An Indian-American woman named Nishrin Hussain actually lead the campaign to have the US State Department revoke his visa on the grounds that he was “responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom.” Her father, Ahsan Jafri, was a former MP who was hacked to pieces and burnt alive along with about 70 other people who were hiding in his house during the riots.
The Indian Foreign Ministry has already repeatedly requested that the State Department reconsider it’s decision…and on further review, the State Department has refused to do so. I don’t think that’s going to change any time soon. It’s really just a slap on the wrist considering the fact that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom officially requested the State Department to blacklist India with “Country of Particular Concern” status (and was rebuffed by Bush)…but I suppose any official international recognition of the shocking level of government involvement in the Gujarat atrocities is something.