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'Nobody's eating cats. Nobody's eating dogs.' John Legend says Haitian immigrants deserve grace

John Legend: Don't spread hateful, xenophobic, racist lies about Haitian immigrants in Springfield. They came her for American dream like others.

In fact, if you watch the debate, we were discussed by our presidential candidates, including a very special, interesting man named Donald J. Trump. They commit less crime than native born Americans, and they will assimilate and integrate in time, but it takes time.So I think all of us need to have the same kind of grace that we would want our ancestors to have when they moved here with our Haitian brothers and sisters. So, how about we adopt that ethos when we talk about immigrants moving to our communities and don't spread hateful, xenophobic, racist lies about them.

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