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The Trump administration’s efforts to end Temporary Protective Status for Haitian immigrants have left hundreds of thousands ...
DeWine said there are now economic concerns since the Department of Homeland Security announced in June that it ended ...
In May, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to strip TPS from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them ...
After Springfield was brought to the national stage around discussions of the impact of immigration over the last several ...
Gov. Mike DeWine highlights Springfield's economic challenges tied to Haitian workers with Temporary Protected Status.
Ohio Governor DeWine discusses Springfield's economic challenges, focusing on the impact of TPS expiration for Haitian ...
As the Trump administration seeks to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, some call deportation a “death sentence” ...
Haitians in Columbus and Springfield are scrambling to find a safe place to live after TPS was ended by DHS' Kristi Noem and the Trump administration.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — This was the worst-case scenario for Yvena Jean François, but she willed herself to thank God. That’s what the Haitian immigrant did on her toughest days.
Simmering hostilities toward Springfield’s Haitians boiled over last August, when a Haitian man driving without a valid license crashed into a school bus, killing 11-year-old Aiden Clark.
*Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are voicing their concerns as their community becomes a focal point in the immigration debate. Springfield is a city of 58,000, located about 50 miles west of Columbus.
There were already some Haitian immigrants in Springfield — “I know Haitians who have been here for 15 years,” Rue said — and the community was growing slowly and organically.