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Table of Contents
About the Book
When One Culture Eats Another
What if dismissing a viral news story as a “hoax” was the real hoax all along?
When Springfield, Ohio, became a national symbol in America’s immigration debate, the media moved quickly to impose a clean, familiar narrative—claims were debunked, concerns were invented, and heritage citizens raising them were misled, manipulated, or worse. But for many Clark County residents, the official story rang false; it sounded more like a cover-up.
Rust-Belt Springfield had struggled for decades amid slowed job prospects, strained services, fragile neighborhoods, and a forsaken generation left to wonder if things could ever get better. Then thousands of Haitian migrants arrived in a community with little room to absorb the shock. Schools, hospitals, housing, streets, and workplaces felt the pressure immediately. Tragedies struck; residents spoke up. Then national politics seized on the story during the 2024 presidential election cycle, and rumor, denial, outrage, and opportunism collided. A tidy mainstream narrative subsequently devoured documented local history and dismissed all nuance.
In Haitians of Springfield, the first-ever book covering this American migrant crisis, New York Times bestselling author and lifelong Ohio resident Joshua Lisec tells the full story of what happens when one culture’s norms begin to supersede another’s, when a local way of life is willed into submission without a vote, without consent, and without recourse. Drawing on local reporting, original interviews, public testimony, firsthand accounts, hard evidence, and the first-ever professional polls of the people of Springfield, Lisec tells all sides of a story mainstream media would not—what mass migration looks like on the ground, how real people (on both sides) pay the price, and why the truth is buried when it's politically inconvenient.
As a representative case study, Haitians of Springfield traces the widening gap between lived experience of foreign influx into middle America and its approved narrative. Herein is the literary portrait of a city forced to confront whether citizenship, assimilation, identity, and belonging still mean what they once did—and to decide who bears the cost when progressive policy priority gets imposed locally . . . and punitively.
What if dismissing a viral news story as a “hoax” was the real hoax all along?
When Springfield, Ohio, became a national symbol in America’s immigration debate, the media moved quickly to impose a clean, familiar narrative—claims were debunked, concerns were invented, and heritage citizens raising them were misled, manipulated, or worse. But for many Clark County residents, the official story rang false; it sounded more like a cover-up.
Rust-Belt Springfield had struggled for decades amid slowed job prospects, strained services, fragile neighborhoods, and a forsaken generation left to wonder if things could ever get better. Then thousands of Haitian migrants arrived in a community with little room to absorb the shock. Schools, hospitals, housing, streets, and workplaces felt the pressure immediately. Tragedies struck; residents spoke up. Then national politics seized on the story during the 2024 presidential election cycle, and rumor, denial, outrage, and opportunism collided. A tidy mainstream narrative subsequently devoured documented local history and dismissed all nuance.
In Haitians of Springfield, the first-ever book covering this American migrant crisis, New York Times bestselling author and lifelong Ohio resident Joshua Lisec tells the full story of what happens when one culture’s norms begin to supersede another’s, when a local way of life is willed into submission without a vote, without consent, and without recourse. Drawing on local reporting, original interviews, public testimony, firsthand accounts, hard evidence, and the first-ever professional polls of the people of Springfield, Lisec tells all sides of a story mainstream media would not—what mass migration looks like on the ground, how real people (on both sides) pay the price, and why the truth is buried when it's politically inconvenient.
As a representative case study, Haitians of Springfield traces the widening gap between lived experience of foreign influx into middle America and its approved narrative. Herein is the literary portrait of a city forced to confront whether citizenship, assimilation, identity, and belonging still mean what they once did—and to decide who bears the cost when progressive policy priority gets imposed locally . . . and punitively.
Product Details
- Publisher: Regnery (October 27, 2026)
- Length: 432 pages
- ISBN13: 9781510788855
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Raves and Reviews
“Springfield families visit parks to enjoy nature. The Haitians saw free food. Media screamed, ‘Hoax!’ Joshua Lisec’s receipts prove that every word is true and worse than we ever imagined. And it was done on purpose.”
—Jack Posobiec, New York Times bestselling author and veteran Navy intelligence officer
“One person came to Springfield and cared enough to find the truth. That person was Joshua Lisec.”
—Tammie Poe, 59, born and raised in Springfield
“Joshua Lisec came to Springfield and wrote the book to tell our story and vindicate us with the whole truth!”
—Kimberly Newton, 45, fifteen-year resident of Springfield
“The world was more worried about cats and dogs being eaten than a city being destroyed. Finally, the whole, true story is being told.”
—Ken “Barron” Seelig, 62, born and raised in Springfield
“What happened when city leaders opened the gates to a human flood? Joshua Lisec uncovered everything. The truth will surprise you in a situation built on lies.”
—Michael Chaney, 43, lifelong resident of Springfield
“Finally, someone has told the true story of Springfield. Thank you for your research on our city.”
—Terry Adkins, 68, born and raised in Springfield
“Thank you, Joshua, for giving Springfield a voice!”
—Pam McAtee, 68, born and raised in Springfield
“Local ‘leadership’ exploited our town for greed, and many families like mine paid the price. Joshua Lisec exposes their plans and the harm inflicted on longtime residents. Thank you for defending Ohio with courage, integrity, truth, and compassion.”
—Rikki Ann Williams, 43, eleven-year resident of Springfield
“I feel like I’ve been a prisoner in my own home since the Haitians have been here. They tried to silence Springfield-born citizens, but their efforts were futile. We thank God for Joshua Lisec and his vision for truth in an age of media hoaxes and lies about us.”
—Barbara Call, 62, lifelong resident of Springfield
“Springfield, Ohio, has been in distress for several years. No one listened. Then Joshua Lisec came and debunked everything the media told the world about our city.”
—Cindy Porter, 54, lifelong Clark County resident, twenty-one years working in Springfield
“After years of drowning in the darkness of federal, state, and local lies, the Lord saw fit to drag it out into the light. He sent us Joshua Lisec.”
—Janet Hodge, 65, born and raised in Springfield
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