The community is reeling – confused, frustrated, hurt – from false accusations that they are eating their neighbours’ cats and dogs, fuelled by former president Donald Trump, his running mate JD Vance and others
Central Christian Church congregants stand to applaud members of the Haitian community during service, on Sept. 15 in Springfield, Ohio.For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole. This Sunday, they needed that uplifting balm more than ever.
Viles Dorsainvil, the leader of Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, accepted Ruby’s invitation to worship together at Central Christian, and was grateful to be relying on his faith. And he had a message for Trump and Vance: “If they have the heart of God, they will think differently and speak differently.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, has said the federal government needs to do more to help cities like Springfield serve the influx of migrants. On ABC’s “This Week,” DeWine called the Haitians good, hard-working people who are in the U.S. legally, and said the false rumours are a piece of internet garbage.Despite the governor and local officials debunking the rumours, Vance reiterated the conspiracy theory on Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS while blasting Harris on her U.S.
One of those parents is Mia Perez, 35 an immigration lawyer whose 9-year-old daughter had to evacuate her school twice because of bomb threats to a nearby DMV this week.
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