Former President Donald Trump is still targeting the Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio as he now vows to end their Temporary Protected Status and deport them if re-elected.
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As a refresher, Donald Trump’s beef with Haitian migrants went public during his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on September 10 in Philadelphia, PA. During the debate, Trump falsely claimed that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating people’s pets.
Despite being fact-checked by moderators during the debate, Donald Trump, and even his running mate Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, continued to spew the hateful rhetoric, causing death threats and chaos in the city. Just two days after Trump’s false allegations, the City Hall in Springfield had to evacuate the area and shut down services because of a bomb threat.
Trump’s claims continued to spark fear among Springfield residents and migrants as he made more false allegations — like claiming Haitian migrants entering the United States “probably have AIDS.” Having had enough of their comments about Haitian migrants in Springfield, OH, a Haitian nonprofit fired back at Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. The organization filed criminal charges against them both.
Since then, former President Donald Trump has continued to come for the Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio. On Wednesday (October 2), Trump said that if he were re-elected president in the 2024 election, he would revoke Temporary Protected Status for the Haitians in Springfield and would deport them; noting that he believes Haiti would gladly accept them back under his leadership.
The Republican nominee was at a private fundraiser in Texas when he did an interview with Ali Bradley of NewsNation about the 32,000 Haitian migrants that had been relocated to a community of 52,000 residents.
Trump said, “What’s happening there is horrible … You have to remove the people. You cannot destroy our country … It has nothing to do with Haiti or anything else. It doesn’t work. You have to remove the people, and you have to bring them back to their own country. In my opinion, it’s not legal. Springfield is such a beautiful place. Have you seen what’s happened to it? It’s been overrun. You can’t do that to people. They have to be removed.”
When asked if he would revoke the Haitian migrants’ Temporary Protected Status if re-elected, he said, “Absolutely, I would revoke and I’d bring them back to their country.”
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