Haitian migrants are reportedly fleeing Springfield, Ohio, “in droves” over deportation fears following President-elect Donald Trump’s election win.
Trump had singled out the town, which is overrun with migrants, by saying that they were eating people’s pets during a presidential debate in September.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats,” said Trump. “They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
The soundbite was remixed into a song that went massively viral on TikTok.
Speaking to The Guardian, Margery Koveleski, whose family is Haitian, said that people are self-deporting.
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