‘I will not apologize:’ Palm Bay councilman defies calls to step down over comments about Indian immigration

News6 Click Orlando ^ | 10/1/2025 | James Sparvero

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A highly anticipated city council meeting Thursday could start the process of potentially removing a member of the council.

Palm Bay Community Correspondent James Sparvero reported Tuesday that Councilman Chandler Langevin is back on the hot seat over what he said on social media about Indian visa holders and immigrants.

Langevin said these Indians don’t care about America, are destroying the South, and should all be deported.

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“If someone only hires Indians, sends remittance checks back to India, campaigns in Indian elections, lobby’s (sic) to fly Indian flags over American government buildings, and has no family willing to serve in our military, then their loyalty is to India, and they need to be deported,” he wrote on X.

The councilman has launched several criticisms against U.S. immigration policies and worker visa programs, particularly when it comes to H-1B visas.

In 2024 alone, federal data from the USCIS shows that over 70% of the nearly 400,000 approved H-1B petitions were for workers whose country of birth was India.

Many critics of the program say that H-1B workers undercut American workers, luring people from overseas who are often willing to work for less than American workers do.

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“If someone only hires Indians, sends remittance checks back to India, campaigns in Indian elections, lobby’s (sic) to fly Indian flags over American government buildings, and has no family willing to serve in our military, then their loyalty is to India, and they need to be deported,”

Now change out India for another country that starts with ‘I’...