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.”

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,

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – As President Donald Trump took the stage for his inaugural address on Monday, some Springfield residents at the center of the debate over immigration watched from inside a local Haitian restaurant.

Despite legally migrating to the U.S. under the country’s Temporary Protected Status program, many of the thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are fearful President Donald Trump’s promised migration crackdown will soon include them.

Springfield, Ohio's Haitian community is gripped by fear amidst President Trump's immigration policies and derogatory remarks. Churches serve as refuges for divine intervention, while nightmarish scenarios unfold as Temporary Protected Status faces expiration,

President Donald Trump can’t overhaul immigration policy without Congress, but local law enforcement could expedite deportations and detain the undocumented.

Just hours after the president’s inauguration, the immediate future suddenly looked far less secure for Haitian immigrants in the southwestern Ohio city.

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, Ohio — Donald Trump sent this central Ohio city into a political tailspin when he falsely claimed during the presidential campaign that Haitian migrants here were eating residents ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – As President Donald Trump took the stage for his inaugural address on Monday, some Springfield residents at the center of the debate over immigration watched from inside a ...

President Trump has pledged to remove an estimated 11 million people and he has set up new rules making it easier to remove people to crack down on illegal immigration.

Fresh off of his unexpected departure from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on becoming governor of Ohio, his home state.