After thousands of immigrants from Haiti arrived in Springfield, Ohio, the reports of shoplifting and vehicle theft in the town skyrocketed.
The Daily Caller reported that the now-infamous town, which had a population of 58,622 in 2020, accepted somewhere between 12,000 and 20,000 Haitian immigrants over the past three years, resulting in a population increase of between 20.4% and 34.1%.
According to data that the Springfield Police Division provided to the Caller, the town also saw a 51.5% jump in motor vehicle theft reports and a 112.8% spike in reports of shoplifting from 2021 to 2023.
The town’s residents previously told the news source that the de-facto invasion of Haitians resulted in increased car accidents and housing prices, as well as other problems, such as public services that became less accessible because of the influx of thousands of new people.
Bryan Heck, Springfield’s city manager, wrote to Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., this July, asking the federal government to help them with the pressure Haitians have placed on the housing supply. […]
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