India, May 21 -- A Florida man has claimed that he heard three gate agents at the Washington DC airport speaking in Hindi, and his social media post has sparked a wider conversation on US immigration. Sean Carpenter took to the social media platform X to ask why Indians were working at US airports when these jobs could be given to Americans instead.

His post has fuelled a broader debate around immigration and employment in the United States.

"Sitting in the DC airport, listening to three gate agents speaking Hindi behind me. Tell me why we need Indians to work the gates at airports again?" Carpenter wrote on X.

He ended his post with a sharp critique of the H1B visa, which allows high-skilled workers to live and work legally in the Uni...