US President Donald Trump has shared on social media a past statement by political commentator Michael Savage that included controversial and inflammatory remarks targeting Indians and Chinese.
The repost comes as Trump, who began his second term last January, has tightened immigration policies. Several legal challenges have been filed against these measures, and the US Supreme Court is expected to deliver a ruling soon.
Trump has repeatedly opposed birthright citizenship in the United States. He recently claimed that no country other than the US grants citizenship to a child solely because it is born on its soil to foreign parents, though the report notes that more than 30 countries follow such a practice.
In the statement Trump shared, Savage alleged that heavily pregnant women travel to the US to give birth so their child becomes a citizen, and then use that status to bring extended family members from India or China. The statement also made derogatory claims about Indian and Chinese immigrants and alleged they have displaced white workers in high-technology companies.
The repost has drawn attention for amplifying rhetoric described as promoting racial hostility toward India and China.
