Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has brought attention to an Ohio city by airing false allegations that immigrants are abducting and eating pets.
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Its story of economic renewal and related growing pains has been thrust into the national conversation in a presidential election year — and maliciously distorted byAt the city’s Haitian Community Help and Support Center on Wednesday, Rose-Thamar Joseph said many of the some 15,000 immigrants that arrived in the past few years were drawn by good jobs and the city’s relative affordability.
“It is so unfair and unjust and completely contrary to what we have contributed to the world, what we have contributed to this nation for so long,” Dominique said. Springfield, about 45 miles from the state capital of Columbus, suffered a steep decline in its manufacturing sector toward the end of the last century. But its downtown has been revitalized in recent years as more Haitians arrived and helped meet the demand for labor. Officials say Haitians now account for about 15% of the population.
On Monday, Vance posted on X. “Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar?” he said. The next day, he posted again on X about Springfield, saying his office had received inquires from residents who said “their neighbors’ pets or local wildlife were abducted by Haitian migrants. It’s possible, of course, that all of these rumors will turn out to be false.
She said Haitian clients in Springfield have told her that, out of fear, they are now considering leaving the city.
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