Trump’s words changed Springfield, Ohio. Its Haitian community is bracing for what’s next.
Originally published by The 19th. The Michigan Advance is part of Reporting Network. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — Several minutes into President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech on Monday, as he began talking about immigration,
Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears
Even though they migrated to the U.S. legally, many Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, fear President Trump’s promised migration crackdown will soon include them.
Trump made an example of Springfield during the campaign. Immigrants there are bracing for the worst.
They’re afraid the mass deportations are going to start in Springfield,” said one local advocate. “They think they’re going to make Springfield the example.”
Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, ask God for protection amid deportation fears
Community leaders say many are overwhelmed by fears Trump will end or let expire the Temporary Protected Status program that allows them to remain in the U.S. legally.
Fears of deportation are high among Haitian community in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As Haitian Community Help and Support Center Executive Director Viles Dorsainvil oversees the clean-up and renovation of their new, future location in a former fire station on West Pleasant Street in Springfield, he is focused on the worries of the people the center serves.
Springfield’s Haitian immigrants are terrified Trump will make them an ‘example’ with mass deportations
Now he’s President, and members of Springfield’s Haitian immigrant community are afraid he will make an “example” out of them as he promises to carry out mass deportations across the country, Politico reports.
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