An anti-India American reporter said she was assaulted by protesters while covering a demonstration in Minneapolis. Conservative reporter Savannah Hernandez was assaulted while filming an anti-ICE protest outside the Whipple ICE facility.
According to eyewitnesses, a group of demonstrators surrounded her, pushed her and threw her to the ground.
After the confrontation, Hernandez got back on her feet and continued reporting. She says she will report the problem to the police. Hernandez admitted the incident to
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Things were already tense in the Minneapolis area in the wake of the recent shootings of Renee Nicole Judd and Alex Peretti by ICE agents, incidents that were caught on camera and condemned by local leaders and prominent Democrats.
Hernandez has previously been at the center of controversy over her reporting on immigration and cultural change in the United States.
Earlier this month, I posted about visiting the Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas. She shared a photo from inside the temple and said she was “shocked” when she saw that an Indian temple in Texas had a sign that said “Blessings for Work Visas.”In another post, she explained the purpose of her visit, saying: “Texans were saying their state was starting to look unrecognizable, so I went to North Texas to check it out.
From streets named “Ali Akbar” to residents who say Texas is now “mini India.” Her documentary is associated with Turning Point USA and focuses on the rapid growth of Indian and Muslim communities in Republican-controlled areas such as Frisco, Plano and Irving. It included interviews with residents concerned about cultural changes, migration, the increasing visibility of South Asian traditions, including festivals such as Holi and the rise of cricket pitches and religious infrastructure.
Its reporting also included criticism of the H1-B visa system, which allows highly skilled foreigners to work in the United States. Its reporting is consistent with the conservative ideology that Indians are displacing Americans in their countries by taking their jobs and working for much lower wages, leading employers to prefer to hire them.Hernandez has been accused of targeting a religious space, while MAGA supporters have used her reporting to push anti-immigrant and anti-India narratives.Frisco, in particular, has become a flashpoint in debates over immigration and identity, with heated debates at City Council in the past few weeks. Online hate targeting Indians in the United States doubled between 2023 and 2025.