NBA Team Jumps Into Haitian Immigrant Issue, Silent on Assassination Attempt in Their Own State
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The Miami Heat apparently want you to know they feel very strongly about a migrant situation in Ohio — a state which, if you are geographically challenged, they do not play home games in.
As for an assassination attempt against a presidential candidate that happened in the actual state they play in, Florida? They’re a bit quiet on that.
Funny how that works, isn’t it?
The town of Springfield, Ohio has become a national issue after several viral claims made about the situation there.
Also, according to NBC, the claims about “a man holding a deal goose” (Columbus) and “woman eating cat” (Canton) did happen, though not in Springfield, and neither was reported to be Haitian.
The wilder ones are almost undoubtedly false, the more troubling ones — at least practically speaking — are true.
What’s true about Springfield is that under the Temporary Protected Status program — which allows residents of a certain country undergoing some form of political turmoil and natural disaster who are in the United States when a TPS declaration is made to live and work here legally — roughly 15,000 Haitian residents have come to the city of about 59,000 residents in the past four years.
That’s stretched city and state resources, so much so that the state’s Republican attorney general, Dave Yost, said he was considering a lawsuit against the Biden administration for sending “an unlimited number of migrants to Ohio communities,” according to The Associated Press.
GOP Gov. Mike DeWine also said that the federal government needed to step up to provide funding for communities and states dealing with TPS migrants, particularly since Ohio had spent $2.5 million and sent state troopers to deal with the situation in just one city of 59,000.
What is untrue, or at least very much unconfirmed, are internet rumors that Haitians are eating pets.
Enter the Miami Heat — “The Miami HEAT staff, like Miami itself, is a diverse and brilliant mix of vibrant cultures, including many members of our Haitian community,” the team posted in a message on Monday.
“The false narrative surrounding them is hurtful and offensive and has sadly made innocent people targets of hateful speech and physical threats.
“Our Haitian employees, fans and friends deserve better,” the message closed, along with the statement “Ansanm nou kanpé fò” — “Together we stand” in Haitian Creole.
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