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Michael O’Kelly, city manager for Bell Gardens, said the amount remains outstanding and that a lien on her home had been placed.

Muir noted that Springfield’s city manager said there were no credible claims of pets being “harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”

“We think we are very close to addressing all the outstanding issues,” city manager David White said.

Springfield is now dealing with the fallout, with local officials receiving thirty-six bomb threats as of Tuesday evening, which Bryan Heck, the city manager, said has induced "fear and panic" and "depleting resources."

The city manager and the city's police division have both said there is no credible evidence of Haitian immigrants harming or eating pets.