Place
United States · Ohio / Clark County
Springfield
A struggling Ohio city of about 60,000 where Haitian immigrants have filled blue-collar jobs for about eight years — and where, after temporary protected status ended in 2026, ICE detentions and community marches became part of daily life.
Illustrative place identifier: Main Street Buildings, downtown Springfield, Ohio (Wikimedia Commons / Nyttend). Used to identify the Springfield place card — NOT the Field Note subject, NOT her basement or home, not from The Guardian. · Credit: Nyttend / Wikimedia Commons · Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_Street_Buildings_in_Springfield.jpg
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Status & SilenceStories
The Days She Spent in Silence
In Springfield, Ohio, Haitian immigrant Michaelle Louis — who fled Port-au-Prince after her brother’s murder — spent five days in a darkened basement when ICE arrived after temporary protected status ended; weeks later she was 23 miles into a 45-mile march to the statehouse.