More Springfield, Ohio, schools evacuated as GOP anti-immigration rhetoric continues

COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the second day in a row, officials have evacuated students from Springfield, Ohio, elementary schools in response to bomb threats. The Springfield city manager’s office confirmed Friday that the schools closed because of bomb threats, as they and other buildings throughout Clark County did Thursday in response to similar threats. The evacuations come in the wake of a long list of Republican politicians spotlighting an influx of an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Haitian immigrants to the town of about 60,000 as of the 2020 census. Many...