The wave of mass immigration under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris is causing rising housing costs, strained health services and under-enrolled public schools in mid-American cities like Springfield, Ohio.
As Breitbart News has reported for more than a year, the Biden-Harris administration has contributed to an influx of roughly 20,000 Haitian immigrants into Springfield, a city with a population of fewer than 60,000.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), former President Donald Trump's running mate, has for months called attention to Springfield as an example of how mass immigration is driving up housing costs for Americans.
“This self-inflicted disaster is devastating job prospects for Ohioans, making it harder for Ohio families to find housing and draining social welfare programs funded by American taxpayers,” Vance said last year.
Report from The New York Times recently Hospitalized Mass immigration exacerbated Springfield's housing problems.
Michelle Lee Hall, director of the Springfield Housing Authority, The problem of high rents was exacerbated when landlords turned to Haitians willing to pay higher rents. [Emphasis added]
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“Here in Springfield, “The new homeless are people who can't afford $2,000 or $3,000 a month in rent.” She said. [Emphasis added]
One home flipper in Springfield told The Times that eight of the 400 homes he owns are occupied by newly arrived Haitian immigrants.
Housing costs brought on by mass immigration aren't the only problem in Springfield: Health care services have been stretched to their limits, with visits that once took 15 minutes now stretching to 45 in some cases as English-speaking medical workers struggle to communicate with an influx of French-speaking Haitian immigrants.
“This is not sustainable,” the medical center's chief executive said. TimesMany staff members said they were burned out and had left, and the centre had to hire translators and French-speaking staff, causing costs to soar.
Springfield public schools have also been affected by mass immigration.
Springfield City School District Enrollment Dates; Times The meeting place was reportedly filled with families of Haitian migrant children.
Of the roughly 350 new students enrolled in the district this year, the vast majority are the children of newly arrived Haitian immigrants, and school administrators are concerned about how the district will handle the growing influx of immigrant kids.
The Biden-Harris administration has welcomed more than 9 million migrants into the United States since the start of 2021, the equivalent of importing nearly the entire population of Honduras in less than four years, according to the latest figures from the Congressional Budget Office.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter. here.
