Quote:False claims about people eating cats aren’t the only disinformation coming out of Springfield. Oliveira’s video suggests that the migrants in Springfield are taking public benefits that would otherwise go to Americans, while politicians, including Vance, have claimed Haitians recently crossed the border. But the Dayton Daily News reports that most of the Haitians in Springfield are in the US under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), an immigration designation that lets nationals from certain countries live and work in the US but does not provide a pathway to citizenship. TPS is only available for people already in the United States; people can’t apply for it after crossing the border. Haiti was first designated for TPS in 2010, and President Joe Biden reissued its TPS status in 2021, meaning no one who arrived after then is eligible for it. And people with TPS aren’t eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or most other forms of public assistance.
The most overt misinformation coming out of Springfield — the racist rumor about migrants eating pets — obscures the smaller, more insidious lies being spread about the community.
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