Texas Shooting Suspect Was US Citizen; Politicians Criticized for Linking Incident to H-1B Visas

A mass shooting in Austin, Texas, on March 1 left two dead and over a dozen injured before the suspect, Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized US citizen originally from Senegal, was killed by police. Some Texas politicians linked the incident to immigration and the H-1B visa program, prompting criticism. The Hindu American Foundation condemned these claims, emphasizing the suspect was not an H-1B visa holder but a US citizen, and called the politicization of the tragedy inappropriate.