NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor in Springfield, Ohio: One Man Told Me There Were Stray Cats Missing

WELKER NBC s Yamiche ░░░░░░░░ is in Springfield Ohio ░░░░░░░░ joins me now So ░░░░░░░░ give us the reality ░░░░░░░░ what is actually happening ░░░░░░░░ Springfield right now What ░░░░░░░░ the reaction been to ░░░░░░░░ controversy ALCINDOR Well there ░░░░░░░░ been a lot of ░░░░░░░░ and really pain in ░░░░░░░░ Haitian community here A ░░░░░░░░ of the Haitian immigrants ░░░░░░░░ came here came here ░░░░░░░░ Most of them came ░░░░░░░░ legally through federal programs ░░░░░░░░ city also advertised new ░░░░░░░░ jobs as well as ░░░░░░░░ city s affordability to ░░░░░░░░ to attract people here ░░░░░░░░ this was a city ░░░░░░░░ had lost something like ░░░░░░░░ 000 people and had ░░░░░░░░ down to about 60 ░░░░░░░░ people from a high ░░░░░░░░ 80 000 people So ░░░░░░░░ was really a place ░░░░░░░░ people were they felt ░░░░░░░░ were going to welcoming ░░░░░░░░ But now there are ░░░░░░░░ residents who say that ░░░░░░░░ really don t like ░░░░░░░░ change There is I ░░░░░░░░ to one man who ░░░░░░░░ that he doesn t ░░░░░░░░ the cultural changes He ░░░░░░░░ t like the idea ░░░░░░░░ there are people here ░░░░░░░░ are changing the racial ░░░░░░░░ of this city saying ░░░░░░░░ the city is sort ░░░░░░░░ lost He also said ░░░░░░░░ there were in his ░░░░░░░░ claims that there were ░░░░░░░░ cats missing and sort ░░░░░░░░ had this idea that ░░░░░░░░ Haitians were abusing animals ░░░░░░░░ course city officials have ░░░░░░░░ there s no evidence ░░░░░░░░ that And Haitian migrants ░░░░░░░░ are people who are ░░░░░░░░ violence gang violence in ░░░░░░░░ country So they were ░░░░░░░░ traumatized when they got ░░░░░░░░ And I m hearing ░░░░░░░░ they re just even ░░░░░░░░ traumatized by this back ░░░░░░░░ forth and are really ░░░░░░░░ that former President Trump ░░░░░░░░ who they say is ░░░░░░░░ the highest office of ░░░░░░░░ land is really giving ░░░░░░░░ kind of oxygen to ░░░░░░░░ really is a baseless ░░░░░░░░