SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) -- Former President Donald Trump shared plans Wednesday night on what he would do, if elected, about Haitian immigrants legally residing in Springfield. In an interview with NewsNation's Ali Bradley at a Texas fundraising event, Trump shared that he would target the specific federal program that allowed the natives from Haiti to move to Ohio. The Republican presidential candidate has set his sights on Springfield since his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, where he repeated claims that Haitian migrants in the town were eating residents' pets and local wildlife. As he and running mate J.D. Vance, a U.S. senator representing Ohio, used the bizarre story to highlight the systemic strain on Springfield, the situation escalated to bomb threats on local buildings, and a Haitian nonprofit filing criminal charges against the pair. Watch: Trump shares how he would handle Haitian migrants in Springfield During the interview with Bradley, Trump said "30,000" to "32,000" Haitian immigrants had taken over Springfield, a community of around 58,000, per census data. Local estimates from Republican Mayor Rob Rue put the Haitian population at half that: from 12,000 to 15,000. When Bradley asked if Trump would revoke the migrants' temporary protected status -- which allows them to remain in Springfield legally -- he gave this response. "Absolutely, I’d revoke it, and I’d bring them back to their country," Trump said. "They'll receive them. If I bring them back, they're going to receive them." He was following up comments about the current status of the town, which he described as worse off with the migrant population. “In my opinion, it's not legal. ... Springfield is such a beautiful place," Trump told Bradley. "Have you seen what’s happened to it? It’s been overrun. You can’t do that to people. They have to be removed." Gov. Mike DeWine has acknowledged strain on Springfield and Clark County's education and healthcare systems from the population surge, and he allocated millions in state funding to address issues in the area. In response to bomb threats that shut down schools, he sent state troopers to conduct daily sweeps each morning. But the governor -- who was born in Springfield -- has also contested the narrative that Trump put forward. "I am saddened by how they and others continue to repeat claims that lack evidence and disparage the legal migrants living in Springfield," DeWine wrote in a Sept. 20 op-ed to the New York Times. "I met with Springfield manufacturing business owners who employ Haitians. As one of them told me, his business would not have been able to stay open after the pandemic but for the Haitians who filled the jobs." Trump's comments came the same day that Springfield's city government implemented new policies for its open meetings, in hopes to reduce misrepresentations of the town. WDTN of Dayton reported that the change blocks everyone except Clark County residents from speaking during public comment. Requirements for participants under the new policy include completing a comment card and showing proof of residency.