STORY: Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio say they're on edge after Republican Vice President nominee JD Vance amplified false claims about immigrants there.
The small city of 62,000 is in the national spotlight as Republican politicians, most prominently Trump at this week's presidential debate,
...spread baseless rumors that immigrants were eating the area's cats and dogs.
City officials say there have been no reports of anybody eating pets.
Springfield has seen some 15,000 immigrants from Haiti arrive in recent years.
It has reshaped the city after a half-century of decline, offering some promise of economic revival along with growing pains.
Wages have surged with rising number of job openings, though the city's schools and health clinics are under strain and rents have risen.
What has not risen is crime, according to interviews with a dozen local, county and city officials as well as police data.
The derogatory claims are weighing on Haitians in Springfield.
This is Rose-Thamar Joseph, the secretary of the local Haitian Community Help & Support Center.
"Since Monday after the tweet of the Senator Vance, the Haitian community in Springfield are a little bit all shocked and frustrated and a lot of them are maybe talking about leaving Springfield."
Marc, who didn’t want to reveal himself on camera or share his last name, said he's been harassed at work.
"I quit my job late last week because I was harassed, retaliate even like (they) tried to demote me because other...
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