For Many People in This Small Town, Deportations Can’t Come Soon Enough
Story by Arian Campo-Flores • 7h
SEYMOUR, Ind.—Willard Everhart was incensed. After seeing this small town receive hundreds of migrants in recent years, he heard about a proposal to create an immigrant welcome center that he thought would bring even more. He joined other critics of the plan at a city council meeting in late March that drew hundreds of people, producing a line that snaked down the street.
Mayor Matt Nicholson opened the meeting by saying he wanted to clear up misinformation circulating online about the proposal—part of a broader economic-development agenda the city was considering—such as the notion that the center would be a magnet for more unauthorized migrants. The gathering quickly grew raucous, as residents who packed the room unleashed a torrent of criticism and at one point chanted, “Shut it down!”
“I do not support this agenda, not in any way, shape or form,” said Everhart, a 73-year-old retired environmental-affairs director and lifelong Seymour resident, during his turn at the lectern. “We do not need this in Seymour.”
Seymour, which is still reeling from the March meeting and its aftermath, is one of many cities across the U.S. feeling the effects of a historic wave of immigration, where residents seeking to integrate migrants are clashing with others calling for them to be rooted out and sent home.
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