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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They can move to Detroit. Plenty of abandoned homes to refurbish. Bring back the French speakers.
Local grifters and politicians (pardon me for repeating myself) hit the hardest
“Unsubstantiated claims” even as there are videos on gore sites of Haitians eating cats. One in particular shows one bbq one right on a public sidewalk.
“president-elect’s unsubstantiated claims“
Your eyes were deceiving you when you saw a video of a guy walking about with a dead Canada goose.
The “experts” said so.
MIGRANT POPULATION IN SPRINGFIELD, OH SURGES
IN 2023
FOX NEWS
15,000
HAITIAN MIGRANTS
58,082
TOTAL POPULATION
SPRINGFIELD, OH CITY OFFICIALS
SPRINGFIELD, OH RESIDENTS DEMAND HELP
As bad as we are, sadly - the UK’s much worse. I forsee Englandistan before the end of the decade. As for that article, pure bull_Obama.
Sounds like a real win for Ohio
I thought all of Springfield’s Haitians were legal and gainfully employed.
No. Detroit is in the Usa. They need to get out of the USA.
send their asses back to Haiti.
Good.
Cats and dogs breathing a sigh of relief.
I read that Ohio passed a law making it illegal to eat cats and dogs.
Those Haitians belong in jail. Back in Haiti.
Do not send them there, they are tearing down abandoned houses by the block full.
no more cats left, they gotta go elsewhere-
“This town is dead.”
No, your scheme is dead.
Au revoir !
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