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‘Distaste for immigration’ behind U.S. visa changes: Saikrishna Prakash
Prakash says U.S. policy shifts reflect executive power, not India-specific bias.
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Pranavi Sharma - Fri, 23, Jan 2026
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Indian American constitutional scholar Saikrishna Prakash at the sidelines of the Kerala Literature Festival. / New India Abroad
Indian American constitutional scholar Saikrishna Prakash said recent immigration restrictions in the United States stem from President Donald Trump’s hostility toward immigration itself rather than any targeted stance against India, warning that executive power now dominates policy in ways Congress has struggled to counter.
Prakash, a Miller Center senior fellow and James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, was speaking in an exclusive interview with New India Abroad on the sidelines of the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode, Kerala.
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