Republican Governor Mike DeWine has claimed former President Donald Trump's visit to Springfield, Ohio, will strain relations with the Haitian community.

Several dozen Haitians and allies gathered on Federal Plaza with an umbrella in one hand and Haitian flags in the other Sunday afternoon. The gloomy sky and near-constant downpour did not dampen their admonishment of former President Donald Trump’s unfounded accusations that Haitians were stealing and eating pets in Springfield,

The community in Ohio remains at the center of an immigration storm over debunked claims its Haitian population was killing and eating residents' pets.

Springfield’s Haitian community, the subject of repeated smears, is exhausted and ready for the country’s attention to move somewhere else. But while they’re frustrated, they say they see the furor for what it is — manufactured,