Romanian immigrants are 'defecating in the streets and cutting off the heads of chickens', complain outraged residents of a Pennsylvania town

  •  Newly arrived Romanian immigrants are causing a stir in one Pennsylvania town
  • More than 600 have signed a petition demanding they alter their behavior
  • A federal government program is responsible for relocating the immigrants

By Daniel Roth For Dailymail.com

Published: 09:54 EDT, 14 July 2017 | Updated: 11:40 EDT, 14 July 2017

Newly arrived Romanian immigrants are defecating in the streets and publicly decapitating chickens since moving to a Pennsylvania borough less than two months ago, residents complained during a packed town hall meeting on Thursday.

Members of the Californian Borough community in Washington County said they are repulsed by the behavior of their new neighbors, with over 600 residents signing a petition demanding that they alter their lifestyle. 

'What I've seen is men and children - never usually the women - the men and the children dropping their pants in the middle of the street, defecating, pulling their pants up and going on their way,' one man told Pittsburgh's Action 4 News.

Romanian immigrants are defecating in the street and cutting off the heads of chickens in public, say outraged residents of one Pennsylvania town

Romanian immigrants are defecating in the street and cutting off the heads of chickens in public, say outraged residents of one Pennsylvania town

Borough leaders, who posited that residents were just experiencing 'culture shock', said that the federal government is responsible for relocating the eastern Europeans to their town. 

According to borough administrator Dr. Richard Martin, they are part of a program called Alternative to Detention set up by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). 

Part of the program is to give local residents orientation 'about who these folks (the Romanian immigrants) are, why they're here,' said Martin.

'Basically, we need to come together as a community and work through the issues,' he added. 

More than 600 have signed a petition demanding they alter their behavior 

More than 600 have signed a petition demanding they alter their behavior 

A federal government program is responsible for relocating the immigrants

Not all resident of Californian Borough agreed that the newly transposed Romanian population was creating a problem. 

'I think they are a bunch of bigots and racists in this community, Larry Papini told the local broadcaster after the meeting. 

According to The Department of Homeland Security, which presides over ICE, the Alternative to Detention program has been effective because participants are less likely to 'abscond', adding that it encourages 'participants to comply with immigration proceedings.'

It remains unclear if the Romanian immigrants are in the US illegally. No one from the Romanian community in California Borough has of yet spoken out about the claims. 

A town hall meeting on the issue was packed with outraged residents on Thursday 

A town hall meeting on the issue was packed with outraged residents on Thursday 

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