Omar Jimenez
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6 appearances
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1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard Nov 2024
Omar Jimenez’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Apple News Today · The kitchen tools you should seriously think about throwing out · 21 Nov 2024
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It just put this huge spotlight on the city in a way that I don't think they were ready for.
Why them? on top of the confusion was a little bit of hurt with how much people actually latched on to those claims, that this was something that people actually believed they could be capable of doing.
They just weren't sure as to how long this attention was going to stick around and in many ways complicate their lives. Attention isn't their only concern.
I've spoken to members of the community there since the election, and they've told me they have noticed Haitians leaving, going to either other parts of Ohio or different parts of the country because, unfounded or not, they are under the belief that Springfield will be one of the first places that these potential mass deportations start.
Some of these employers and city officials have told me personally that with the population increase of Haitian immigrants in the Springfield area,
Yes, there have been challenges, there have been stresses on education, there have been stresses on healthcare, stresses on trying to find enough translators to make those sectors of life work, but also that it's helped revitalize the community economically.
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