'Let's prove any haters wrong': US envoy Eric Garcetti while highlighting India-US people-to-people ties
Eric Garcetti on Monday described the people-to-people contacts as a very significant aspect of broader ties between India and the US amid concerns over the incoming Donald Trump administration's immigration policy. Addressing an event, Garcetti said the US issued more than one million non-immigrant visas to Indians for the second year in a row in 2024 and that the wait times for all visa categories, except first-time visitor visas, had been eliminated.
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Without making any direct reference, the US ambassador also underlined the need to prove the «haters wrong» as he highlighted the increasing people-to-people ties between the two countries.
«We never know what the future holds, but I will say this to my fellow Americans — the more ties that we have to more Indians and the more ways we can find to grow our economic and educational exchanges, the stronger America and India will both be,» he said.
«Let's prove any haters wrong, the way we always have, by meeting instead of tweeting, by investing instead of protesting, by connecting instead of objecting, and by bringing people together, acknowledging in this day and age there will always be some divisive voices,» he said.
In his election rallies, Trump promised a radical shift to tighten Washington's immigration
