Haitians in Ohio city live in fear and uncertainty amid court fight over protected status
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The Trump administration's plan to end temporary protected status for Haitians in the U.S. |
| 0:05.4 | was blocked yesterday by a federal court in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:08.7 | The program, which allows Haitians to live and work legally in the U.S., was set to expire today. |
| 0:14.7 | A move that would have left roughly 350,000 people vulnerable to deportation. |
| 0:20.2 | But the Trump administration plans to appeal. And as |
| 0:23.2 | Stephanie Syre reports, that uncertainty has one Ohio city bracing as it fears becoming the next |
| 0:29.3 | focus of immigration enforcement. |
| 0:31.0 | Thank you. I have a right to remain silent. Massed men confronting congregants while others record |
| 0:37.4 | on their cell phones a chaotic |
| 0:39.4 | scene unfolds at a church in Springfield Ohio only it's not real |
| 0:44.3 | Department of Homeland Security open up community members are role-playing how an ice |
| 0:49.8 | rape might unfold and they clearly plan to resist armed with scripture and |
| 0:57.0 | knowledge of their constitutional rights. |
| 1:02.0 | They are supposed to not be able to enter private spaces without a judicial warrant. |
| 1:07.0 | I can't imagine what it would be like for me if I had to leave my country because I couldn't live here safely. |
| 1:14.1 | There is a lot of support for Springfield out there. |
| 1:16.9 | Senior Pastor Carl Ruby founded a network of churches in the area offering support to the city's Haitians and in some cases sanctuary. |
| 1:25.8 | I would want people to stand with me. I would want people to stand with me. |
| 1:28.2 | I would want people to protect me. |
| 1:31.6 | So that's all that we're trying to do. |
| 1:33.9 | Nancy Flinchbaugh has called Springfield home for 30 years. |
| 1:38.0 | I'm here because I'm very concerned about what's going to happen to the immigrants in our |
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