A Haitian community leader in the beleaguered town of Springfield, Ohio — a once small town of 40,000 that has absorbed more than 20,000 Haitian migrants since Joe Biden was elected — argued that America should be an open dumping ground for illegal aliens in a recent interview.

“America is a beacon of the world in terms of democracy, where they say that human [rights] have to be respected and where they say that they treat people with respect and dignity,” Viles Dorsainvil, the executive director of Springfield’s Haitian Community Help and Support Center, told Fox News. “I think the American forefathers made that clear, that America should be an open country for everybody.”

Springfield, which is located roughly 50 miles from Columbus, has been at the center of the national immigration debate in recent weeks.

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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.

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.

“We’ve got an influx of folks that have come in, and I think we were a little bit shocked that it was close to 20,000 people in a community of 60,000, and that’s caused some issues between the folks that live here and the folks that are coming in,” former Republican state Rep. Kyle Koehler told Fox News.

In addition to the reports of missing pets and killings of wild animals — which have been dismissed by mainstream media outlets and most political leaders — residents have been particularly concerned about rapidly declining road safety. Residents have noted that Haitian migrants with little to no driving experience are given driver’s licenses in the U.S.

“We do have a really abnormal number of car accidents that are happening,” Koehler said. “And it’s not only the number but the severity of them. When you go on a street that is a 35-mile-an-hour speed limit, and there’s a car sitting on its hood, and I’m not talking about one, I’m talking about five or six accidents a week like that, you begin to wonder.”

Springfield, Ohio, residents are complaining about Haitian migrants crashing cars.

Someone compiled a video of the alleged incidents.

Kamala Harris's open border policy has brought around 20,000 migrants to the town of 60,000.

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In one of the most serious incidents, a bus carrying dozens of local schoolchildren collided with a van, killing 11-year-old Aiden Clark and injuring several others. The bus was being driven by Hermanio Joseph, a Haitian migrant who did not have a valid driver’s license.

Dorsainvil acknowledged that the incident raised tensions in Springfield, though he claimed things were starting to “get back to normal” before blaming Trump for the town’s issues. “There is a group of people who believe that we are here to take away their benefits or whatever belongs to them or take away their job or whatever,” Dorsainvil told Fox News.

“This is why … in this nonprofit we work on implementing a cross-cultural education … to put on some events to help Americans understand our culture,” he added. “We have this kind of Q&A from time to time with some American friends and trying to see if we can implement more programs to educate the American friends that we have here. We also have programs to educate Haitians about American culture and what they should do to integrate in the community.”

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