Fed-up residents of Springfield, Ohio, appealed to city officials in months ago to address the massive influx of Haitian migrants in their town that has resulted in overwhelmed social services and surging crime.
A city council meeting from July shows desperate Springfield residents begging city officials to help the beleaguered town deal with the 20,000 new Haitians sent by the federal government over the last few years.
Thoughts from the Springfield community! pic.twitter.com/UOsWscLDwN
— TWR 🇺🇸 (@TWR4444) September 14, 2024
Tricia McLaughlin, Communications Director for Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign, outlined the problem of the sheer number of migrants that have inundated the small Ohio town, but was predictably met with derision by CNN pundits.
“Some of these citizens have testified in front of the city council saying that it’s really chaos. There’s been cars burning, cars flipped, that they feel unsafe in their community,” she said Saturday. “Keep in mind, this is just failed federal policy.”
“This is a community of about 60,000 people,” McLaughlin continued. “This is a community that has a poverty rate of 20%, a [working-class] community, and so federal policy led — while these are legal migrants — this is 20,000 people coming into a community of 60,000 people, being completely overrun. It doesn’t matter if they’re migrants from Haiti or California. The schools are being overrun, the social services are being overrun, that is poor federal planning.”
These are the facts: 20k migrants were dropped into a town of 60k people in less than 3 years. Springfield’s medical systems, schools, social services & housing infrastructure are not setup for such a drastic population increase. Yes, the infrastructure is being *overrun.* To say… pic.twitter.com/m0RL1uGEVO
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) September 14, 2024
Rather than respond to the substance of McLaughlin’s remarks, CNN host Abby Phillip immediately scolded her phrasing.
“When you use terms like ‘overrun,’ I actually think that’s part of the problem,” she said, adding that the Haitians are “filling jobs” and that they’re “good workers.”
As Infowars has reported, Springfield residents have been sounding the alarm about the exploding crime, car accidents, and animal disappearances brought about by the Haitian migrants for months.
"Haitians are in the park grabbing ducks, cutting the heads off, and eating them"
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 8, 2024
Springfield resident to City Council: pic.twitter.com/aZLsOT8v2b
Absolutely HEARTBREAKING moment Springfield, Ohio, resident tells mayor that she "can't take it anymore" as Haitian migrants squat on her lawn, litter in her yard and harass her and elderly husband daily.
— captive dreamer (@captivedreamer7) September 7, 2024
The mayor of Springfield does NOT want people to see this: pic.twitter.com/OJtAy7LSXX
HEARTBREAKING testimony from a Springfield, Ohio resident reflects on how the city she knew as a little girl has changed, now feeling overrun by Haitian immigrants who, she says, show little respect for American customs or culture.
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) September 8, 2024
I bet the mayor of Springfield does not want… pic.twitter.com/GZBk7yCchY
The issue garnered international attention and launched a media firestorm after former President Donald Trump claimed migrants are “eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats” in Springfield.
Gov. Mike DeWine finally acknowledged the crisis on Tuesday, announcing he would send State Troopers and patrol cars into Springfield to help with the uptick in car accidents connected to the influx of Haitians who have flooded the small town.
But instead of helping out the actual U.S. citizens who are being displaced by the illegal aliens, the governor pledged to provide $2.5 million over the next two years for the county health department and other health care centers to provide more assistance to the migrants.