Former President Donald Trump promised to lift temporary protected status and deport Haitian immigrants from Springfield, Ohio.
“I’m going to cancel this and send them back home,” Trump told NewsNation.
The Republican presidential candidate’s onslaught against immigrants in Springfield has been at the forefront of his campaign in recent weeks. That included a now-infamous line from a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in which she accused immigrants of eating their neighbors’ pets. This is an unfounded claim. Despite this, a bomb threat targeting a Springfield school was sparked. Trump’s running mate, Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, reposted the claim on social media ahead of the debate.
In an interview with NewsNation, Trump said the influx of immigrants into communities “isn’t working” and that “we have to get rid of people.” “We cannot destroy our country.” About 15,000 Haitian immigrants have moved to Springfield in recent years, according to the Associated Press.
Temporary protected status allows immigrants to remain in the United States when it is unsafe to return to their home country. In many cases, countries are experiencing armed conflict, but environmental disasters and other conditions may also result in TPS being approved. According to the American Immigration Council, there are currently 16 countries whose citizens have TPS in the United States. As of March 31, there were more than 860,000 people in the United States with temporary immigration status.
Despite continued criticism of Springfield’s rhetoric against immigrants, Vance and Trump continued to double down. “We’re going to continue to talk about what immigrants have done to Springfield, Ohio, and what Kamala Harris’ open borders have done to Springfield, Ohio,” Vance said on CNN’s “State of the Union” in mid-September. ”
Some of Trump’s allies believe his campaign has lost some of its focus due to his continued focus on Springfield. And Harris said Trump’s rhetoric against immigrants “must stop.”
“Regardless of someone’s background, race, gender or geographic location, I know that people are deeply troubled by what is happening in the community of Springfield, Ohio, and it has to stop,” Harris told The National. said. September Black Journalists Association.
