BOSTON — Members of a Haitian group in Ohio have filed charges against former President Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance for disrupting public services and causing false alarms.
The organization said the two politicians should be arrested for false claims about immigrants during the presidential debate.
In Boston, city leaders and activists joined hundreds of Haitian community members at the Embrace statue on Boston Common on Tuesday to speak out against the discrimination.
“Our humanity cannot be questioned,” one protester said.
Heather Yountz of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute said people in Boston are supporting Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.
“When you attack someone in Springfield, we feel it in Boston,” Yountz said. “The lies and rhetoric targeting Haitians are not only factually inaccurate, but deeply rooted in racism.”
City council members attend protest
“It’s sad to see a former president say those words and potentially return to that seat,” said Boston City Councilman John Fitzgerald.
With song, prayer and speeches they support Haitians across the country, knowing they must take this fight to the polls.
“We need to do that, we need to make sure that the 300,000 registered Haitians in Florida vote. That they vote in Georgia. That we vote here in Massachusetts,” said Boston City Council Speaker Ruthzee Louijeune.
“It’s solidarity with the people of Springfield, Ohio,” said Carline Desire of the Association of Haitian Women.
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