... which may nor may not even be true. Point is--IT'S A DISTRACTION.
What is more critical is that the metropolitan Springfield area has a population of 57,910 in 2024 (https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/ohio/springfield).
Upon that small town has been dumped roughly 15.000 Haitians over the last three years (see Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/haitian-immigrants-fueled-springfields-growth-now-us-presidential-debate-2024-09-11/ and AP https://apnews.com/article/springfield-ohio-haitian-influx-governor-dewine-f5a552d7ebc6e246882dca96a39a3aaa).
15,000 on 57,910 is a jump of 25.9% in the city's population. That's huge! Population normally goes up or town less than 5% per year. Having it jump that much, that fast, is not absorbable.
According to the AP article, the State gave Springfield $2.5M for "... education and training for drivers, to pay for more vaccines and health screenings in schools, and to enhance translation services ...". A measly $2.5M to handle the influx.
$2,500,000 / 15,000 = $166.67 per person. That's it. Earmarked for drivers's ed, vaccines (!!!), and health screenings. Not even CLOSE to what it would cost.
And--where the heck are these people supposed to live?
It's the numbers, the sheer numbers, that matters here.
No town can absorb that many people that fast.! Even if they were all saintly choir boys eating nothing but Kraft Mac and Cheese, it would be disruptive, and that's the point. Any additional crime and cat-eating is only icing on the destructive cake that the Deep State is trying to bake.
Agree with op and want to point out that distractions can be useful. People are curious enough to look at the "cat" videos - it is not about them believing that critters are getting eaten - they will hear from and (hopefully) relate to the real stories of these small town people being over run with illegal migrants and the effect on everything from housing, local services, schools, health, safety, etc. and know that enough is enough.