Is this one more reason to investigate and prosecute people like Omar and Walz?

🚨BREAKING: Rep. Brandon Gill just introduced a 25-year BAN on immigration from Somalia after 81% of Somali households were found on welfare.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FINDLAY, OHIO: What I saw~

Last year when I ran for mayor I prayed about my platform. I decided to base it on the concerns of the citizens from the Stategic Planning Committee that they never set as goals and the failures of this administration, like Truth & Transparency. During the Findlay Forward planning alot of people had concerns about the illegal immigrants, but mostly questions like:

-Where did they come from?
-How did they get here?
-Why is the city not talking about them?

It was true, there was never any mention of the influx of immigrants in our community in the paper nor on the mayors page. This is why I decided to go get the story myself. So I did. I grabbed a friend and headed down to Great Scot to see if anyone wanted to answer a few questions. That’s when we met three very kind boys that took time to answer some questions. I’ll just brief you on them to get to the story I’d like to share today. There were six boys, ages 17-25, staying in one room at the Red Roof Inn. They received $30/week for food and once a week someone paid their hotel stay. While they had no problem talking to us, they were a little reluctant to take pictures because they were here illegally and didnt have any papers. Yes, that’s exactly what they said. Then they asked for jobs because they were tired of sitting in the room all day everyday. They were also scared to walk around town for fear they’d be picked up, so, they stayed in their rooms. That broke my heart. That’s where I’ll leave this story for now.

In my pursuit to get the story I befriended another family. A husband and wife with three children. I got somewhat close to this family because they didn’t have a vehicle so they’d call me regularly for rides. I asked how the dad would get to work and they said someone would pick him up and take him to Carey. I’m not exactly sure where, but that’s what they said.

As I’m talking to the mother one day she sounded somewhat distressed. She said that her husband works but they had to pay $400/wk at Motel 8. Wow! That’s more than my mortgage payment! She said they promised them houses and work but they were barely getting by. This particular week they weren’t going to have any money left. So I took it upon myself to call the City Mission to see if they had room for this family that was having a difficult time. It was a little bit of a process because the mom & children had paperwork but the dad did not. They were able to process them and they stayed at the City Mission for several months before being sent to Toledo.

One day the family called and asked if I could pick them up and take them to cash dads check. I had time so I obliged. I picked up the family, and headed to a Check-n-go kind of place in the Tim Hortons plaza on Tiffin. They asked if I could go in so I could translate and I did. What I noticed is that while his paperwork had one Spanish name, his check came in the name of William. That was odd🤨

After we cashed the check they asked if I could take them to see their daughter for a moment. We weren’t there very long when they asked me if I could take them to a restaurant across town, and again, I obliged. We pulled in the parking lot and the dad said he was only going to be a few minutes so I talked to the mom and little girl. She was super cute. Anyhow, while sitting there she points at the hotel next door and says they had stayed there for a month. I began asking her some questions because it seemed she wanted to tell me their story. She said they were flown in to Toledo and brought to Findlay by bus. She then begins to show me the package they were given when they arrived. There were passports for mom & the children while dad only had a copy of what looked like a birth certificate and a copy of a photo that did not look like him at all. The passports didn’t look real (I have one) and the social security cards they had in their possession were typed in large bold print I’ve never seen on a social security card before. She begins to tell me again how hard it is here because they were promised houses and jobs but were living in hotels and didn’t have any money. I said “well, he just got paid, right”. She said yes, but we take that cash and the cash our daughter just gave us and we have to send it to Mexico. I asked if she minded telling me how much money they were sending and she said $1600! Wow! That just blew my mind🤯

Think about it, $400/wk at Motel 8 and $1600/mo to Mexico. That’s $3200/month on the back of a loving father with wife and three children. How INHUMANE!

This is the exact point in my race as mayor last year that I started addressing, talking about and speaking at City Council regarding Human Trafficking.

Do I think there’s #HumanTrafficking in #FindlayOhio? Absolutely! Do I think what’s happening in #SpringfieldOhio with #FirstDiversity involved in trafficking is happening in Findlay. Absolutely! Do I think DeWine’s involvement in Haiti has something to do with that population being here? Absolutely! Do I see problems ahead for our leaders and our community? Absolutely!

Wait til it all comes out🤨 I want to see all the players.

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