Steven Roberts: Without immigrants, America will cease to be

Donald Trump is making immigration a major theme of his campaign of fear and grievance, and his prime example is Springfield, Ohio — 45 miles west of Columbus, the state capital. There, he claims, newcomers from Haiti are stealing and eating local pets. If he wins, he vows, “We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country” — and he intends to start in Springfield.

But when ABC asked Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine if Trump’s charges are true, he answered flatly: “No. Absolutely not.



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