Put aside the fantastical claims that Haitian immigrants are killing and eating cats and ducks in Ohio, and you can see that there is a real, undeniable problem: Communities are being overrun by the border crisis.

Former President Donald Trump repeated the claim that Haitian immigrants were killing and eating animals in Springfield, Ohio, during the debate on Tuesday because Trump can never make a good point when there is a good point to be made. Putting that aside, there is a real problem involving the surge of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, a city of 59,000 that has absorbed 15,000 Haitians since 2020.