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Haitian Migrants Causing Uproar
Haitian migrants are flooding into towns and cities across the country, and local citizens are beginning to express their frustration. A Temporary Protective Status provision was extended to Haitian nationals by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the wake of the Caribbean island’s political and social collapse. This permitted nationals to be in the country legally, but it is not their immigration status that is causing the uproar.
In Sylacauga, Alabama, a city council was abruptly ended after residents called out their leaders, requesting they take accountability for the number of migrants that appeared in their small city of just over 12,000 residents. “[Haiti is] a failed state – their president (Jovenel Moise) was assassinated in 2021 – there is no way the State Department can vet these individuals,” said resident Dave Phillips, Fox News reported.
“We’re done,” City Council President Tiffany Nix said as another resident called out, “Please let him talk.”
State Rep. Benjamin Robbins wrote a letter to Mayorkas demanding the government respond. “Recently, my district has seen an influx of Haitian immigrants,” he wrote. “You and your agency have failed in your responsibility to notify our community of the relocation of refugees, provide any information to local leaders or answer questions.” He said the situation has caused “panic and confusion” and left local leaders “helpless.”
Meanwhile, in Springfield, Ohio, the Temporary Protective Status program has allowed around 15,000 Haitian migrants into the city of 59,000 since 2020. “These dramatic surges impact every citizen of the community, every citizen,” explained Gov. Mike DeWine (R). “Moms who have to wait hours in a waiting room with a sick child, everyone who drives on the streets, and it affects children who go to school in more crowded classrooms.”
Although the state has provided some additional resources, such as health screening in schools, vaccines, and education for drivers, DeWine said they will be doing more. One such effort involves the State Highway Patrol, which will help local police with traffic issues. Road safety has become a problem with so many Haitians on the road who are unfamiliar with US traffic laws. The governor also said they will send $2.5 million over the next two years for more health care services.
Notable Quotes
On Tuesday, September 10, April Aguirre, a crime victims’ advocate and daughter of Mexican immigrants, addressed a House hearing on the immigration crisis. She spoke on behalf of 11-year-old Maria Gonzalez, a migrant who was living with her father in Houston, TX, when an undocumented individual from Guatemala reportedly entered her home, killed her, then put her in a plastic bag and stuffed her under her father’s bed in a laundry basket. Aguirre said the child was so badly bruised that she had to find funeral attire that would cover all the marks.
She slammed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for their policies that allow “monsters” to illegally cross the border, “giving all of us good migrants such a bad name.” Furthermore:
“We’re letting everything through the border because we’re not checking them, and you’re victimizing citizens, you’re victimizing immigrants alike. We’re not against immigration; we’re against unvetted immigration.”
What will next week bring us in Open Borders America?
