Fear grips Haitian communities after Supreme Court ruling unwinds protection from deportation
Organizers said the ruling could affect about 350,000 Haitians with temporary status and deepen fear of deportation across the country.
- On Thursday, June 25, hundreds gathered at Springfield City Hall to support the Haitian community after the Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to end Temporary Protected Status.
- The decision allows the administration to revoke legal status for about 350,000 Haitians and around 6,000 Syrians, with the ruling expected to take effect July 27, affecting thousands in Ohio.
- One 37-year-old nurse in Kentucky prepared her will, fearing deportation and family separation, saying "I just felt like I couldn't breathe" upon reading the ruling.
- Protester Jen Casto recalled the 2024 political storm when Trump and Vice President JD Vance spread falsehoods about Haitian neighbors, while Pastor Carl Ruby stated churches are prepared to protect the community.
- Haitian Community Help and Support Center executive director Viles Dorsainvil urged residents to remain calm, while protesters now aim to pressure Congress to pass immigration reform and extend TPS protections.
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'Ouch': Elena Kagan shocks ex-prosecutor with blistering attack on Trump lawyers
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance praised Justice Elena Kagan's dissent in the Supreme Court's recent ruling on Temporary Protected Status as a devastating rebuke of the conservative majority — one that forced into print the very comments her colleagues "cannot even bear to repeat."Writing in he...
Ohio cities brace for impact of Supreme Court allowing Trump to take legal status away from Haitians
Hundreds of people gathered at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield to call for an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians on Feb 2, 2026. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal). The Ohio cities of Columbus and Springfield are bracing for impact after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Donald...
Ohio Pastor Tells Heartbreaking Story About a Young Haitian Immigrant No Longer Granted TPS
A senior pastor with Central Christian Church in Springfield, OH, told a heartbreaking story about a young Haitian boy in his community who was no longer granted Temporary Protected Status following Friday’s Supreme Court decision. Springfield was the Ohio town where both Donald Trump and J.D. Vance repeated a conspiracy theory during the 2024 race that Haitian immigrants were “eating” their neighbors’ pets. Pastor Carl Ruby called the Supreme C…
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