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'Under seige': Red state city fumes as Trump crackdown tactic evokes images of 'slavery'

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More than 40 Haitians in Springfield have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status earlier this summer. Faith leaders recently spoke out against the ICE activity that has been taking place in the Clark County city after a June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to end temporary protected status for the 330,000 Haitians who’ve fled the violence in their home country. Legal protected status for Haitians officially ended on July 27. Haitian Support Center Executive Director Viles Dorsainvil is a TPS holder with an asylum case pending. “I am calling out this administration to tell them that we deserve to be treated with dignity,” he said. “We deserve to be treated as human beings. We are not animals.” Dorsainvil is one of about 15,000 Haitians who live in Springfield, with a mixture of temporary protected status, citizenship, and other legal status. “They are not a threat to the communit

First report: For Springfield’s Haitians, Ankle Monitors and Fear of Going to Church — newrepublic.com, 14d