Bangalore: United States Senator Barbara Mikulski and U.S. Representative Judy Chu, two democrats representing Maryland and California have pledged to fight against racial discrimination against India Americans, Sikh Americans and Muslim Americans. They were expressing their concern over the increasing cases of racial discrimination, at the National Federation of Indian American Association's Congressional reception, reports Aziz Haniffa of Rediff.

Mikulski, a former United States Representative, is the longest-serving female senator and the longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. Congress. She has promised that the Indian American community will be getting all the benefits of a quality education.

"The Indian American community plays an active and important role in Maryland and in the country and impresses all of us with their work ethic and family values," she said, and added, "It has been my privilege to fight for issues that are critical to the Indian American community because I believe that every person in this country should have access to a quality and affordable education."

She also said that she will try to come up with some sensible, bi-partisan solutions to fix the immigration system.

According to Mikulski, "such practices are an abuse of authority and a serious violation of civil rights."

 "That is why I am a proud original co-sponsor of the End Racial Profiling Act of 2010. This will extend the federal ban on racial profiling to state and local law enforcement and permit people to take legal action if they have been the victims of racial profiling," she said. 

Judy Chu, who happens to be the first Chinese serving the U.S, Congress says that "One of the first things I did was to join the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans."She also told the delegates to approach her if they find any problems, so that they can work on it.