Haitians Are Self-Deporting At Extreme Rates– www.louderwithcrowder.comnNews SourcenEXCERPT:n
Haitian families are leaving Ohio over the uncertainty surrounding their immigration status.nnA U.S. The Supreme Court decision last month allows the Trump administration to end their Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
nWhile it is great that SCOTUS sided on the “right side of history,” the amount of damage caused by this should not be taken lightly. Officials, both local and all the way to federal, turned a blind eye and slapped Springfield residents in the face, solely because they deemed a group of foreign nationals less fortunate. You cannot return after betrayal like this, and it is astonishing how the media is painting this as if the deportations are a bad thing for Americans.n
In one of Ohio’s largest populations of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, community leaders are concerned about another challenge that could create — more vacant homes.nnHouses boarded up and abandoned are a reminder of a problem Springfield has spent years trying to fix. But with uncertainty around immigration status and Haitian families moving out because of it, city leaders worry the city could face another wave of empty houses.
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