(11 Sep 2024)
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Springfield, Ohio – 11 September 2024
1. Various of downtown Springfield, sign reading “Welcome to our city”
2 SOUNDBITE (English) Rose-Thamar Joseph, Haitian Community Help and Support Center:
“There are fear. A lot of fears going on right now. Some of them are talking about leaving Springfield. Some of them are scared for their life. It’s a little bit tough for us.”
3. Various of downtown Springfield
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rose-Thamar Joseph, Haitian Community Help and Support Center:
“The, the main reason for Haitian people to be here in Springfield is the job opportunities and Springfield is affordable.”
5. Various of downtown Springfield
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Hazel, Springfield Resident:
“I knew the places that they were talking about. I know the neighborhoods that they’re talking about. I’ve lived on Southern and South Fountain just a few blocks that way for a, for a couple of years. I, you know, I know what goes on in Snyder Park. I know that there’s ducks and geese all year long and, and, and then to hear that people are feeding off of those wild animals, it’s preposterous.”
7. Various of Chantal Hutchinson checking out books at library
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chantal Hutchinson, Springfield Resident:
“Everybody should have a chance to be free and come to America and experience because it’s not all bad, you know what I mean. And there’s a lot of advantages that you can take from it and stuff like that.”
9. Various of Hutchinson checking out books at library
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chantal Hutchinson, Springfield Resident:
“I just feel like if they’re going to give this much benefits and support to foreigners, it should be the same to the ones here. Living here, fighting for the country.”
11. Wide of Hutchinson walking out of library
12. Various of downtown Springfield
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sophia Pierrilus, Immigrant Advocate:
“I would have love to see more of our local governments to step up and say something about this. I would love to see more of our federal governments to step up and say something. I would love to see more of our leaders, local leaders, Haitian leaders, African Americans to say something, because I’m, I’m watching.”
14. Various of Heritage Center in downtown Springfield
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Sophia Pierrilus, Immigrant Advocate:
“Today it’s Haitians, tomorrow may be Somalian, it may be African, it may be German, it may be—but we need to stop this today because Martin Luther King fought for this and we cannot sit back and watch it revive again.”
16. Wide of Heritage Center in downtown Springfield
STORYLINE:
Former President Donald Trump has amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are abducting and eating pets. It’s another instance of the anti-immigrant rhetoric Trump has used in his campaigns.
Officials say there’s no evidence that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating pets.
But during a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump on Tuesday night mentioned Springfield.
He said immigrants are taking over the city and “they’re eating the pets of the people that live there."
Rose-Thamar Joseph, an employee at the Haitian Community Help and Support Center said that Haitian families living in the area have called her office and are scared.
"Some of them are talking about leaving Springfield. Some of them are scared for their life," Joseph said.
Officials have said they’ve seen no evidence of the claims that Trump and his allies are using to fan racist stereotypes about Black and brown immigrants.
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