It's not just Springfield, Haitians being flown to small towns nationwide | National | thecentersquare.com
By: Bethany Blankley (The Center Square)
Crazy shit...............
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(The Center Square)- Haitians arenot justarriving in Springfield, Ohio,but alsoin small rural towns nationwideas a result ofseveral Biden-Harris administration policies.
Since fiscal 2021, more than 485,000 Haitian illegal border crossers, a record,have been reportedby U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The overwhelming majority were reported this fiscal year, nearly 216,000, compared to 48,727 in fiscal 2021.
Since fiscal 2021 through August, the majority have been apprehended at the southwest border of nearly 262,000, followed bynearly221,000 nationwide andnearly2,300 at the northern border, according to the data.
Additionally,since July, 205,000 Haitians have been released through the CHNV parole program,according to CBP data.Of the more than 765,000 illegal foreign nationals released into the country through the CBP One app, the top nationality is Haitian.Through these programs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also extendedTemporary Permanent Status to themand grantedworkauthorization.
All of these programs are illegal, state attorneys general who've sued to stop them,argue.U.S. House Republicans also cited them as among the manyillegalactions Mayorkas caused them to impeach him. Mayorkas has since only expanded the programs andextended TPS.
When respondingto the Haitian influx, local officials claim Haitians are there to work andare contributingto society despiteclaims byresidents to the contrary.
The city of Springfieldclaimsa "surge in our population over the last several years, primarily due to an influx of legal immigrants," suggesting that Springfield "is an appealing place for many reasons including lower cost of living and available work."
Springfield Mayor Bob Rue hassaid"myhands are tied in many ways" about the influx of Haitians, pointing to a designation theywere givenby the Biden-Harris administration.The TPS program "came from the White House and is a Homeland Security policy," he said at a recent city commissionmeeting.
Springfield residents have argued the overwhelming majority of Haitians are enrolling in welfare and notworking;have caused increased crimeandtherearen't enough police to deal with it; andresidents are being killed by Haitian drivers.Rue has expressed concerns about the dangerous driving conditions, saying, "I have almostbeen hitmyself."
In the last three years, Springfield's 50,000population has swelled by roughly 20,000.City officials claim they are there "legally" through TPS through Feb. 3, 2026.
In Sylacauga, Alabama, residents have been demanding answers about busloads of Haitiansbeing droppedinto their community. At a Sept. 5 city council meeting, City Council President Tiffany Nix shut down a meeting and made the issue about race. "We have no reason to treat people differently because of how they look," she said. "There's no reason for us to discuss this any further." She also said, "I'm going to welcome anybody to Sylacauga that wants to come to Sylacauga," 1819 Newsreported.
Sylacauga resident David Phillipssaid, "thereis no way the State Department can vet these people," adding that they were coming from a failed state and potentially dangerous.
Residents continue to speak out. At a Sept. 17 meeting, NixsaidHaitians were there on 18-month visas. A meeting has alsobeen scheduledwith state and federal lawmakers.
In Coffee County, one resident claimed, "30,000 illegal aliensare scheduledto arrive in the first week of October, 1,000 of them in Baldwin County," and that human trafficking was involved, 1819 Newsreported.Enterprise City Councilman Greg Padgettposted a statementon Facebook saying, "Enterprise is not a sanctuary city; No elected officials have received bribes to allow Haitians into our city; No one informed the elected officials of our city about this program, how many are here, and for what purpose - so there has been nothing covered up." He also said they are "doing our best to obtain factual answers."
In Charleroi, Penn., the immigrant population has grown "by over 2,000% in just the last two years," primarily due to a Haitian influx, 11 Newsreported.Despite this creating a strain for the local school district, Charleroi Council Borough Manager Joe ManningtoldKDKA News, Haitians aren't "a drain on our resources, they don't cause problems."Charleroi Council President Kristin Hopkins-Calek said their community is "steeped in a rich history of immigration,"and Haitians were making a positive contribution, the Pittsburgh Post Gazettereported.
Under current law, the majority of Haitiansbeing releasedinto the U.S. are inadmissible but havebeen orderedto be released by the Biden-Harris administration and given "notice to appear"documents for an immigration court hearing years into the future. The NTA states they are inadmissible, CBP officials have explained to The Center Square. Several U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security reports acknowledge their NTA inadmissible status and state their release, not removal, violates federal law established by Congress. Iffederal law were followed, House Republicans argue the large majority would be prohibited entry.
Many inadmissible Haitians became citizens of Mexico, Chileandother countries, living and working there for yearsprior toclaiming asylum in the U.S., The Center Square has previously reported. Border Patrol and local Texas officials first realized this when what became 30,000 Haitians descended on Del Rio, Texas, in September 2021. Many left their passports and identifying documents - which show their citizenship was not Haitian - in Mexico, claiming they had none.The majoritywere releasedinto communities nationwide, The Center Squarereported.
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That's a lot of imported poverty..................
That's definitely a lot of bias and opinion.
TPS covered migrants flown into the USA pay for their own airfare and must have the financial means to reach their declared destinations presumably to find work. They receive no benefits.
The notion that there are enough "sponsors" to assume responsibility for all those ~300,000 + Haitians who can pay their own way here are and receive no benefits is ludicrous. Are their sponsors the US taxpayers?
Why is it ludicrous to you? Out of the 337 million Americans, 1.2 million are of Hattian heritage.
Anyone can apply to Homeland Security to be approved as a certified sponsor. So presumably many are US taxpayers.
