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,
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Springfield’s Haitian immigrants are terrified Trump will make them an ‘example’ with mass deportations - Trump baselessly claimed Haitian immigrants in Springfield were eating pets during his campaig
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.”
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