{"id":195603,"date":"2026-03-08T11:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195603\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:25:10","slug":"texas-politicians-slammed-for-using-tragic-austin-shooting-to-attack-h-1b-visa-workers-suspect-was-a-us-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195603\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas politicians slammed for using tragic Austin shooting to attack H-1B visa workers, \u2018Suspect was a US citizen\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hindu American Foundation has condemned Texas politicians for associating the latest shooting in Austin <\/a>with immigration and skilled worker visas (H-1B), calling the response \u201cabsurd political theater.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AfterAfter a tragic shooting in Austin, Texas, where Ndiaga Diagne killed two people, Texas GOP lawmakers demanded stricter immigration controls. (Getty Images via AFP)<\/p>\n

In a statement on X, the advocacy organization countered efforts to link the incident to the H-1B visa program, clarifying that the perpetrator was not a visa holder but rather a long-established American citizen.<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas politicians are blaming H-1B<\/a> visas for the Austin shooting<\/a>. The suspect was a U.S. citizen, long settled in the country, not some foreign worker on a visa,” the Hindu American Foundation stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing a tragedy to attack skilled immigrants? That\u2019s not policy. That\u2019s absurd political theater. Please. Make it make sense,” it added.<\/p>\n

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Austin shooting suspect<\/p>\n

The remarks were made following a mass shooting that occurred in downtown Austin, Texas<\/a>, where 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne discharged his weapon outside a busy bar, resulting in the deaths of two persons and injuries to 14 others before being fatally shot by law enforcement.<\/p>\n

According to CNN, Diagne hailed from Senegal and arrived in the US on a tourist visa in 2000. He subsequently obtained lawful permanent residency after marrying a US citizen in 2006 and was naturalized in 2013.<\/p>\n

A photo that CNN obtained showed that the suspect was sporting a hoodie that read “Property of Allah.” According to the outlet’s source, law enforcement subsequently discovered that Diagne was wearing a T-shirt with an Iranian flag pattern on it.<\/p>\n

Texas Republicans’ move against H-1B visa workers<\/p>\n

Given this, a number of Texas <\/a>Republicans made a political move to halt immigration programs in response to the shooting. In a letter to Congress, more than 70 Republican lawmakers called for extensive restrictions, including an immediate stop to the granting of H-1B visas, which allow US businesses to hire highly qualified foreign workers in specialized fields.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers stated in the letter that stricter regulations were necessary for national security and asked for a temporary halt to immigration until authorities could better track and assess newcomers.<\/p>\n

The requests also included reallocating resources to uncover possible dangers that may already exist within the United States and properly funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hindu American Foundation has condemned Texas politicians for associating the latest shooting in Austin with immigration and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,15832,77494,77496,5120,77497,77495],"class_list":["post-195603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-shooting","tag-h-1b-visas","tag-immigration-programs","tag-mass-shooting","tag-skilled-immigrants","tag-texas-politicians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}