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Thank you for selecting IndianAmericans.org as your virtual location to connect with the Asian Indian community in North America. The Indian American Leadership Council (IALC) was formed in the early 90's to promote civic awareness and protect the civil rights of Indian American residents. The IALC seeks to provide a unified voice for Indian Americans in the main stream decision making process along with fostering more dynamic relationships between the world’s largest and oldest democracies--India and the United States.
Since 1996, the IALC has been actively developing narratives for better US-India partnership through people-to-people diplomacy at the grassroots. We believe Indian American voters and taxpayers must play a major role in fostering Indo-US relations and become a
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The US-India
Partnership: Economic Benefits
Today,
India imports approximately $40 billion in US goods and
services. During the last five years, Indian businesses have
invested $26 billion in the US, creating new jobs--Indian industry directly employs over 100,000 and
supports 200,000 other jobs. The Indian IT industry
contributed $15 billion in taxes to the US government.
Indians additionally paid over $200 million in visa fees
including $30-$50 million from aspiring Indians who’s US
visas were rejected. India’s planned infrastructure
spending of $1.0 trillion; may take US-India economic ties
to the next level.
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Indian American Activism: New Election Dynamics |
One of the big winners in the 2010 U.S. elections, say political analyst, was the Indian-American
community and its activism in the main stream political
process. Nikki Haley of South Carolina became the second Indian American elected as a state governor, three years after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana became the first.
Kamala Harris, whose mother moved to the United States from India as a student,
won the race for California’s first woman attorney general.
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Asian Indians: Now 1% of US Population |
People of Indian origin are projected to be one
percent of America's population of 308.7 million. Indians (2,843,391) are now the largest Asian subgroup in 25 states in America, making them the
main driver in population growth of Asian Americans, according to an analysis of US Census 2010. Indian Americans have attained political clout: during
heavily contested Democratic and Republican primaries, they often emerge as swing voters. California had the most Indian American residents
at 528,176, and New York was second at 313,620. There are 292,256 Asian Indians in New Jersey, 3.3 percent of the state's total population.
After the top three states with the largest numbers of Indian Americans are Texas, 245,981; Illinois, 188,328; Florida, 128,735; Virginia, 103,916;
Pennsylvania, 103,026; Georgia, 96,116; Maryland, 79,051; Massachusetts, 77,177; Michigan, 77,132; Ohio, 64,187; Washington, 61,124; and North Carolina, 57,400.
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