Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has announced he is sending additional highway patrol officers and millions of dollars to Springfield to address the rising surge of Haitian migrants and the corresponding drain on infrastructure.
“I want the people of Springfield and Clark County to know that as we move forward, we will continue to do everything we can to help the community deal with this surge of migrants,” said DeWine in his official statement. “The federal government has not demonstrated that they have any kind of plan to deal with the issue. We will not walk away.”
Springfield has been thrust into the national spotlight following a series of memes that were crafted to further an unsubstantiated rumor that Haitian immigrants were eating the pets of residents. Former President Donald Trump and his vice-presidential running mate Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, amplified the rumors by publicly voicing the allegations that Springfield residents were having “their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country.”
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