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The city of Springfield notes on its website that approximately 12,000 to 15,000 immigrants live in Clark County — which has a population of 136,000 — and that Haitian immigrants are there ...
The trickling immigration increased substantially after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, coinciding with deepening political and economic instability in Haiti after the assassination of the president in 2021. [16] [19] By 2024, some 12,000 to 15,000 immigrants, many Haitian, had legally moved to the Springfield area.
Viles Dorsainvil, executive director of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, evoked the Founding Fathers to argue that America should be open to migrants.
On Tuesday, city officials said that misinformation and falsehoods about Haitian immigrants have sowed fear and division, disrupted learning and cost taxpayer dollars. In a statement, they begged public figures, community members and the media to “move beyond divisive rhetoric and instead work toward fostering unity, understanding and respect.”
2 colleges in Springfield, Ohio, going virtual due to threats amid Haitian immigration firestorm. ... Harris leads Trump in Pennsylvania — and 2 bellwether Penn. counties — exclusive poll finds.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city at the center of a political furor over Haitian migrants, the governor announced Monday, while local officials canceled an annual celebration of cultural diversity in the fallout over former President Donald Trump’s false claims about pet-eating.
Updated September 15, 2024 at 1:32 PM. Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, spoke out Saturday about the danger they feel in their community as the city remains at the center of the national ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted migrants throughout the globe. Low-skilled migrants, refugees, and internally-displaced migrants are at a higher risk of contracting the virus. The pandemic has also aggravated the dangers of already-dangerous migration routes. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, international organizations have recorded a spike ...