The threats to open fire on Haitian migrants have forced the Springfield, Ohio, school to close its campus for a day.
The FBI's involvement follows similar threats made against migrants in the town after Trump and his running mate, Republican Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, spotlighted false claims that Haitians who have settled in the town were eating residents' cats and dogs.
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