Trump's words changed Springfield, Ohio. Its Haitian community is bracing for what's next.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Once Trump finished speaking, Jean François went over the main takeaways she planned to share on an upcoming episode of the podcast she hosts out of her home studio in Springfield, Ohio, a city of roughly 60,000 residents that became a household name during the 2024 presidential campaign as misinformation and lies spread about its Haitian residents.
48% : Trump went on to win Clark County, where Springfield is the county seat, with more than 64 percent of the vote.
43% : The exact words Trump used were important to Jean François, who is also a member of Springfield's Haitian community.
41% : " Hours later, Trump terminated the humanitarian parole program that Biden launched, one that allowed more than half a million migrants from four countries to remain legally in the United States for a two-year period.
36% : it fails to protect our magnificent law-abiding American citizens but provides sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world," Trump said, repeating a frequent 2024 campaign claim for which he has not offered evidence.
36% : Trump promised to deport Haitian migrants with legal status.
27% : Trump, whose punitive and restrictive immigration stances have fueled his political rise, spread misinformation from social media accounts that said Haitian migrants were eating people's pets in Springfield.
21% : Trump carried on: "I will declare a national emergency at our southern border.
19% : Several days later, Trump picked Vance to join him on the GOP ticket, thrusting Springfield -- and its Haitian community -- squarely into the glare of an increasingly contentious presidential race and a national debate about who deserves to stay in the country.

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