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'Nobody's eating cats. Nobody's eating dogs.' John Legend says Haitian immigrants deserve grace

'We all just want to live and flourish and raise our families in a healthy and safe environment,' Springfield native John Legend

by John Legend
Statement/Columbus Dispatch, September 12, 2024

My name is John Legend, and I was born as John. R Stevens from a place called Springfield, Ohio. Springfield, Ohio — you may have heard of Springfield, Ohio, this week.

In fact, if you watch the debate, we were discussed by our presidential candidates, including a very special, interesting man named Donald J. Trump.

Now, Springfield has had a large influx of Haitian immigrants who come to our city.

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But of late, during the Biden administration, there have been more jobs that opened up. More manufacturing jobs, more plants, factories that needed employees and were ready to hire people.

So, we had a lot of job opportunities, and we didn't have enough people in our town of 60,000 people to fill those jobs.

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Source: https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/2024/09/12/john-legend-haitian-immigrants-in-springfield-ohio-donald-trump-debate-jd-vance/75199348007/