Usha Vance's RNC speech on Indian heritage amidst 'send them back' chants a stark contradiction

 Usha Chilukuri Vance on Wednesday spoke proudly about her Indian roots and immigrant parents at the Republican National Convention.
However, social media users criticised her for what they perceive as a glaring inconsistency: the strongly anti-immigrant sentiment prevalent among the audience she addressed.
Talking about her Indian roots, Usha had said, 'I grew up in San Diego in a middle-class community with two loving parents both immigrants from India and a loving sister.'
Throughout the event, signs reading "Mass Deportations Now" dotted the convention floor, and chants of "send them back" echoed multiple times when politicians, including Usha Vance's husband, JD Vance, spoke about "illegal aliens" entering the country.

People holding 'Mass deportation now' cards at RNC

According to experts, this contradiction confirms a long-standing strategy employed by the right. Pawan Dhingra, an American studies professor at Amherst College, explained to NBC, "There are good immigrants and there are bad immigrants. And the Republican Party is just trying to embrace, quote-unquote, 'good immigrants.'" During her speech, Usha Vance discussed her upbringing and how it differed from her husband's, emphasizing the American Dream and how their love story exemplifies it.

“Usha Vance talking about being a daughter of immigrants as the mostly white people at the RNC hold ‘Mass Deportations Now’ signs is quite the scene,” one person tweeted.

Businessman and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy also invoked his family's immigrant story during his speech, along with a more explicit message about undocumented immigrants. "Our message to every legal immigrant in this country is this: You're like my parents," he said. "You deserve the opportunity to secure a better life for your children in America. But our message to illegal immigrants is also this: We will return you to your country of origin."
Dhingra argued that this rhetoric is particularly damaging when expressed by children of immigrants like Ramaswamy and Usha Vance, as it creates a division between communities of colour whose stories are similar. He noted that the binary of good and bad immigrants is nonsensical, as the government's arbitrary limits on legal immigration often contribute to the creation of undocumented immigration.
When asked about the criticism, JD Vance's adviser and family friend, Jai Chabria, and Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung dismissed it as an attack on a successful diverse figure by out-of-touch liberals. However, experts point out that JD Vance's political transformation and stances on immigration put him at odds with his wife's immigrant family story.
Despite speeches denouncing undocumented immigrants, Trump's presidency saw the restriction of legal immigration pathways, affecting foreign-born workers, particularly Indian nationals who make up the majority of H1B petitioners.
As a new face of the MAGA movement, Usha Vance may have a unique role in addressing these issues, with Dhingra suggesting that her presence could support the Republican Party's rhetoric that they are not anti-immigrant but rather want immigrants to "adapt" to the country properly without threatening certain ways of life.

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