Trump Announces Plans to End TPS and Deport Haitian Migrants in Springfield
In recent weeks, the GOP presidential nominee has positioned his aggressive stance on migrants in Springfield as a central focus of his campaign.
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Former President Donald Trump is pledging to eliminate Temporary Protected Status and deport Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, marking a notable intensification of his campaign rhetoric against a community that has been a target of misinformation for several weeks.
“Absolutely I’d revoke it and I’d bring them back to their country,” Trump told NewsNation.
The GOP presidential nominee's attack on the migrants in Springfield has taken center stage in his campaign recently, highlighted by his notorious statement during a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, in which he falsely accused the migrants of consuming their neighbors' pets—an unfounded allegation that resulted in bomb threats aimed at Springfield schools. Trump’s running mate, Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, amplified these claims on social media prior to the debate.
In the NewsNation interview, Trump asserted that the growing number of migrants in the area “just doesn’t work” and emphasized, “you have to remove the people; we cannot destroy our country.” According to the Associated Press, approximately 15,000 Haitian migrants have settled in Springfield over recent years.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) grants migrants the ability to remain in the U.S. when it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries, often due to armed conflicts, environmental disasters, or other precarious conditions. Currently, 16 countries are represented by TPS recipients in the U.S., with more than 860,000 individuals holding this status as of March 31, as reported by the American Immigration Council.
Despite mounting criticism regarding their statements about the migrants in Springfield, Vance and Trump have persisted in their rhetoric. “I’m still going to keep on talking about what the migrants have done to Springfield, Ohio, and what Kamala Harris’ open border has done to Springfield, Ohio,” Vance declared in mid-September on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Some of Trump’s allies worry that his ongoing fixation on Springfield may detract from his campaign's overall focus. Harris has condemned Trump’s remarks about the migrants, stating, “has to stop.”
“Regardless of someone’s background, their race, their gender, their geographic location, I know that people are deeply troubled by what is happening to that community in Springfield, Ohio, and it’s got to stop,” Harris stated in an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists in September.
Mark B Thomas contributed to this report for TROIB News
“Absolutely I’d revoke it and I’d bring them back to their country,” Trump told NewsNation.
The GOP presidential nominee's attack on the migrants in Springfield has taken center stage in his campaign recently, highlighted by his notorious statement during a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, in which he falsely accused the migrants of consuming their neighbors' pets—an unfounded allegation that resulted in bomb threats aimed at Springfield schools. Trump’s running mate, Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, amplified these claims on social media prior to the debate.
In the NewsNation interview, Trump asserted that the growing number of migrants in the area “just doesn’t work” and emphasized, “you have to remove the people; we cannot destroy our country.” According to the Associated Press, approximately 15,000 Haitian migrants have settled in Springfield over recent years.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) grants migrants the ability to remain in the U.S. when it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries, often due to armed conflicts, environmental disasters, or other precarious conditions. Currently, 16 countries are represented by TPS recipients in the U.S., with more than 860,000 individuals holding this status as of March 31, as reported by the American Immigration Council.
Despite mounting criticism regarding their statements about the migrants in Springfield, Vance and Trump have persisted in their rhetoric. “I’m still going to keep on talking about what the migrants have done to Springfield, Ohio, and what Kamala Harris’ open border has done to Springfield, Ohio,” Vance declared in mid-September on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Some of Trump’s allies worry that his ongoing fixation on Springfield may detract from his campaign's overall focus. Harris has condemned Trump’s remarks about the migrants, stating, “has to stop.”
“Regardless of someone’s background, their race, their gender, their geographic location, I know that people are deeply troubled by what is happening to that community in Springfield, Ohio, and it’s got to stop,” Harris stated in an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists in September.
Mark B Thomas contributed to this report for TROIB News
