every day to the Nation's 
economy, security, culture, and prosperity;
Whereas all communities in the United States, regardless of race, national 
origin, ethnicity, or religion, deserve to live freely without hateful 
rhetoric, hate crimes, and bigotry being targeted at them;
Whereas Indian Americans and Chinese Americans have long histories in the 
country, including waves of immigrants in the early 1900s and mid 1800s 
respectively;
Whereas economic research has found that Indian and Chinese immigrants and their 
descendants contribute hundreds of billions of dollars to the Nation's 
GDP through spending, support millions of jobs, and own hundreds of 
thousands of businesses, thereby strengthening the long-term fiscal 
outlook of the United States;
Whereas rhetoric that targets individuals based on national origin or ethnicity 
undermines the fundamental American values of equality, pluralism, and 
opportunity, and leads to increased violence and discrimination against 
these communities;
Whereas there has been an alarming rise in anti-Chinese sentiment across the 
United States since March 2020, driven in part by misinformation and 
rhetoric that has stigmatized individuals of Chinese origin in 
connection with the COVID-19 pandemic;
Whereas, since the 2024 Presidential election, there has been an alarming surge 
in anti-Asian hate online, including the proliferation of slurs, 
harassment, and threats of violence across major social media platforms;
Whereas this surge has been driven in significant part by an increase in anti-
South Asian rhetoric, with online slur usage rising by approximately 75 
percent between November 2024 and January 2025, including documented 
increases in hate messages targeting Indian immigrants across platforms 
such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and X;
Whereas, on or about April 22, 2026, the President amplified a post on Truth 
Social that characterized individuals from India and China in sweeping 
and derogatory terms;
Whereas the content amplified by the President stated that ``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'', portraying their 
presence in the United States as degrading the Nation;
Whereas the President shared racist language that suggested that immigrants from 
India and China are ``not like the European Americans of today and their 
ancestors'' and asserted that ``the idea of the melting pot is long 
over'', invoking discriminatory comparisons between immigrant groups;
Whereas the racism promoted by the President further described those aligned 
with protecting birthright citizenship as ``gangsters with laptops'', in 
the context of a broader attack that repeatedly singled out immigrants 
from India and China as abusing the system and ``turn[ing] us into a 
colony of China . . . [and] also India'', thereby reinforcing a 
narrative that casts immigrants and their advocates, particularly those 
of Indian and Chinese origin, as organized, predatory actors undermining 
the United States; and
Whereas the content further asserted that individuals from India and China lack 
loyalty to the United States and invoked harmful stereotypes tied to 
national origin that are not based in fact: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) condemns the racist language propagated by the 
President against individuals of Indian and Chinese origin;
(2) affirms that immigrants, including Indian Americans and 
Chinese Americans, are vital to the fabric of the United 
States;
(3) calls on all elected officials, including the 
President, to refrain from using language that promotes racial 
or ethnic division or stereotypes;
(4) affirms that attacks based on national origin or 
ethnicity are un-American; and
(5) condemns in the strongest possible terms all forms of 
hate against communities across the United States, including 
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
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