Our community's strength, organized.
One place to report what happened, know your rights, show up where it matters, and find real support. Built by the Indian American Advocacy Council for every Indian in America — citizens, green card holders, workers, and students alike.
Trusted Professionals
Tell us what you need — an immigration attorney, CPA, realtor, or therapist — and we'll personally connect you with someone trusted. Our verified directory is being built now.
Seat at the Table
Find public boards and commissions where your experience can help shape your community.
Who Serves
Look up the people who actually sit on the boards and commissions deciding your schools, housing, policing and planning — by name, city or ZIP code.
Legislative Tracker
Type any bill number — live sponsors, cosponsors, and a ready-made message asking your rep to act.
Regulation Watch
Every H-1B and immigration rule is published in the Federal Register first — see what's coming and comment while it counts.
Find My Reps
Type your address — your representative and senators appear with phone numbers. Your letters address them by name.
Community Hub
Live news & alerts, events, state chapters, the first-90-days newcomer kit, and every way to volunteer.
Report an incident
A guided form that turns what happened into a complete, well-documented report — ready for police, the FBI, and IAAC's tracker.
Know your rights
ICE at your door, H-1B workplace rules, hate incidents — exactly what to say and do, in English and हिंदी.
Find support
Verified hotlines, legal organizations, and government channels — plus IAAC's own network of attorneys and advocates.
Follow the movement
Incident analyses, community alerts, and the Stop Indian Hate tracker — on Substack and X. New here? Read how IAAC started.
You have rights. Use them.
The Constitution protects everyone on US soil — regardless of immigration status. Here's exactly what to say and do in the moments that matter.
You do not have to open the door. Stay calm and speak through it. An ICE "administrative warrant" (Form I-200 or I-205) does not allow agents to enter your home. Only a judicial warrant — signed by a judge, with your correct name and address — does.
Please slide the warrant under the door. I am exercising my right to remain silent. I do not consent to a search. I want to speak with a lawyer.
Do
- Stay calm and keep the door closed
- Ask to see a warrant signed by a judge, slid under the door
- Say clearly: "I do not consent" if agents enter anyway — do not physically resist
- Write down badge numbers, names, and what happened
- Call the MigraWatch hotline: 1-844-363-1423
Don't
- Don't open the door "just to talk"
- Don't answer questions about where you were born or your status
- Don't sign anything without a lawyer
- Don't lie or show false documents — ever
- Don't run — it can be used against you
Your visa depends on your employer — but your rights don't. Federal law protects H-1B workers in ways many employers hope you never learn:
- You must be paid the wage in your LCA — always. "Benching" you without pay between projects is illegal, even if you signed something agreeing to it.
- Your passport belongs to you. No employer may confiscate or hold your passport or immigration documents. That can constitute a serious federal offense.
- Laid off? You have a grace period. You generally have up to 60 days (or until your I-94 expires, whichever is shorter) to find a new sponsor, change status, or depart — you are not "illegal" the day you're terminated.
- Your H-1B is portable. You can begin working for a new employer as soon as they properly file a transfer petition — you don't have to wait for approval.
- Fired early? They owe you a ticket home. If your employer terminates you before your petition ends, they're liable for reasonable return transportation costs.
- You can't be billed for the government's H-1B fees. An employer can never pass the H-1B training fee to you, and can't use "penalties" to stop you from leaving in ways that drop your pay below the required wage.
- Retaliation is illegal. Firing, threatening, or blacklisting you for reporting violations is itself a violation.
What you do in the first hours determines whether your case can ever be acted on. Six steps:
- Get safe first. If there's any threat of violence, call 911. Your safety comes before documentation.
- Write everything down immediately. Memory fades within hours. Date, time, exact location, exact words said, descriptions of the people involved.
- Capture evidence. Photos of injuries or damage. For online hate: full-page screenshots showing the URL, username, and timestamp — before it gets deleted.
- Get witnesses. Names and phone numbers before they leave. A single witness can transform a case.
- Report it — three places. Local police (ask for the report number), the FBI at tips.fbi.gov or 1-800-CALL-FBI, and IAAC's Stop Indian Hate tracker so the incident is counted, not erased.
- Get support. You don't have to handle this alone — IAAC connects community members with attorneys, journalists, and advocacy organizations. See Resources.
