Posted on 01/04/2025 11:13:30 AM PST by Libloather
A message circulating on a Haitian WhatsApp group in Springfield, Ohio, lists the best destinations for those fleeing the town in the wake of Donald Trump’s election win.
All of them are states run by Democrats who could provide sanctuary for Haitians worried about being deported following Mr Trump’s election victory: New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Vermont, Massachusetts and California.
It is believed that thousands have left for those states in the weeks after polling day. More of Ohio’s sizeable Haitian population is preparing to follow.
Springfield has had an uneasy time in the political spotlight since Mr Trump declared, at the presidential debate in September, that Haitian residents were eating cats and dogs and the “pets of the people that live there”.
Before that, it had been remembered – if it entered the minds of the American people at all – as a manufacturing hub that produced most farming equipment in the United States, before sliding into rust-belt decline in the late 20th century.
But it was Mr Trump sweeping to power last month that truly put the nail in Springfield’s coffin for Haitian residents.
None of the criticism that followed the president-elect’s unsubstantiated claims about the town’s new arrivals eating habits persuaded him to apologise, and three days later he doubled down.
“We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country,” Mr Trump declared. “And we’re going to start with Springfield and Aurora [in Colorado].”
Nobody is sure how many Haitians moved to Springfield in the waves of migration between 2016 and 2022, but it is estimated at between 12,000 and 15,000 in what locals call a “small town” – technically a city – with a population of 58,000 in 2020.
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>> Englandistan
millstones and mass deportations
Plenty of feral animals there too.
The governor included
Gawd, I hope this starts happening in Aurora.
I’m terribly sad for England. I loved that Elon elevated the rape gangs there...even though it’s an old story that has been going on for decades.
Hum. Could they mean all the cats and dogs are dead, time to move to richer hunting grounds?
💯.
And in other news Soros gives Biden a medal.
I recommend Rehoboth Beach Deleware. Heard there’s an ageing, dying population there that needs to be replaced!
Good the Haitians are moving out, certainly a win for my state.
Nitpicking: Springfield is not known for building farm equipment. International Harvester, which is certainly known for farm equipment, built trucks there for decades. They are still cranking although under the restructured name of Navistar.
Got to tour the plant three years ago. They took on building GM 4500 units because they had some unused assembly line capacity.
“Thus known as the Meow Too Movement.”
ROFLMAO! :)
And the Trump effect precedes his taking office again.
Remember when they returned the hostages the day Reagan took charge?
Uh oh. Dad’s home.
;)
That's a pretty ignorant statement from someone who has likely never visited Detroit in the past 10 years.
Those properties you are talking about are being snatched up for pennies on the dollar by investors who obviously have a more intelligent vision for Detroit than you.
Here's just a taste of what you might see when you arrive in downtown Detroit.....And these were taken a few years ago. It's gotten much better.....
May I suggest Port au Prince?
‘This town is dead’: Haitian.
Who made it that way?
purrrrrfect...
Well, BYE!!!!
The Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co. built steamrollers there. One such roller gave the 60’s band its name.
Yeah, BYE to the illiterate pagan freeloaders who prey on innocent pets. Get back to your filthy mudhole country. 
So, they want to flee Springfield, Ohio for a sanctuary state since trump one, Seems to me they don’t have to learn how to spell their new town’s name if they flee to Springfield, Mass. Plus they get to bankrupt the state who has committed to have their taxpayers pay for their upkeep. Works for me. But, then again. I don’t live in Massachusetts
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