Republicans split with Trump and back Haitians – to save their seats
The Guardian World ·
F or months Carl Ruby, a pastor at a church in Springfield, Ohio , and a prominent supporter of the city’s estimated 10,000 Haitian immigrants, had been trying to contact his local congressman, …
F or months Carl Ruby, a pastor at a church in Springfield, Ohio , and a prominent supporter of the city’s estimated 10,000 Haitian immigrants, had been trying to contact his local congressman, Republican Mike Turner. Ruby had long hoped for an opportunity to explain in person the difficulties facing Haitians in Springfield and how that community had helped revive the struggling town. “I hadn’t gotten anywhere in getting an appointment with him; all his staff were putting us off,” Ruby recalls. …
Original source: The Guardian World