- Stopped by police: you have the right to remain silent — say so out loud. You can ask "Am I free to go?" If yes, calmly leave. You never have to consent to a search of yourself or your car; say "I do not consent to a search."
- At work: harassment about your accent, religion, food, or origin can create an illegal hostile work environment. Report it in writing (email creates a record) to HR — that written trail is what makes cases winnable.
- Denied service or housing: discrimination in housing, restaurants, and stores based on race, religion, or national origin is illegal. For housing, file at hud.gov/fairhousing.
- Harassed online: don't engage. Screenshot with URLs and timestamps, report to the platform, and log it with IAAC's tracker — the Indian Hate Network research documents coordinated accounts.
Want the full 10-page guide?
IAAC's complete Know Your Rights guide — every right, every phone number, every script.
Report an incident
This guided form turns what happened into a complete, well-structured report — the kind police, the FBI, and attorneys can actually act on. Nothing you type leaves this page until you choose to send it.
Your incident report
Review it, then copy or download. Bring it to the police, attach it to an FBI tip, and submit it to IAAC.
Showing up changes outcomes.
When Frisco's city council heard "Indian takeover" rhetoric in February 2026, the community's answer was to show up — on the record, with dignity. Here's your toolkit to do the same, anywhere.
🏛 Legislative watch
Statuses verified July 23, 2026 · curated by IAACLook up any bill in Congress — live sponsor, cosponsors, and status — then ask your representative to act on it with a ready-made message. Below the lookup: IAAC's curated watch-list.
IAAC's watch-list
📜 Regulation watch BETA
Live from the Federal Register — where the rules are writtenBefore anything becomes policy, it's published here. When a rule is open for comment, anyone can submit one — and agencies are required to read them.
Find your representatives BETA
Type your full street address (with city, state, ZIP) — get your actual representative and senators, with phone numbers. If it can't match, the official lookups below always work.
Register & vote
Indian Americans are one of the fastest-growing electorates in the country. Local elections — school board, city council — are often decided by a few hundred votes.
Speak at a city council meeting
Most councils allow 2–3 minutes of public comment — you usually just sign up before the meeting starts. Fill this in and we'll draft a dignified, effective 90-second statement you can adapt.
Bring five people
One speaker is a comment. Twenty are a constituency. Share this page with your WhatsApp groups, temple, gurdwara, church, masjid, or cricket league before the next meeting.
This is where we gather.
News, trusted professionals, newcomer guides, events, and ways to serve — the front door to your community.
Latest from IAAC
Fresh from our Substack — analysis, alerts, and the Stop Indian Hate tracker.
Never miss an alert
Get community alerts and analysis in your inbox — free, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Civic toolkit
Find your representatives, draft a city-council statement, register to vote.
Upcoming events
Council meetings, workshops, and community gatherings.
Local chapters
Organized city by city — because change is local.
📍 Join your state chapter
Pick your state — takes 30 seconds. When enough members raise their hands, the chapter launches and you'll be the first to know.
Join the movement
IAAC runs on community members who give an hour a week. Whatever your skill, there's a seat for you:
🤝 Request a trusted connection
Facing a legal issue, tax question, or need a professional who understands the community? Tell us what you need — IAAC will reply from help@iaacouncil.com with trusted options. Network professionals offer community members preferred rates where their profession's rules allow.
Trusted professionals
Community-vetted immigration attorneys, CPAs who know India taxes, realtors, and therapists who get the culture. Every listing is reviewed by IAAC before it appears.
Are you a professional?
Serve the community where it needs you most. Apply for a verified listing — it's free.
Know someone great?
Nominate the attorney or CPA your family actually trusts — that's how this directory stays real.
💼 Community job board
Jobs from community employers and members who can refer you — because our community runs on referrals. Every posting is reviewed by IAAC before it appears.
Hiring? Post a job
Reach the most educated community in America. Free while the board grows.
Can you refer?
One referral can change a family's life. Tell us where you can open doors.
📚 Community resource library
The links every Indian American family ends up needing — official, verified, in one place. Know one we're missing? Suggest it below.
Suggest a resource
Temple directories, scholarship lists, local guides — if the community should know about it, tell us. IAAC verifies before adding.
