Florida politician faces backlash over calls for mass deportation of Indians

Chandler Langevin faced censure from Palm Bay council and calls to resign from series of posts condemned as vile'

A city councilmember in Florida is facing backlash from national Indian American organizations, members of Congress, and local residents after posting a series of social media messages that insulted Indian people living in the US and called for them to be deported en masse.

Chandler Langevin, a Palm Bay council member elected last year, made derogatory comments about Indian people across several posts on the social media platform X over roughly three weeks this fall. He claimed that Indians come to America to drain our pockets" before returning to India, or worse ... to stay".