Businessman and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy placed blame for the struggles of Springfield, Ohio solely on the shoulders of the Biden-Harris Administration while meeting with residents on Thursday.

The once quiet Ohio town has become a symbol of the illegal immigration crisis in America after the Biden-Harris Administration dumped more than 20,000 Haitian migrants in the town of 40,000. Residents have complained about pets and wild animals being eaten by the migrants, while car accidents have surged and enrollment in benefits from noncitizens has overrun local hospitals and schools.

On Thursday, Ramaswamy traveled to the small town in his home state to meet with affected residents at a town hall event.

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One resident, who told the former presidential candidate that he has lived in the town for 35 years, asked whether blame for the crisis can be placed on the Biden-Harris Administration.

“I do, actually. I really do. And that’s actually probably the number one most important policy takeaway here. You know, I think if you’re going to run for public office at the local level or at the state level, you’ve got to be ready to take the heat, all right? If you can’t handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen. And I do think that criticism at every level is fair,” Ramaswamy answered.

“But if you want to understand where I think the real problem is, I don’t think Houdini himself as a magician could have fixed a problem in Springfield if you have federal policies that are permitting millions of illegals, and stretching the law to make them legals, entering this country and dumping them into cities like this one,” he continued.

“It would be like the equivalent of sending 2 million additional people to New York City. Can you imagine that? That’s the effect of sending 20,000 people to Springfield. That’s a direct result of those federal policies.”

Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio have been given Temporary Protected Status by the Biden-Harris Administration. As a result, the migrants are provided with legal status, working papers, and are subsidized by American taxpayers.

The Biden-Harris Administration has routinely expanded Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of migrants from around the world and have announced intentions to import many more.

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