Sara Gonzalez at TPUSA event
An exchange onThe controversy began when Gonzales posted a message comparing his family’s military service to the presence of Indian workers in the US tech sector.He wrote: “My grandfather received a Purple Heart award for his military service in World War II. Indians are coming in with fake credentials as software engineers and driving Americans out of jobs. There is no comparison. Scammers can’t understand that there are people who come here legally and do the right thing. Epic levels of launch.The post went viral and faced backlash, including from an NRI user named Priya, who responded by pushing for normalization and sharing data about the contributions of the Indian American community.She wrote, “Most Indian immigrants are legal. You don’t do any research except posting lies and hate. I like Hispanics, they are nice, nothing against them, I just don’t like you.”Priya also shared statistics showing economic and educational outcomes among Indian Americans, with figures showing that the median household income is approximately $100,500 and nearly 70% have at least a bachelor’s degree, compared to the US average of 28%.Gonzales responded by dismissing the criticism and doubling down on his stance. She replied: “Don’t be intellectually dishonest, Priya. Most Indian immigrants are abusing and exploiting the legal immigration system. That’s the whole point.”In a separate comment, he said, “I was born and brought up here. This is my country.”The online exchange is the latest in a series of posts by Gonzales that have garnered attention in recent months, particularly around alleged abuses of H-1B visas and immigration pathways. He recently claimed that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) fined a company, Compunnel, $313,000 after it allegedly posted a job listing specifying “H-1B visas only.”A video of Gonzales, recorded at his Dallas food truck, Golconda Express, has also gone viral, where he interrogated a man whom he claimed was working under an H-1B visa while operating a business under his wife’s name. The clip was titled “H-1B Busted Running a Food Truck.”In addition to immigration, Gonzales has faced opposition on other positions. In one message, she described visiting a park in Plano, Texas, with her five-year-old son and wrote that she was surrounded by people speaking “many foreign languages”, adding: “This is my hometown. It is unrecognizable. I want my country back,” a comment that drew accusations of xenophobia, racism.His recent posts and public exchanges come against the backdrop of growing Indian migration to parts of Texas, including cities like Plano and Frisco, where the Indian population has grown significantly over the past decade. A 2025 Pew Research Center study estimated that about 570,000 Indians live in Texas.