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61% : "Washington County, where Charleroi is located, backed Trump over Biden in 2020 by 23 percentage points, symbolizing a part of the rural vote that could help Trump win Pennsylvania, the most important of the election battleground states that could decide control of the White House.
59% : "It takes centuries to build the unique character of each state," Trump said at the time.
54% : "Charleroi, what a beautiful name, but it's not so beautiful now," Trump told supporters.
51% : To gauge the impact of immigration on public schools across the U.S., Reuters sent a survey to more than 10,000 school districts.
50% : More than half a million school-age migrant children have arrived in the U.S. since 2022*Reuters sent a survey to more than 10,000 school districts to gauge the impact of migration on public schools*Some schools reported 'significant impacts,' including shortages of language teachers and difficulties in communicatingBy Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and M.B.PellCHARLEROI, Pennsylvania, Oct 5 - Dana Smith had been teaching first grade at the public school in the small Pennsylvania town of Charleroi for more than 16 years when she found herself confronting a new challenge last year: a sharp rise in students from Haiti who did not speak English.
50% : Beth Pellegrini, who attended Charleroi public schools herself as a child and served on the Parent Teacher Association, said she decided this year to send her three children to the charter school in part because teachers were too busy trying to communicate with non-English speaking students to give them enough attention.
23% : While Trump has derided a wide range of immigrant groups throughout his political career, he has taken particular aim at Haitians, questioning while president in 2018 why the U.S. would accept Haitians and immigrants from 'shithole countries' in Africa.
22% : At a rally in Arizona last month, Trump used Charleroi, a town an hour south of Pittsburgh, as an example of the negative impacts of immigration.
5% : Trump also faults Harris for a Biden program launched in late 2022 that allowed legal entry to 530,000 Haitians and others with U.S. sponsors.

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