Officials in Alabama abruptly ended a city council meeting this week after residents expressed concerns about an influx of Haitian ‘migrants’ to their small city.
On Thursday night, citizens grilled Sylacauga City Councilmembers about numerous ‘migrants’ reportedly being dumped in their community of roughly 12,500, prompting Council President Tiffany Nix to end the session after just 20 minutes.
A Sylacauga City Council meeting was abruptly cut short after only 20 minutes Thursday following questions from several residents about recent Haitian immigration to the area.
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When asked who is overseeing the placement or management of newly-arrived Haitians in Sylacauga, Nix claimed she had no idea.
“We don’t have any information on it. We just know that they are here legally,” Nix said.
“There is no reason for us to wonder why or to investigate. No crime has been committed. They’re here working. They’re adding to the economy.”
Councilman Ashton Fowler also said he hopes the ‘newcomers’ will contribute to the local economy, asserting that his first knowledge of their presence came when some began attending his church.
“The first time I saw them, they came in our church. They wanted to come to Sunday School and church with us. That’s the first time I knew they were in town, and then there was three, then six, then eight. The ones at church with me are great people. They wanted to come to church, haven’t asked for a thing, worship, and go home,” Fowler said.
When a female resident asked why councilmembers are not questioning state and federal authorities about ‘migrants’ reportedly being brought into town aboard buses and vans, Nix dismissed those claims as being social media rumors and “hearsay.”
The woman pressed on, refuting claims that the ‘migrants’ are working and saying she has seen them “just sitting around outside” their housing facilities in the middle of the day.
“What’s wrong with that?” Nix replied. “We can go anywhere and see people sitting on their porch.”
After a male resident blasted the council’s attitude towards the issue as “entire unacceptable,” Nix announced the meeting was over, implying that residents’ consternation was fueled by racism.
“We have no reason to treat these people differently because of how they look,” Nix said.
“Who said that?” the man at the podium asked. “I never said that.”
“These people came here from Haiti. Haiti is a failed state. Their president was assassinated in 2021. There is no way the State Department can vet these individuals.”
Moments later, Nix declared, “This meeting is over.”
A similar episode unfolded at a recent city commission meeting in Springfield, Ohio, a small city swarmed by some 20,000 Haitians, including around 10,000 in the past four years alone.
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Springfield residents recently began warning ‘newcomers’ are hunting and eating their pets and local wildlife like ducks and geese.
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