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BumRushDaShow

(166,834 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 08:22 PM 12 hrs ago

Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, fear potential ICE raids as TPS expires

Source: Scripps News

Posted 8:32 AM, Jan 31, 2026


For thousands of Haitian migrants living in Springfield, the possibility of federal agents coming to the city looms large.

According to the city's website, it's estimated that between 12,000 and 15,000 migrants live in Clark County. A majority of them are from Haiti and fled to the United States because of safety concerns.

Many live under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a program that allows people from countries in conflict a chance to live and work in the U.S. for a period of time.

However, TPS for Haitian migrants is set to end after Feb. 3. That was announced in November, when U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said that Haiti no longer meets the requirements for TPS.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/haitian-migrants-in-springfield-ohio-fear-potential-ice-raids-as-tps-expires

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Deuxcents

(25,889 posts)
1. Is this the same Ohio town that was targeted last year TSF said they were eating dogs, etc?
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 08:24 PM
12 hrs ago

Deuxcents

(25,889 posts)
3. I hope Springfield has taken some notes from Minneapolis and are ready for this next barrage
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 08:59 PM
11 hrs ago

mtngirl47

(1,220 posts)
5. Springfield and that county is mostly MAGA
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 10:00 PM
10 hrs ago

My family from that county believed the eating the dogs and cats thing.

People will have to come from other places to film and document the upcoming ICE crime wave.

Many Haitians have been in the US since the 2010 earthquake...they have children and spouses that are American citizens.

Ironically, when the Haitians are deported the economy in Springfield will take a huge hit.

Deuxcents

(25,889 posts)
6. Yes, the economy is going to take a hit with all these deportations..this is just madness
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 10:53 PM
9 hrs ago

Bengus81

(9,951 posts)
10. I dare that fucker to go to Texas and start deporting everyone brown
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:05 AM
35 min ago

They keep the construction business be it commercial or residential running--full stop. They also keep meat packing plants running just like in Kansas. The women also keep the hospitality industry running. Go ahead Fat Hitler,shut Texas down,I dare you.

sanatanadharma

(4,078 posts)
8. The evidence of the shit-hole-country mentality of fake-americans can be denied but it can not be negated.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:59 AM
42 min ago

Springfield Ohio is where the raw racism of ICE will be demonstrated and videoed and seen worldwide.
Haitians will be un-alived. Some will be US citizens and not Haitian.
The evidence of the shit-hole-country mentality of fake-americans can be denied but it can not be negated.
We remember the "eating cats" of 2025 and the "torture is good" of 2005.
Too many fake-americans can't remember their own most deeply held beliefs and religion and conscience.
It is like they flunked kindergarten Be-Kind classes.

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