Texas GOP Chairman Abraham George and Sidharth, founder of the Indian American Advocacy Council, clashed on social media over the H-1B visa program, with the exchange escalating into a heated public argument. During the back-and-forth, George asked Sidharth whether he was worried about being deported.
The online dispute comes at a time when several Indian American organizations say they are increasingly concerned about rising hostility toward Indians in the United States. The exchange began after George called for the H-1B visa program to be scrapped, claiming that the system is rife with fraud.
“H-1B visas are full of fraud and displacing American workers. It has to stop. We must make it a legislative priority of the Texas GOP to rid our state of H-1Bs and put Texans first. #AmericaFirst,” George wrote.
Responding to Abraham George’s criticism of the H-1B visa program, Indian American community leader Sidharth accused the Texas GOP chairman of ignoring what he described as a growing wave of xenophobic hostility targeting Indian Americans in the state.
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Pointing to the economic and professional contributions of Indian Americans in Texas, Sidharth argued that the community has invested billions into the state’s economy. Instead of speaking out against the hostility directed at them, he said, George appeared to be appealing to the same voices that were fueling the backlash.
“Are you scared you’ll get deported?” Abraham George replied.
“Are you kidding me? Your response to take a responsible statement on the rampant racism against Indians is this?” Sidharth wrote.
Sidharth wrote on X further: “When the groyper trash came for Abraham George, I was one of the first people to defend him.I didn’t have to. I chose to. Because I believed in standing up for Americans regardless of party. Now? He’s joined them. The same people who targeted him — he now walks alongside. Because he knows the party has been taken over, and he chose survival over principle.
I reached out to him directly. Asked him — as the Chairman of the Texas GOP to protect the Indian American community in his own state.
His response? Mockery.
542,000 Indian Americans live in Texas. $300 billion in Reliance investment just landed in his state. Governor Abbott flew to New Delhi to court Indian capital. And the Chairman of the Texas GOP is mocking the people asking him to do his job. This is a man who rode his immigrant story to the chairmanship and now spends his time pandering to the same crowd that would have deported him if they could.
The GOP is done in Texas because of leaders like Abraham George who chose xenophobia.
Texas will have a Democratic senator. And when it happens, remember who handed it to them, a Chairman who had 542,000 Indian American voters in his state and chose to mock them instead of protect them. History will remember which side you chose, @abrahamgeorge. And so will we. @TexasGOP @GOP @JudiciaryGOP @WhiteHouse @GregAbbott_TX”
Abraham George himself was born in India and moved to the United States at the age of 16. The H-1B visa program has long brought thousands of Indian professionals to the U.S., although it is used by applicants from many other countries as well.
The debate around the program is unfolding at a time when criticism of the H-1B system and anti-India rhetoric have increasingly surfaced together in some MAGA aligned circles.
Texas has already moved to crack down on what officials describe as potential abuse of the H-1B visa program. The state administration has frozen H-1B hiring across state agencies and public universities, while investigations are underway into three firms that employ H-1B workers.
The scrutiny intensified after Texas journalist and whistleblower Sara Gonzales conducted her own investigation into alleged irregularities in the program. According to her findings, visits to several listed employers revealed no operating offices at those locations.
Supporters of the H-1B system note that many IT staffing companies recruit visa holders and place them with large technology firms, which means the staffing firms themselves may not always maintain traditional office spaces. Even so, the controversy has pushed the program under heightened scrutiny in Texas.