Ohio AG Warns Springfield Not ‘Set Up’ to Have Thousands of Immigrants

Published on September 17, 2024

Ohio’s attorney general on Tuesday warned that Springfield, the city at the center of a political controversy that has erupted on social media, is in need of resources after an influx of Haitian immigrants. People in Springfield “need help” because it is “not set up to take 20,000 people to stay here for a long time,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost told Fox News. “And I understand that there’s also some frustration in the city because they’re good-hearted people, they’ve tried to be kind, they’ve tried to be supportive of folks that are clearly fleeing a terrible situation in Haiti, but they feel like they’re being left to handle it on their own and I don’t blame them,” he said....