Florida politician faces backlash over calls for mass deportation of Indians

<p>Chandler Langevin faced censure from Palm Bay council and calls to resign from series of posts condemned as ‘vile’</p><p>A city councilmember in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida">Florida</a> is facing backlash from national <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/india">Indian</a> 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.</p><p>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”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/florida-politician-indian-immigrant-posts-backlash">Continue reading...</a>