Haitian Migrants from Springfield, OH FLEEING Before President Trump Takes Office

President Trump is already accomplishing at lot… and it’s not even Inauguration Day yet!

Migrants from Haiti that poured into tiny towns like Springfield, OH under the Biden-Harris regime are now fleeing in droves out of fear of getting deported once President Trump takes over!

Take a look:

President-elect Donald Trump's threat to carry out mass deportations is putting immigrant communities on edge. In Springfield, Ohio, where Trump falsely accused Haitian immigrants of eating pets, many Haitians are leaving the city, fearing they'll be deported. pic.twitter.com/AnBQUiMnEv

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Haitian business owner in Springfield says she fears being deported and says many Haitians have already fled the city pic.twitter.com/vez1rQIulR

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 25, 2024

Haitian Migrants Flee Springfield for Fear of President Trump’s Mass Deportations

Haitian migrants who inundated Springfield, Ohio, under the Biden administration have begun to self-deport themselves in the face of imminent mass deportations under the incoming Trump… pic.twitter.com/LKRdsJK2sZ

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CBS News reported:

Ketlie Moise fled unspeakable violence in her homeland of Haiti hoping to find peace and a slice of the American dream, settling in Springfield, Ohio.

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“I stay here,” Moise told CBS News. “I do two jobs to make my business. That’s why I don’t go back to Haiti.”

Moise saved money for years and recently opened a restaurant. She is one of the thousands of Haitian migrants building a life in Springfield who now find themselves in the crosshairs of the incoming Trump administration. About 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians reside in the Springfield area, according to city estimates.

It was during President-elect Donald Trump’s Sept. 10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris that Springfield came to forefront, when Trump repeated false and debunked claims about the Haitian migrants living there. Local officials have said there are no credible reports to back up such allegations.

Trump made the issue of mass deportations a major pillar of his presidential campaign.

“We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country, and we’re going to start with Springfield and Aurora,” Trump told reporters on Sept. 13, referring to Aurora, Colorado, another city Trump has attempted to spotlight.

He announced last week would be tapping Tom Homan — who served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during his first term — as his so-called “border czar” to oversee that process.

Moise, like most fellow Haitians in Springfield, is here legally through Temporary Protected Status, which Trump has vowed to end. The TPS program allows federal officials to grant deportation relief and work authorization to migrants from countries beset by war, environmental disaster or another “extraordinary” crisis.

Moise says she knows about 10 friends and neighbors who have recently left Springfield, along with several restaurant employees.

The Guardian also said:

From a tiny office behind a Haitian grocery store on Springfield’s South Limestone Street, Margery Koveleski has spent years helping local Haitians overcome bureaucratic red tape to make their lives in the Ohio city a little bit easier.

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But Koveleski – whose family is Haitian – has noticed a major change recently.

Haitians are now coming to her to figure out how to leave.

“Some folks don’t have credit cards or access to the internet, and they want to buy a bus ticket or a plane ticket, so we help them book a flight,” she told the Guardian recently. “People are leaving.”

Koveleski, leaders in Springfield’s Haitian community, and others have relayed reports of Haitians fleeing the city of 60,000 people in recent days for fear of being rounded up and deported after Donald Trump’s victory in the 5 November presidential election.

“The owner of one store is wondering if he should move back to New York or to Chicago – he says his business is way down,” Koveleski remarked.

Trump has repeatedly said he would end immigrants’ temporary protected status (TPS) – the provision through which many Haitians are legally allowed to live and work in the US – and deport Haitians from Springfield once in office.

For many, the threats are real.

A sheriff in Sidney, a town 40 miles (64km) north-west of Springfield that is home to several dozen Haitian immigrants, allegedly told local police in September to “get a hold of these people and arrest them”.

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“Bring them – I’ll figure out if they’re legal,” he said, referencing Haitian immigrants in the area.

As Jacob Payen, a co-founder of the Haitian Community Alliance who runs a business that includes helping Haitians in Springfield to file tax returns, said: “People are fully aware of the election result, and that is why they are leaving; they are afraid of a mass deportation.

“Several of my customers have left. One guy with his family went to New Jersey; others have gone to Boston. I know three families that have gone to Canada.”

Some are thought to have moved to nearby cities such as Dayton, where they believe they would be less visible to law enforcement. Others who had temporary asylum in Brazil are pondering going back to the South American country, community leaders say.

The cats and dogs will be happy!