Your first 90 days in America
The checklist every new student and H-1B family wishes someone had handed them at the airport. Check things off as you go — items marked F-1 or H-1B apply to those visas.
You are not alone.
Verified hotlines and organizations. Every number here was checked before publishing — save the ones you might need.
FBI — Hate Crimes & Civil Rights
FederalHate crimes are federal civil rights violations. Report even if local police already took a report.
DOJ Hate Crimes Portal
FederalThe Department of Justice's central resource for understanding and reporting hate crimes, in multiple languages including Hindi.
MigraWatch Hotline
ImmigrationUnited We Dream's national hotline to report ICE activity and get rapid-response support during encounters.
EEOC
WorkplaceWorkplace discrimination based on national origin, race, or religion. Remember: filing deadlines can be as short as 180 days.
US Dept. of Labor — Wage & Hour
H-1BUnpaid wages, illegal benching, H-1B wage violations. File Form WH-4 — complaints can be confidential.
ACLU — Know Your Rights
LegalDetailed rights guides for police stops, protests, immigration enforcement, and more — in multiple languages.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
AdvocacyNational civil rights organization for AAPI communities — legal resources and hate incident reporting.
Stop AAPI Hate
AdvocacyCoalition tracking and responding to hate against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities since 2020.
IAAC — Our Network
IAACWe connect community members with attorneys, journalists, elected officials, and support organizations — and amplify verified fundraisers for victims after reviewing each case.
This is a movement of dignity.
The Indian American Advocacy Council exists so that no one in our community faces hatred, harassment, or misrepresentation alone.
How IAAC started
IAAC was born in September 2025 out of a simple refusal: the refusal to accept that Indian Americans and Indian immigrants could be scapegoated, silenced, and dehumanized — and that nothing organized would answer it. What began as a handful of volunteers became a movement within months.
"For too long, Indian Americans and Indian immigrants have been scapegoated, silenced, and dehumanized. Those days are over. This is not just an organization. This is a movement of dignity."
From day one, the goal was never temporary outrage. It was lasting systems: documentation that can't be erased, rights knowledge in every pocket, trusted help within reach, and a community that shows up — on the record, with dignity.
The road so far
IAAC is founded
Launched publicly as a movement of dignity, built and carried by a core team of community volunteers.
The Frisco moment
When "Indian takeover" rhetoric targeted legal residents and taxpayers ahead of a Frisco, TX city-council meeting, IAAC answered — publicly, factually, and with the community behind it.
Stop Indian Hate tracker launches
Amid a reported 115% surge in anti-Indian incidents, IAAC began documenting verified incidents so no story is erased and every case counts.
Know Your Rights
Rights guidance for every Indian in America — ICE encounters, H-1B workplace rights, documenting hate — culminating in the free 10-page Know Your Rights guide.
iaacouncil.com launches
The community's front door: trusted professionals, the legislative tracker, incident reporting, the newcomer kit, and state chapters — all in one place.
What we believe
Dignity is non-negotiable
We respond to hostility the way we intend to be treated: factually, publicly, and with self-respect. Being the most dignified voice in the room is the strategy.
Documentation over outrage
Outrage fades; records don't. Every verified incident, every pattern, every case documented is a brick in a wall that protects the next family.
The community is the safety net
Vetted professionals, referrals, chapters, seva — our strongest protection has always been each other, organized.
Nonpartisan, always
We work with anyone who stands for the community's dignity and safety, and we endorse no party and no candidate. Belonging is not a partisan idea.
Our commitments
Published here so you can hold us to them:
- The incident tracker, Know Your Rights resources, and victim support are never monetized — no ads, no data sales, ever.
- Victim privacy comes before publicity. Much of our work is never publicized, by design.
- The "IAAC Verified" badge cannot be bought. Paid placement buys visibility — never trust.
- We amplify fundraisers only after reviewing them for authenticity.
Be part of the story
Every chapter of this timeline was written by volunteers. The next one has your name in it.
Your privacy, in plain English.
This community handles sensitive information — sometimes the most sensitive there is. Here is exactly what happens to it, with nothing hidden.
The short version
- This website has no database and no accounts. It stores nothing about you.
- What you type in a form stays on your own device until you press a Send button.
