India, Jan. 26 -- The return of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States seems to have put the 'great American dream' of thousands of Indians & others immigrants in jeopardy. Shortly after being sworn in on January 2, 2025, Trump signed an Executive Order cancelling the provision of 'citizenship by birth', the legal principle enshrined in the Constitution that automatically makes anyone born within the US or its territories a citizen.

In an exclusive interview with Hindustan Times' Kumkum Chadha, India's former ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar said there seems to be an element of racism in the whole approach and added that it reflects white anxiety in the US. "Trump has come with a very strong agenda during his second t...