Springfield, Ohio, suffered the fate that many formerly bustling Rust Belt towns have over the last half-century: a contracting population, empty factories, and minimal hope — the bounty of neoliberalism, the “giant sucking sound” Ross Perot warned of thirty years ago.
Then, during the Trump administration, a jobs boon came to revitalize the local economy.
The only problem was, allegedly, a lack of workers.
The solution offered, which you can likely guess, was to import tens of thousands of “migrants” to fill the empty positions, this time from Haiti.
Via Daily Mail (emphasis added):
Japanese vehicle parts maker Topre was one of the first to arrive in 2017, followed by a microchip manufacturer, a logistics company, and many more.
About 8,000 new jobs were created by 2020, and they have only increased since then. But there were not enough workers to fill them.
Then Haitian immigrants elsewhere in the US, who were in the country legally, heard Springfield needed workers.
Willing to do the blue-collar jobs locals were unenthusiastic about and keen to pay lower rent than in big cities, they arrived in droves.
About 20,000 came in just a few years, swelling the town's population - which was just 58,000 in the 2020 census.
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Almost overnight, in the grand scheme of time, as noted, 20,000 Haitians got dropped off in the small Midwestern town with a former population of 58,000 thousand.
The Diversity™ social experiment has so far proceeded about as one might guess it went, which is horribly for the native population.
The social and economic woes are legion, not the least of which being a brutal beating on the housing supply, prompting a letter written by the city manager to senators asking — begging — for federal assistance.
Via ABC 33 40 (emphasis added):
Large numbers of people entering or living in America illegally are exacerbating the housing crisis, including in areas like Ohio far from the border.
City Manager Bryan Heck of Springfield sent an urgent letter requesting federal aid to U.S. Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. Despite the city’s ongoing advancements in housing projects, the sheer number of migrants arriving and residing in the area has strained resources to their limits.
Via the letter (emphasis added):
The City of Springfield, Ohio is facing a significant housing crisis in our community. Many factors have played in to where we are today, but without significant support at the Federal level, I believe, that the situation and the need for housing in our community will become much worse.
The City of Springfield and its partners have been proactively working towards solutions for this crisis since a Housing Consortium made up of both public and private sector leaders formed in 2018. This led to two macro-level studies focused on addressing the housing situation prepared by the Greater Ohio Policy Center on behalf of Springfield. This identified the challenges that Springfield’s Housing Market faced, while also identifying key initiatives, policies, and programs that our community could implement to address the situation.
Many of the recommendations have been adopted and put into practice, and we have seen positive results. But most recently, Springfield has seen a surge in population through immigration that has significantly impacted our ability as a community to produce enough housing opportunities for all. Springfield’s Haitian population has increased to 15,000 – 20,000 over the last four years in a community of just under 60,000 previous residents, putting a significant strain on our resources and ability to provide ample housing for all of our residents. Despite 2000 additional housing units set to come online over the next three to five years, this is still not enough.
Aside from the relatively dry administrative calamities, the migrants have also imported some more colorful cultural practices with them that have taken their new friends and neighbors by surprise, including reportedly — although this is yet to be verified — killing local animals, including the natives’ pets, and cooking them.
Certain local hatemongers on Twitter/X don’t appreciate the acts of cultural enrichment they have been treated to by the governing authorities.
Springfield Ohio Residents are Reporting Missing Animals — One Lady found her Cat Hanging from a Tree where Haitian “Migrants Live”
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) September 6, 2024
Reminder…the that in Springfield Ohio, the Illegal Alien Haitian Population Increased 20,000 over the Last Four Years in a Community that only had… pic.twitter.com/l8f7c4BCNM
BREAKING: Reports claim that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, have been eating local pets, geese, and ducks. The town, with a population of only 58,000, has had to accommodate 20,000 Haitian migrants over the past four years. pic.twitter.com/qxXTXFSzar
— The General (@GeneralMCNews) September 7, 2024
