Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

On 9/23/2024 11:28 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> writes:

On 2024-09-20, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

 

Especially when he and JD say that there are 20,000 of them in
Springfield
when there are 5400 or so Haitians in the entire state of Ohio. For some
reason Ohio ain’t high on the list of places Haitians want to go to.

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I think your sources are way out of date.
Numerous sources are citing the 20,000 figure.

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What sources?

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NY Times reports 12,000-20,000.

 CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/us/springfield-ohio-haitians-immigration-cec/index.html
 Lists 12-15,000 immigrants in Clark county, approximately 10,000 are
Haitian as estimated by the mayor.  Not all live in the city of
springfield.
    "The 2020 Census estimated about 60,000 people were living in
    Springfield, and 2022 data from the American Community Survey
    indicated about 2% of the city's population was born outside the US."
 2% of 60,000 in case you can't do the math yourself is about 1200.
 You could easily have done the search and provided the URL.

repeating from an earlier post:
I finally discovered the source for the '15,000 to 20,000' claim.
Its legit.
Tonight, on HBO's 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver', Oliver discussed
the claim. Apparently, some time before the 'Haitians eating pets'
story, the city manager sent the Senate financial aid committee a
letter, asking for aid in the housing crisis that the
'15,000 - 20,000' recent Haitian immigrants had caused. Vance was
cc'd on this letter, which he immediately spun into a 'illegal
immigrant' crisis.
So, the number is from a legit source (albeit one who had motivation
to lean to higher numbers).
pt