<p> Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders today criticised US President Donald Trump for not inviting the family of Indian techie, who was killed in a case of hate crime, to his first address to Congress.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sanders accused Trump of stirring up fear and hatred against immigrants after he only invited the families of those murdered by undocumented immigrants in the US.<br /><br />Sanders questioned why Trump did not invite the families of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, the 32-year-old Indian techie who was killed in Kansas last week, or of the black parishioners killed in Charleston in 2015.<br /><br />"The murder of anyone is a tragedy, and our hearts go out to all families who lose a loved one to violence," Sanders wrote in a post on Facebook two hours before Trump was set to speak.<br /><br />"He is stirring up fear and hatred against immigrants and trying to divide our nation," Sanders continued.<br /><br />"That is his political strategy and we must not allow him to get away with it. Trump, any murder is a tragedy. Don't use these tragedies to stir up divisions by race and nationality," he said.<br /><br />But let's be clear about what Donald Trump is doing in inviting family members who saw a loved one murdered by undocumented immigrants.<br /><br />Two of Trump's guests, Jessica Davis and Susan Oliver, are the widows of California police officers who were shot in 2014 by a convicted felon who had previously been deported to Mexico, according to the Los Angeles Times.<br /><br />The third guest, Jamiel Shaw Sr., is the father of a teen killed by a gang member who was in the US illegally.</p>
<p> Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders today criticised US President Donald Trump for not inviting the family of Indian techie, who was killed in a case of hate crime, to his first address to Congress.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sanders accused Trump of stirring up fear and hatred against immigrants after he only invited the families of those murdered by undocumented immigrants in the US.<br /><br />Sanders questioned why Trump did not invite the families of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, the 32-year-old Indian techie who was killed in Kansas last week, or of the black parishioners killed in Charleston in 2015.<br /><br />"The murder of anyone is a tragedy, and our hearts go out to all families who lose a loved one to violence," Sanders wrote in a post on Facebook two hours before Trump was set to speak.<br /><br />"He is stirring up fear and hatred against immigrants and trying to divide our nation," Sanders continued.<br /><br />"That is his political strategy and we must not allow him to get away with it. Trump, any murder is a tragedy. Don't use these tragedies to stir up divisions by race and nationality," he said.<br /><br />But let's be clear about what Donald Trump is doing in inviting family members who saw a loved one murdered by undocumented immigrants.<br /><br />Two of Trump's guests, Jessica Davis and Susan Oliver, are the widows of California police officers who were shot in 2014 by a convicted felon who had previously been deported to Mexico, according to the Los Angeles Times.<br /><br />The third guest, Jamiel Shaw Sr., is the father of a teen killed by a gang member who was in the US illegally.</p>