The CAA and NRC: Fueling Discrimination, Violence

We are writing in regards to the protests in India against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens in India. Through this letter, we hope to echo and amplify the concerns raised by students at institutions not only in India but worldwide, and we ask the Amherst College community to stand with us. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), passed by the Indian Parliament in Dec. 2019, seeks to fast-track Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Chr