TPS limbo puts financial strain on Springfield’s Haitians, slows down their businesses

South Florida immigration advocates voice concerns over Haitian families potentially losing TPS - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Immigration advocates in South Florida held a briefing to voice their concerns for Haitian families at risk of losing temporary protected status, as children could face dangerous conditions and separation anxiety. Tuesday morning’s discussion, organized by the Florida Immigrant Coalition, focused largely on how the potential ending of TPS would impact children should they be forced to return to Haiti with their families. Participants in the virt…

Ending protection for legal immigrant neighbors in Ohio will send them back to violence

An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, with a mixture of temporary protected status, citizenship, and other legal status. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal). This February, a panel of federal judges ruled that the Department of Homeland Security can move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal. For the over 60,000 immigrants impacted by this decision, t…

Mobilizing for Haitian Immigrants in Ohio | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Image Credit: A F For Unsplash+ Ohio is home to about 30,000 Haitian residents, with an estimated 15,000 living in the city of Springfield, OH, making it one of the largest concentrations in the state. The roots of this migration lie in Haiti’s crises: the devastating 2010 earthquake, subsequent hurricanes, political instability marked by gang violence and fragile governments, and a lack of economic opportunities. These conditions pushed many Ha…

TPS limbo puts financial strain on Springfield’s Haitians, slows down their businesses

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — On a recent Sunday afternoon in early March, Claudette Mercibille, a cashier at Milokan Botanica in the Southgate neighborhood, slid a small stack of dollar bills into the register and gave her two customers their purchases from the religious and cultural items store.  The women bought thick white candles that could burn for hours. The electricity in their apartment had been shut off after they lost their jobs and could no lo…