In a recent CBS story, DHS says it receives 12,000 sponsorship applications a day and it cannot deal with the backlog.
1.5 million apply for U.S. migrant sponsorship program with 30,000 monthly cap - CBS News
It's not uncommon for whole church congregations to apply for sponsorships for people they are related too.
But no, not in the sense your question implied, the US taxpayers, as in Uncle Sam, are not footing the bills.
How do you figure? Most of these people are working.
Working or sponging off of sponsers?
So they get a job overnight? Sweet
I don't why some folks don't get that these Haitian LEGAL immigrants were sought to fill jobs here and are on TPS.
It's dumbfounding and mindboggling but I guess when your hero tells you that he's going to deport these legal Haitian immigrants for no reason whatsoever......well, it's dumbfounding and mindboggling.
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Springfield OH is expanding, the job openings according to Nerm_L are in the tens of thousands.
Dole Foods, SYSCO and Crown Cork & Seal, HeartLand Express are there.
Love's, Kuhne & Nagel, US Foods, Honeywell, Proctor & Gamble
and my favorite.
Bringing in foreign populations, planting them in condensed areas and giving them benefits not available to native citizens is what foreign conquerors usually do. It's called colonialism.
What benefits?
........but they're straining the resources of the town where they are getting bomb threats shutting down hospitals and schools and requiring their police force to guard all schools while continuing to terrorize/terrorizing the town including one of their own sheriffs and own senators, you know, traitor trump's vp pick, due to their lies and inciting fellow maga to terrorize this town of hardworking immigrants and their fellow citizens/neighbors/town....
foreign conquerors??????????????????????????
WT everloving F?
Many of the 'threats' came from overseas.
Kind of doubt Trump had a damn thing to do with them.
Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets (msn.com)
And were shown to be hoaxes but, they will say, no less frightening to the citizens.............
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Oh, sure, Trump incited people (freaks) overseas.
That is believable....................../s
Cuban-Haitian Entrants are “qualified aliens” under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 and may be eligible for certain federal public benefits, including Medicaid, Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance, Refugee Social Services, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Federal Student Aid
https://www.uscis.gov/save/resources/information-for-save-users-cuban-haitian-entrants#:~:text=Cuban%2DHaitian%20Entrants%20are%20%E2%80%9Cqualified,)%2C%20and%20Federal%20Student%20Aid .
https://refugeewelcome.org/resources/benefits-and-programs-for-eligible-cuban-haitian-entrants/#:~:text=Cuban%20and%20Haitian%20individuals%20who,well%20as%20federal%20mainstream%20benefits.&text=They%20may%20be%20eligible%20if,or%20have%20pending%20asylum%20applications.
The threats was/were still there regardless where they allegedly came from and had to be followed up on and the incitement continues by the former traitor and vp.
So now Trump WAS a traitor, but isn't now.
Good to know?
So, your theory is they just thought of it independently?
That is believable....................../s
I wasn't aware I wrote that.
Where did that post go?
Why would native Americans receive refugee cash or any other refugee benefit? Your complaint makes no sense.
If you think you have been misunderstood, no one is stopping you from clarifying your remarks. But if all you’re going to post is trolling comments, then don’t whine when people extrapolate your comments to their obvious conclusion.
Why would anyone?
Do you understand that legal benefits exist for refugees? Legal benefits exist for many specific groups of people, and people who are not in that group are not eligible for the benefit. It’s hard to imagine that a grown-up is unaware of this.
And no one is stopping people from reading my comment, either.
Not whining, just setting the record straight. I will not allow others to assign things to me I don't say without feedback.
You haven’t set anything straight. Just more whining and complaining. You said some bullshit. It has obvious ramifications, and now you’re embarrassed and can’t think of a way to unsay it or explain it. So transparent, and typical.
I don't allow others to invent posts for me or to invent positions for me.
I believe I have made that clear.
It’s basic logic. You don’t believe Trump could have influenced someone overseas. Ergo, they thought of it on their own. Your unwillingness to engage in the most basic discussion about the ramifications of what you say makes it simple trolling. I see you.
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Every threat 'foreign' or fucking not, has to be responded to therefore FURTHER STRAINING THE RESOURCES OF THIS TOWN OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS and EFFECTS EVERYONE IN THE TOWN, ALL LEGAL CITIZENS..
Tough.
Good. Because it had been declining for decades. In 1970, the population was over 80,000. 70,000 would only bring the town up to 1990 levels. But all of that is assuming the numbers in the article are even legit. There is no link supporting the number, and everywhere I look on the internet - including the US Census Bureau - puts Springfield’s population for 2024 around 58,000.
It’s Temporary Protected Status, not “permanent.” Nice “journalism.” And it’s 100% legal because it was created via an act of Congress (and signed by a Republican president) in 1990.
That’s not helpful. If you start with 1 immigrant and then bring in 20 more, you’ve increased the immigrant population by 2000%. And by the way, Haitians have been immigrating to this town for four years . This started when Trump was president. Many of them came to work in the local meat-packing plant.
These things can always be done better, but I’m not hearing constructive criticism from MAGA. I’m seeing a lot of racism and paranoia. All the talk is about replacement theory, culture, and assimilation - the usual Tucker Carlson talking points. We see absurd accusations of immigrants’ behavior, false accusations of them not working, and leeching off the local economy. This talk is not grounded in facts; it rises from bigotry.
Presidents and vice presidents are not sitting around figuring out where they can plant large numbers of immigrants. We have a bureaucracy that has been in place for decades handling this.