Haitians from Springfield, Ohio deported as ICE ramps up removals nationwide
Aug 28, 2026·Location: Springfield, OH
Country of origin: Haiti

After the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 330,000 Haitians, with the status officially terminating July 27, ICE has intensified deportations, flying people back to Haiti weekly instead of monthly. In Springfield, Ohio, home to about 15,000 Haitians, five residents have been deported, part of more than 470 people removed to Haiti between Aug. 20 and Sept. 17, some with pending asylum claims. Deportation flights now land in Cap-Haïtien rather than Port-au-Prince due to violence, where arrivals receive a meal and about $77 before being left to find their own shelter and support, according to Human Rights Watch. Conservatives have criticized the pace of deportations as too slow, while Springfield pastor Carl Ruby and Sen. Chris Van Hollen pointed to a State Department "Do Not Travel" advisory and thousands of deaths and injuries in Haiti this year.
Sources
- ICE arrests of Haitians in Springfield miss the mark, conservatives say
washingtonexaminer.com·Aug 30, 2026·archived copy
- 5 Haitians from Springfield, Ohio, have been deported after Trump ended protected status
newsfromthestates.com·Oct 2, 2026
- A month after TPS ends for Haiti, immigration enforcement surges in Springfield
statenews.org·Sep 8, 2026
- ICE arrests increase in Springfield: 'We cannot sit back and watch our families suffer in silence'
WYSO·Aug 26, 2026
- themarshallproject.org
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