This House resolution commemorates the five-year remembrance of the April 15, 2021, mass shooting at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, where 8 people were killed. The resolution names the victims, notes that four were members of the Indianapolis Sikh community, and places the shooting in the context of a documented rise in anti-Asian hate, xenophobic rhetoric, and violence targeting Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. It condemns acts of violence, bigotry, and discrimination against South Asian Americans, Arabs, Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs, condemns white supremacist rhetoric, and criticizes the administration's "crackdown on immigrant communities." The resolution calls for restoration and expansion of Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance programs, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act programs, Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act programs, the Community Relations Service, and other community-based approaches to improve federal hate crime data collection and prevention efforts. It also calls on the administration to restore immigration processing and reverse anti-immigrant policies, and reaffirms a federal commitment to protect civil and human rights.
The resolution expresses the House's view on the 2021 Indianapolis shooting and rising anti-Asian and anti-immigrant rhetoric. It honors the victims, urges federal programs to be restored or expanded, and asks the administration to change immigration processing. The text does not specify new laws or detailed funding in itself.
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Supporters say the resolution honors the victims and recognizes that Sikh, South Asian, and other AAPI communities face increased hate, stigma, and violence. The text cites federal hate crime statistics, survey data showing increased experiences of hate for South Asian adults, online harassment trends, barriers that limit reporting and services, and the need for culturally responsive mental health and support services. It calls for restoring and expanding federal hate-crime prevention programs and for reversing policies described as anti-immigrant.
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