{"id":49851,"date":"2025-12-05T19:33:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2025\/12\/05\/low-self-esteem-ann-coulter-targets-ro-khanna-pramila-jayapal-for-their-india-support-amid-trumps-crackdown-on-immigration\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:33:34","slug":"low-self-esteem-ann-coulter-targets-ro-khanna-pramila-jayapal-for-their-india-support-amid-trumps-crackdown-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2025\/12\/05\/low-self-esteem-ann-coulter-targets-ro-khanna-pramila-jayapal-for-their-india-support-amid-trumps-crackdown-on-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Low self-esteem&#8217;: Ann Coulter targets Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal for their India support amid Trump&#8217;s crackdown on immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix\">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-125795184,imgsize-1006279,width-400,resizemode-4\/right-wing-commentator-ann-coulter-attacked-india-once-again-and-indian-origin-pramila-jayapal-and-ro-khanna-objected-to-trumps-crackdown-on-immigrants.jpg\" alt=\"'Low self-esteem': Ann Coulter targets Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal for their India support amid Trump's crackdown on immigration\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Congresswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pramila-jayapal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Pramila Jayapal<\/a> emerged as a loud voice against Donald Trump&#8217;s crackdown on Somali migrants in Minnesota, as she said &#8216;being undocumented is not a crime&#8217;. While her statement invited intense criticism, Jayapal explained that overstaying a visa or being undocumented in the US is not a criminal offence, but a civil offence and hence undocumented migrants should be held in civil detention facilities, not in prisons.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>&#8220;We really have to look into the problem of Indians&#8217; low self-esteem,&#8221; Right-wing writer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ann-coulter\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ann Coulter<\/a> wrote on X taking a jibe at Jayapal who was born in India. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>In an interview with MS Now, Jayapal also said that immigrants from Somalia, India, Latin America, and Africa built America. MAGA activists were furious; they refuted Jayapal&#8217;s argument and said Democrats believe everyone apart from Americans helped build America. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Another Indian-origin leader who drew the ire of Coulter was <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ro-khanna\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ro Khanna<\/a> who objected to President Donald Trump&#8217;s announcement of banning immigration from &#8216;third-world countries&#8217;. Ro Khanna said the concept of &#8216;third-world countries&#8217; is a pre-1965 idea. &#8220;If Trump had his way, my parents who taught me to love this country would not have been welcome. His threat to revoke citizenship from those he sees as &#8216;non-compatible callous and frightening,&#8221; Ro Khanna said. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>&#8220;One thing Indians crush at is self-promotion,&#8221; Ann Coulter wrote, reacting to Ro Khanna&#8217;s video. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Crackdown on Somalis, immigration from &#8216;third-world countries&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"24\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Donald Trump administration took a host of measures in the aftermath of DC shooting in which the suspect was identified as an Afghan national who was given asylum in the US. <\/li>\n<li>Trump announced that he would terminate the Temporary Protected Status for Somalia. This would make Somalis open to be arrested. The crackdown on Somalis stemmed from financial fraud allegations in Minnesota.<\/li>\n<li>Trump announced an <keyword id=\"29737993\" type=\"Denny\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"immigration-ban\" source=\"keywords\">immigration ban<\/keyword> on &#8216;third-world countries&#8217; without specifying which countries will be affected.<\/li>\n<li>The administration put a hold on immigration requests from 19 countries of concern. These 19 countries are those that were put on a complete\/partial travel ban list earlier. <\/li>\n<li>India does not feature any of these lists and there is no ban on Indians in the US. 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