Ohio town erupts in civil war as 3,000 African migrants take over and refuse to pay taxes - leaving locals furious and 'overwhelmed' | 27 Oct 2024 | A tiny Ohio town is wrangling with a sudden influx of African refugees whose arrival has almost doubled the population over the past year. Close to Cincinnati, Lockland was home to 3,500 people in 2023, but local officials say it has since taken in more than 3,000 legal Mauritanian asylum seekers."If you look at 2021, 2022, the United States had seen a huge influx of immigrants from Mauritania," Lockland Village Administrator Doug Wehmeyer told Fox News Digital. "In the last year it's just ballooned," Lockland Mayor Mark Mason told ABC affiliate WCPO. "TikTok stories telling people how to get to the Village of Lockland and I think that has aided the explosion."