The Federation of Indian American Christian Organisations of North America (FIACONA) has expressed happiness over the US government's decision to deny VISA to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

In a statement issued on 19 March 2005, John Prabhudoss, the Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee of FIACONA, said the US State Department had made a "strong and right" decision on the issue of denying VISA to Modi. "This action by the US administration is a recognition of Modi's involvement in February 2002 killings and his continued policies of harassment of religious minorities in Gujarat," he added. 

John Prabhudoss applauded the decision of the State Department and thanked the US Congress for “standing with us in the effort." "Those who invited Modi to honour him in the US has done so in total neglect for the pain and suffering he has caused to hundreds of thousands of people in Gujarat and elsewhere," he said.

National President of FIACONA Rev Bernard Malik said, "The pain and suffering of the people in Gujarat caused by Modi directly and indirectly have been taken note by the international community. In the free world one should not be allowed to get away with such brutal abuse of state power against vulnerable innocent people."