Overrun By Haitian Migrants, These Alabama Towns Could Be The Next Springfield
Residents tell The Daily Wire that migrants live in squalor and strain local school districts: 'We need help. I cannot emphasize that enough.'
By Leif Le Mahieu
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Oct 30, 2024 DailyWire.com
"Jasper, Alabama, USA - April, 24, 2012: An aerial view of Jasper, a small town in Alabama, 30 miles north of Tuscaloosa. This view of the downtown district is looking westerly."
ATHENS, Alabama—As van loads of Haitian migrants began arriving over the summer, residents in Alabama started to wonder whether their already-swelling community could handle the influx.
Not satisfied with the answers they were getting from local officials, Jarrod and Amanda Schulte started investigating for themselves. They soon found themselves walking around north Athens, a run-down part of the city where migrants from all over the world live in dilapidated homes.
“What we found was not very pretty,” Jarrod Schulte told The Daily Wire. “The city of Athens, our politicians, they all need to do better.”
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