Springfield resident claims he saw Haitian migrants 'sacrificing animals'

they they were sacrificing animals you know and that that was cruel you know that something you heard or something you saw I seen it you know you saw it I called into it about it and nothing was ever done you know when everybody keeps pointing fingers nobody's come up with a solution okay the issue is we need a solution we do need funding even in my little small Center I get donations donations are down since the pandemic totally down and we are feeding a lot more people than we ever did uh even now in my food pantry if you go in there my my shelves are empty David men's for Rebel news here in Springfield Ohio and folks as you can see I'm standing outside family needs Inc it is a community service center operated by the 7th Day Adventist Church and the pastor here has agreed to an interview we want to find out uh what the impact of having so many migrants from Haiti has been on this organization it deals with operating a food bank a clothing bank it helps people out with rent money now of course the reason why we drove almost 10 hours to Springfield Ohio folks is that it's very much in the news there are an estimated 20,000 Haitian migrants in this city of 50,000 and there are tensions people talk about pets and Wildlife being kidnapped either for food or ritualistic sacrificing by the voodoo tradition um there is many reports of bad driving some resulting in fatalities litter is an issue uh there are claims that people have uh been U subjected to kidnapped attempts right now they're all allegations which of course is a reason why we are here in Springfield Ohio we want to find out what is the truth so let's go and speak with the pastor and see what he has to say about the migrant influx and I'm speaking with Pastor Andrew Mobley and um Pastor thank you so much uh for making time uh for us the reason why we are in Springfield is um is very much in the news that this little city of 50,000 people has something like 20,000 haian migrants there are some tensions in the city we understand donations are down donations was down during the pandemic it has put an additional strength but this even this started years ago um there there's there's not as much funding on an area that's not focused on and nobody paid attention to so yes it hasn't put an additional strength well folks I've come across an individual who lives here in Springfield Jerry piles and Jerry you know the migrant issue is getting International attention something like 20,000 Haitian migrants coming into this little city of 50,000 what has been the result well I I look at it like this man uh they're taking over everything here I mean there's no jobs for us I mean they're you you like come down here to this like sandwich line right here and they take and they let them go first and they I mean you can't even speak English so why even be here it seems to be such a high number for such a small City Springfield just 50,000 people as I said earlier what is behind this sir oh that's a good question what is behind this this is what I can only go by my experience and what I've actually seen happen um because my church as a church actually housed several Haitians that needed housing here and when they first first came here many of the landlords would not put him in housing because they didn't have IDs they were not citizens and they couldn't sign contracts so my church signed contracts and we housed Haans in housing where they would give money to my church to pay their rent and we were the ones responsible for the rent payment it all happened because one particular Haitian lady she was in her 60s in a apartment somebody stabbed her I I'm trying to uh get a job myself and it's just hard to find one you can't even get a house around here because they're taking over everything and I mean I'm not no racist type person but I mean there's something got to be done here you know but tell me uh Pastor as you know just a couple of days ago former president um Donald Trump brought it up in the debate that here in Springfield I think he referenced it twice that um these migrants are going after uh waterfoul they're going after people's pets uh there is allegedly tensions about littering about bad driving local citizens being harassed what they have done to our country by allowing these millions and millions of people to come into our country and look at what's happening to the towns all over the United States and a lot of towns don't want to talk not going to be Aurora or Springfield a lot of towns don't want to talk about it because they're so embarrassed by it in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're EA eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there and this is what's happening in our country and it's a shame what have you seen and heard on the streets here okay that whole you will find in a local newspaper one of the fames Mr Clark talked about his son who who died in a tragic accident okay um we had a Haitian person who uh drove when went a uh a foul of the the line and cause a major bus accident that started the whole really the whole process um and you do have a a definite miscommunication from people when I say miscommunication when we look at our system of getting a driver's license our drivers our temporary permits look just like a driver's license so if you don't understand English language and you get a permit that and a permit says you're supposed to have other people in the car to drive they think it's a driver's license oh so are they legally entitled to drive they're not legally entitled to drive because they issue a permit that looks like a driver's license and if you don't read English well you think you got a driver's license you got a permit not a license I've had several of the haian population where I found out they they not even understand our system they should have uh come to the locals citizens here in the United States you know let give us the chance first you know they they come over here to our country they give them all this money you know and that's not fair to us to people that's actual citizens to this country you know we can't get no $75,000 you know to go do whatever you know why how is it fair to us when we're actual citizens here Cameron I guess the big question is Pastor from what you have seen in the City of Springfield was this a mistake or at least was this overly ambitious bringing in so many thousands of Haitian migrants to a little city like this it wasn't a mistake it was not it was not a mistake because our factories needed workers okay and to produce the goods I ain't actually uh I've heard about uh the animals and I was actually uh Remodeling on a house over on Columbus Avenue about last year something time and uh the guy and the woman that lived over there you know they they were sacrificing animals you know and that that was cruel you know that something you heard or something you saw I seen it you know you saw it I called into it about it and nothing was ever done you know oh so you called byot the city about this or I called the the dog pound you know and you know and nothing was ever done to him you know so right now under called TPS temporary protective status temporary protective status by definition they cannot vote by definition they can't walk in and produce one of those temporary IDs and say I can vote and JY when you reported this to the authorities they weren't interested in doing anything no they come out and they went inside the house cuz the people who just had moved already and the authorities got scared I mean the police force you know they got guns why are they going to run out of a house you know don't make no sense well that is a disturbing anecdote you don't have any photos or videos I take it okay then I wouldn't go that far with something like that when everybody keeps pointing fingers nobody's come up with a solution okay the issue is we need a solution we do need funding even in my little small Center I get donations donations are down since the p pmic totally down and we are feeding a lot more people than we ever did uh even now in my food pantry if you go in there my my shells are empty wow they're empty but even if I got food in what do I do about the electricity how do I repair my kitchen how do I fix my driveways there is no funding coming from any government source that helps you do that well folks I wasn't kidding about this receiving such attention uh Donald Trump in the debate the other night he referenced what's going on in Springfield we think this is an important story if you agree go to the truthout springfield.com that's the truth abouts springfield.com and if you're able to chip in a buck or three so that we can cover our expenses while we're doing our reporting here