Or the 1960 census for that matter.
Well, considering that he was born in the U.S. in 1958, I'd say you might be wrong. But boy, he sure does have a funny sounding name, amiright?
where his parents were medical students from India studying at the University of Michigan
Since at that time the McCarran-Walter Act was in force, these people were very new to the country: prior to 1952 their residency would have been temporary in virtually all cases. Admission as lawful permanent residents would have been mostly out of of the question.
So they are almost certainly Hindu, not Muslim, but I don't know; to me it makes not much difference.
They have virtually no history in the United States, their Caste culture is utterly alien to the egalitarianism developed over 1000 years of Anglo-European history, and their investment in the country is negligible, so I have no idea why anyone would waste time listening to them explain the country through the prism of their own prejudices as self identified victims.