Haitian immigrants, community leaders, and residents in Springfield, Ohio, braced for the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti in the United States earlier this week until a federal district court judge issued a reprieve.
On Feb. 6, the Trump administration appealed against that decision as this southwest Ohio city contemplates what’s next.
An estimated 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, which is located between Dayton and Columbus and had a population of around 58,000 in the 2020 U.S. census.
Many Haitians in the community are TPS holders, which allows them to legally live and work in the country.
The temporary status was scheduled to conclude on Feb. 3, but Judge Ana Reyes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia paused that plan….