OAN Staff Blake Wolf
4:49pm – Thursday, October 3, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has announced plans to deport Haitian immigrants concentrated in Springfield, Ohio, if he wins re-election against Kamala Harris in the November election.
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inside news nation President Trump announced in an interview Wednesday that he intends to lift immigrants' Temporary Protected Status (TPS) status and begin deportation proceedings. He said he intends to keep his promise to carry out a “massive deportation” campaign aimed at removing millions of illegal immigrants who took advantage of Biden's open borders policy.
“It has nothing to do with Haiti or anything else. We have to remove people and bring them back to their countries,” President Trump said.
“Springfield is such a beautiful place. Did you see what happened? It was overrun. You can't do that to people. I take it back. [their protected status]and I take [the migrants] Go back to their country,” he continued.
President Trump previously tried to cancel the TPS program, which targeted immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal and Sudan, under the previous administration.
But his efforts failed when the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California intervened and blocked the federal government from changing the immigrants' protected status for five years.
Currently, Springfield's Haitian immigrant community is estimated to have a population of approximately 15,000 to 20,000 people, straining the city's resources to accommodate the rapid influx of immigrants into the small, sleepy town. Masu.
More than 200,000 Haitian immigrants have applied for and been approved for TPS services, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Springville received national attention after unconfirmed reports surfaced that Haitian immigrants were killing and eating pets and local geese and ducks, but President Trump spoke during a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. He emphasized that.
“I'm sitting here, running down the path. I'm going to orientation at work today, and I saw a group of Haitians. There were about four of them, and they all had geese in their hands. '' a Springfield 9-1-1 caller told a police dispatcher.
Many Springfield City Council attendees and TikTokers who live in the area also corroborated these claims.
Furthermore, local residents claim that Haitians do not understand American road and driving laws, causing many dangerous accidents.
“These Haitians are running into dumpsters. They're running into buildings. They're flipping cars in the middle of the road. I don't understand how you can be happy about this,” said a local. residents spoke at the Aug. 28 City Council meeting.th.
It's unclear how the immigrants have enough money to purchase these vehicles, but many Haitians who have lived in Springfield for more than a year and a half have been able to find work and afford housing. They are reportedly being given enough government funds each month to purchase. Or rent an apartment.
“The slave revolt that brought Haiti independence certainly relied on voodoo, a New World version of the faith of its African ancestors. To this day, by various academic estimates, the Haitian Between 50 and 95 percent practice at least some element of Voodoo, often in combination with Catholicism.” new york times Reported.
After the “unidentified pet eating” report surfaced, members of Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance's (R-Ohio) team contacted Springfield City Manager Brian Heck about the report, but Heck said He responded like this. . There was no verifiable evidence or report showing this to be true. I told them that these claims are baseless. ”
While the pet-eating claims have yet to be confirmed, Vance said he intends to allay concerns from local residents who miss what Springfield was like before the influx of third-world foreigners.
“We don't blame Haitian immigrants for coming to Springfield,” Vance said. “We condemn Kamala Harris for opening America's southern border and inviting 20,000 people into a small town in Ohio.”
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