- by foxnews
- 28 Nov 2024
A Haitian community leader in the beleaguered town of Springfield, Ohio a once small town of 40,000 that has absorbed more than 20,000 Haitian...
A Haitian community leader in the beleaguered town of Springfield, Ohio a once small town of 40,000 that has absorbed more than 20,000 Haitian migrants since Joe Biden was elected argued that America should be an open dumping ground for illegal aliens in a recent interview.
"America is a beacon of the world in terms of democracy, where they say that human [rights] have to be respected and where they say that they treat people with respect and dignity," Viles Dorsainvil, the executive director of Springfield's Haitian Community Help and Support Center, told Fox News. "I think the American forefathers made that clear, that America should be an open country for everybody."
Springfield, which is located roughly 50 miles from Columbus, has been at the center of the national immigration debate in recent weeks.
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The once quiet Ohio town has become a symbol of the illegal immigration crisis in America after the Biden-Harris Administration dumped more than 20,000 Haitian migrants in the town of 40,000. Residents have complained about pets and wild animals being eaten by the migrants, while car accidents have surged and enrollment in benefits from noncitizens has overrun local hospitals and schools.
In one of the most serious incidents, a bus carrying dozens of local schoolchildren collided with a van, killing 11-year-old Aiden Clark and injuring several others. The bus was being driven by Hermanio Joseph, a Haitian migrant who did not have a valid driver's license.
Dorsainvil acknowledged that the incident raised tensions in Springfield, though he claimed things were starting to "get back to normal" before blaming Trump for the town's issues. "There is a group of people who believe that we are here to take away their benefits or whatever belongs to them or take away their job or whatever," Dorsainvil told Fox News.
"This is why ... in this nonprofit we work on implementing a cross-cultural education ... to put on some events to help Americans understand our culture," he added. "We have this kind of Q&A from time to time with some American friends and trying to see if we can implement more programs to educate the American friends that we have here. We also have programs to educate Haitians about American culture and what they should do to integrate in the community."
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