The costs of illegal immigration are sinking cities

Democrats like to avoid the topic of illegal immigration, flooding the debate with rosy ideals of “sanctuary” and acceptance. Their hope is that everyone loses sight of the real human costs that come with a massive surge in illegal immigration.

The illegal immigration conversation has recently turned to Springfield, Ohio, a city of 59,000 people. Springfield has been an immigration dumping ground for the Biden administration, which has sent 15,000 Haitian immigrants to it since 2020. Those Haitians are among the 309,000 who have arrived in the country and are protected from deportation by the Biden administration, which recently extended them temporary protections through February 2026.