Former President Donald Trump has vowed to revoke the temporary protected status and deport thousands of Haitian immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio.
Springfield, which has seen an influx of immigrants from the Caribbean nation in recent years, is a city that has seen an influx of immigrants from the Caribbean nation in recent years.Last month, President Trump, 78, amplified his unsubstantiated pet consumption claims during a September 10 debate with Kamala Harris. This attracted national attention.
“Of course I will cancel it and bring them back to their country.” President Trump told NewsNation. correspondent Ali Bradley said in an interview Wednesday.
TPS is currently granted to immigrants from: 16 countries with constant conflictsDeportation could include Haiti, where safety could be jeopardized.
As of March 31, more than 200,000 people from Haiti have been approved for TPS. According to the Congressional Research Service.
Springfield established the “Welcome Springfield” initiative to welcome immigrants about a decade ago, and its population in 2022 was estimated to be about 58,000. 15,000 to 20,000 new residents Since then, it has placed a severe strain on public resources for schools and health care.
President Trump took stock of Springfield's plight while slamming Vice President Kamala Harris' record on illegal immigration and the ongoing immigration crisis.
Before the debate with Harris, Trump posted a meme on his social media accounts alluding to reports that immigrants in Springfield were eating pets.
Then the Republican candidate shouted:
“They're eating dogs. They're eating cats. They're eating the pets of the people who live there,” Trump said during the debate, adding that city officials denied the allegations. He urged host David Muir to quickly check the facts.
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says the city of Springfield has received dozens of bomb threats against government buildings, schools and more, “the vast majority” of which were intended to incite domestic politics in the United States. It was said to have been caused by foreign forces.
President Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, 40, grilled the media on this and vehemently criticized it.
“What's going on there is horrible. You have a beautiful community,” President Trump lamented on “NewsNation.” “We have to remove people [migrants]. …We cannot destroy the country. ”
“It doesn't work. It doesn't work. It has nothing to do with Haiti or anything else,” he added, claiming that Haiti “accepts” immigrants.
Harris-Waltz's campaign has skewered Trump and Vance over the claim, with the vice president blaming the riots in Springfield after the debate.
“People are deeply troubled by what's happening in our community in Springfield, Ohio, and it has to stop,” Harris told a committee of the National Association of Black Journalists last month.
Amid the controversy, staff from Vance's team contacted Springfield City Manager Brian Heck about the wild pet consumption claims. The Wall Street Journal reported last month.
“He asked point-blank: 'Are the rumors true that pets are being taken and eaten?'” Heck told the outlet. “I told him no. There was no verifiable evidence or reporting that this was true. I told them these allegations are baseless.”
Vance, who lives about 90 minutes from Springfield, says he wants to raise concerns local residents have about the influx of immigrants into their community.
“We don't blame Haitian immigrants for coming to Springfield,” he told NBC's “Meet the Press” last month. “We condemn Kamala Harris for opening America's southern border and inviting 20,000 people into a small town in Ohio.”
