Bomb threats over the past week temporarily shut schools, businesses, two hospitals, and City Hall in Springfield, Ohio, after Donald Trump falsely told a national audience that Haitian immigrants there are stealing and eating pets. The Republican presidential candidate later announced he'll begin his promised mass deportations with the city's Haitians if he's elected, despite the fact that most of them are in the country legally. They, and their city, have been left shaken, the reports.
"Honestly, I don't feel safe. It's not good right now," said Jean-Patrick Louisius, 40. Little has happened to ease the dread.
Sen. JD Vance, who started the firestorm though he represents the state in Congress, did not back down on Sunday, per the In an interview on CNN, Trump's running mate said that if he has to "create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do." The state's governor and another Republican, Mike DeWine, called the tale "a piece of garbage that was simply not true.
" Employers and neighborhoods have welcomed the Haitian immigrants, per the , though thousands of people arriving over a short period has put a strain on government services including schools. Tensions already were building, which has caused some of the immigrants to keep a low profile. Others have left.
"I'm not sure if I can stay in business" because of the departures, said Louisius, who owns a small Haitian market. He sai.