City officials Monday debunked social media misinformation about thousands of immigrants migrating to the Baldwin County city.
An overflow crowd watches the Fairhope City Council meeting on a TV screen set up at Fairhope City Hall on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in Fairhope , Ala. Fairhope city officials repeatedly told dozens of people who showed up to the council meeting on Monday that social media misinformation fueled a week-long panic over an unproven account that thousands of immigrants were arriving to Baldwin County.
“I just wanted people to know we have not received notifications related to this,” Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan said after a meeting in which a group of mostly conservative speakers blasted city officials on a litany of other hotbed conservative issues such as the content of books displayed at the city’s library, a drag queen show that occurred at the city’s auditorium in June, and future LGBTQ-themed events in the city.
Martin said he signed the letter in 2022, because of reports at the time about women and children being displaced as the Russians invaded Ukraine. Fairhope City Councilman Jack Burrell speaks during the City of Fairhope's groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, for the future Flying Creek Nature Preserve in Fairhope, Ala.Burrell said the program was turned into something “that it wasn’t” and Martin had no control over it.
Councilman Jimmy Conyers agreed, saying the story spread on social media and eventually built up into something that had gotten big. “You know what is going on in Ohio,” he said. “We are here, and I think most of us, we don’t want that to happen here.” Immigration worries are spreading to other mostly rural or conservative areas of the state. A meeting at a Baptist Church last week in Enterprise -- barred to the media, except for a right-wing outlet -- drew a large crowd with similar
“We’ve been here fighting books, drag brunches, and all of the stuff going on and all of a sudden, we hit a hot button,” said Debbie Greengard. “You have awaken a sleeping giant. If you don’t start doing your job, you’ll be out next year.”
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