In Springfield, Ohio, Pastor Andy Mobley, who runs the Family Needs Inc. food pantry on the city’s south side, said people are hunkered down out of the public eye. He said they're hoping the attention sparked by former President Donald Trump spreading unsubstantiated rumors about the city's legal Haitian immigrants eating house pets during last week's presidential debate will blow over.
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00:00The Haitians I've dealt with, and I actually have some now who rent from me personally,
00:05they pay their rent. They take care of business. The ones we helped in our church,
00:10they were faithful in paying their rent. They did what they're supposed to do
00:14because nobody wants to go back to a war-torn country. Not just a war, but also the fact that
00:22the earthquakes have happened. So they've had tremendous problems. There's a lot of tension
00:28in the area. It's been going on for a while. They have been here, and we've been dealing with this,
00:33and we've been asking for help through two different administrations. No administration
00:40has helped us until now this thing has become public. Whether you're Haitian,
00:46whether you're Italian, whether you're Chinese, whatever you are, we've tried to
00:52take care of our population from a social standpoint, and that's what we do.