The ongoing immigration crisis has turned every state into a border state, as one small city in Ohio is finding out the hard way.
Springfield, Ohio, a city of less than 60,000 people, has found itself on the receiving end of an estimated 20,000 migrants from Haiti, and the ensuing upheaval has been nothing if not predictable. At a recent city commission meeting, residents of Springfield told horror stories about the impact the influx of Haitian migrants has had on their community.
“These Haitians are running into trash cans, running into buildings … They’re flipping cars in the middle of the streets,” one man said. “They’re in the park, grabbing up ducks by their neck, and cutting their head off and walking off with them. They’re eating them.”
At the same meeting, a Springfield woman told the city commission that she and her elderly husband were forced to leave their home of 45 years due to disruptive activity from migrant squatters.
‘It is so unsafe,’ she said. ‘I have men that cannot speak English in my front yard screaming at me, throwing mattresses … [and] throwing trash in my front yard.’
Stories also emerged earlier in September of migrants eating residents’ pet cats, which city officials have denied. Nevertheless, the migrant influx has already spurred a terrible tragedy, which........