- When you press Send, your message is emailed to the IAAC team. That's the only time anything leaves your device.
- We never sell or share your information, and never show ads.
- You can ask us to delete anything you've sent, any time.
What stays on your device
Everything you type into a form — an incident report, a help request, a chapter signup — lives only in your browser as you fill it out. The incident report builder, for example, assembles your report entirely on your device. If you close the tab without pressing a Send button, nothing was transmitted and nothing was kept. There is no auto-save and no server watching you type.
What happens when you press "Send to IAAC"
Pressing a Send button does one thing: it transmits the information you entered to the IAAC team by email, through a form-delivery service (FormSubmit) that passes the message to our inbox at help@iaacouncil.com. Depending on the form, that may include your name, email, phone, city, and the details you chose to share — including, in an incident report, what happened, witness information, and any description you provided.
You are always in control: forms show you what will be sent, and nothing is transmitted until you actively choose to send it. If a form ever can't reach our delivery service, it offers to open your own email app instead — so your message still only goes where you send it.
Where it's stored, who can access it & how long we keep it
Submissions arrive as email in IAAC's inbox and are accessible only to the IAAC team member(s) who operate that inbox. We do not build profiles and do not combine your information with outside data. Our current retention schedule:
- Help requests & professional-connection requests: kept until your request is resolved, then deleted within 12 months.
- Incident reports: identifying details kept up to 24 months to allow follow-up and to document patterns of hate; after that they are anonymized or deleted. Aggregate, non-identifying statistics (such as counts by city and incident type) may be kept indefinitely for advocacy.
- Volunteer, chapter & newsletter signups: kept until you unsubscribe or ask to be removed.
We review the inbox at least every 6 months and delete anything past these periods, and we honor deletion requests sooner (see below).
Third-party services we use
Some tools fetch live public information directly from official sources. When you use them, your browser talks to these services — not to us:
- Find My Reps: the address you type goes only to the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder to determine your district. IAAC never receives or stores your address.
- Legislative Tracker & Regulation Watch: read public data from Congress.gov and the Federal Register. No personal data is sent.
- Form delivery (FormSubmit): when you press Send, this service processes your submission to email it to us, and may record the submitting IP address as part of that delivery.
Hosting & security (Cloudflare): to serve the site and defend it from attacks, our host automatically processes standard request data that every website receives — your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, the pages and files you request, the referring page, and the date and time. These can be personal data. Cloudflare retains this edge data only briefly under its own privacy policy.
Aggregate analytics (Cloudflare Web Analytics): we use a privacy-first, cookieless analytics tool to understand how many people visit, which pages are used, and roughly which countries and referring sites traffic comes from. It uses no cookies, does not follow you across sites, and does not identify individual visitors — we see only aggregate counts. We do not use advertising cookies or any cross-site tracking, and we never show ads.
Delete your information
You can ask us to delete anything you've sent — no reason needed. Email help@iaacouncil.com with "Delete my information" and what you sent, and we'll remove it from our records. For incident reports already anonymized in aggregate advocacy data, we'll remove any identifying details.
Contact & the fine print
Questions about your privacy? Email help@iaacouncil.com.
IAAC is not a law firm and nothing on this site is legal advice; it is general information — consult a licensed attorney about your specific situation. Submitting a form does not create an attorney-client relationship. Tools that display legislation and regulations draw from public government sources and may not always be current; verify anything important at the official source. This platform is offered in beta, in good faith, as a community service. We may update this policy as the platform grows; the current version always lives here.
Your community needs a seat at the table.
Thousands of public boards and commissions influence education, housing, public safety, civil rights, planning, transportation and community life. Search for opportunities to serve in your city and state.
Representation is not only about who wins elections. It is also about who occupies the rooms where everyday decisions are made.
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Who represents you, and who decides for your city?
Your members of Congress, and the appointed boards that decide schools, housing, policing, planning and libraries where you live. Choose your state and city, or search by name, to see who is sitting in those rooms right now.
You cannot hold a decision-making body accountable if you do not know who is in it.
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Select a state or territory to open its own page: both of its U.S. senators, its full U.S. House delegation, both chambers of its own legislature, and the local boards IAAC has verified there — including school district committees.
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