Indian American Neomi Rao (center), President Donald Trump’s regulatory czar, is introduced during a Diwali ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Nov. 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump announced that he had nominated Rao to fill the seat vacated by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Several Indian American activists are opposing the nomination. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)