Small Ohio city flooded by Haitian migrants

>> Dana: THE BORDER CRAVES IS UNDER THE BIDEN-HARRIS HOUSE IS IN FULL FOCUS 54 DAYS FROM THE ELECTION. THE CHARGE OF MIGRANTS IS STRANGE RESOURCES IN BIG AND SMALL CITIES ACROSS THE NATION. OHIO GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE ANNOUNCED A $2.5 MILLION AID PACKAGE FOR SPRINGFIELD AS THE CITY DEALS WITH THE SURGE OF MIGRANTS FROM HAITI AND WE'RE HEARING FROM VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED BY MIGRANTS. >> Bill: FOX TEAM COVERAGE BROOKE TAYLOR WORKS THE STORY IN HOUSTON. DISTURBING DETAILS SURROUNDING THE MURDER OF THE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL. CHRISTINA COLEMAN IS LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, CLARK COUNTY TO THE WEST OF COLUMBUS AND NORTHEAST OF DAYTON, OHIO. WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT? GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, BILL. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AT LEAST 15,000 HAITIANS HAVE COME TO THE SMALL CITY SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. IT HAS RAPIDLY AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE POPULATION HERE AND STRETCHED RESOURCES THIN. MANY HAITIANS CAME UNDER THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS PROGRAM AFTER ESCAPING VIOLENCE AND UNREST IN THEIR COUNTRY AND HEARD THERE WAS CHEAP HOUSING AND LOTS OF JOBS HERE. NOW SPRINGFIELD IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF MULTIPLE RESOURCES, TRANSLATION SERVICES AND DRIVER EDUCATION CLASSES. OHIO'S GOVERNOR SAYS MANY HAITIANS HAVE ARRIVED HERE BADLY IN NEED OF MEDICAL SERVICES DUE TO A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF HEALTHCARE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY. >> WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS THAT THE NUMBER OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THE NUMBER OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED FROM THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED IN THIS COUNTRY ARE -- IS A HIGH NUMBER AND VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT. THESE FACTS HAVE A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CHALLENGES. >> AREA RESIDENTS PACKED A CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY TO VOICE THEIR FRUSTRATION OVER THE SITUATION. ALSO YESTERDAY OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL DISPATCHED MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO THIS AREA TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. SOME HAITIANS ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH U.S. TRAFFIC LAWS. THAT ISSUE GOT A TON OF ATTENTION AFTER AN UNLICENSED HAITIAN DRIVER HIT A SCHOOL BUS IN AUGUST OF 2023 INJURING ABOUT TWO DOZEN CHILDREN AND KILLING A YOUNG BOY, 11-YEAR-OLD AIDEN CLARK. ON TUESDAY HIS FATHER BEGGED THE PUBLIC TO NOT USE HIS SON'S DEATH AS A TALKING POINT OVER IMMIGRATION. >> LAST THING THAT WE NEED IS TO HAVE THE WORST DAY OF OUR LIVES VIOLENTLY AND CONSTANTLY SHOVED IN OUR FACES. >> MEANTIME, CITY AND STATE LEADERS CONTINUE TO WORK TO FIND WAYS TO MEET THE DESPERATE CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING RIGHT NOW. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE WILL EARMARK $2.5 MILLION TO PROVIDE MORE HEALTHCARE AND OTHER CRITICAL RESOURCES TO THIS COMMUNITY. >> Bill: CHANGING PART OF THE COUNTRY

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