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Rural Ohio police signed up to help ICE. But staffing shortages limit their role
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Small villages with tiny populations are entering into partnerships with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Unlike major cities, who have been rethinking cooperation with ICE,… Read More
Senators will consider a deal to fund Homeland Security but not ICE enforcement as airport lines snarl
By: Lisa Mascaro | Joey Cappelletti | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including the Transportation Security Administration airport workers going without pay, but excluding ICE’s enforcement… Read More
Amid volatile immigration policy changes, Ohioans become U.S. citizens
By: Adriana Martinez-Smiley | WYSO
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KETTERING, Ohio (WYSO) — Hundreds of students packed the bleachers at the gym at Archbishop Alter High School in the Dayton suburb of Kettering. But instead of watching a game… Read More
President Donald Trump uses the longest-ever State of the Union to try to convince voters that US is ‘winning so much’
By: Will Weissert | Michelle L. Price | Matt Brown | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared during a marathon State of the Union on Tuesday that “we’re winning so much” — insisting he’d sparked an economic boom at home and imposed… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine says he’s gotten ‘mixed signals’ on ICE action in Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said Friday it is unwise and a “mistake” for the federal government to take legal status away from hundreds of thousands of… Read More
Senate leaders are scrambling to save a bipartisan deal and avoid a partial government shutdown
By: Mary Clare Jalonick | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders were scrambling on Friday to save a bipartisan spending deal and prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend as Democrats demanded new restrictions on federal… Read More
Sen. Bernie Moreno says Haitians in Ohio should have self-deported already
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — If and when the federal government revokes the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Haitians next week, state and local officials will have… Read More
Ohio and Springfield officials prepare for a possible ICE surge
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the U.S. are set to lose their legal status Tuesday, absent further court action. With the date now… Read More
Several immigration-related bills await Ohio lawmakers when they come back to work
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are several Republican-backed bills that deal with immigration awaiting Ohio lawmakers when they return to work in the next few weeks. All are Republican… Read More
US Sen. Jon Husted praises ICE and warns Ohioans to steer clear of agents apprehending people
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency continues to undertake operations in Ohio and elsewhere, protests against the agency have been escalating after an… Read More
The Supreme Court will review an old policy used to turn away asylum seekers at the US border
By: Mark Sherman | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a policy used under past administrations to deny migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until… Read More
What happens when ICE and Ohio social services collide
By: Clare Roth | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLEVELAND (The Ohio Newsroom) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention has increased sharply under President Trump, and the agency has ramped up its requests to local prisons and jails to… Read More
Springfield, whose Haitian migrants were disparaged by Trump, braces to defend them against deportation
By: Obed Lamy | Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city whose Haitian migrants were disparaged by President Donald Trump last year as he pitched voters on his plans for an immigration crackdown is… Read More
Ohio jails are helping Trump’s mission of mass deportation
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Outside the Butler County Jail, a neon yellow sign reads ‘Illegal Aliens Here’ with an arrow pointing at the facility. Sheriff Richard Jones… Read More
A House bill would require Ohio cities to cooperate with the feds on immigration or lose funding
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House lawmakers are considering a Republican-sponsored bill that would require cities in Ohio to cooperate with immigration officials and if they don’t, they could… Read More
Haitian-Americans in Springfield tell their own stories in a new series from WYSO
By: Chris Welter | Will Davis | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — The Haitians in the Heartland series is a result of six months of close collaboration between the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO with a… Read More
Haitian migrants in Springfield turn to faith amid deportation fears
By: Luis Andres Henao | Jessies Wardarski | AP
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around… Read More
Ohio’s AG says local communities don’t have the authority to block feds’ immigration crackdown
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The federal government is in the beginning stages of pumping up an immigration crackdown with raids and arrests across the country. But there haven’t… Read More
How a federal crackdown on immigration might affect immigrants in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield were thrust in the national spotlight during the presidential campaign. President Trump is taking steps to deport undocumented immigrants,… Read More
PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ and its impact on the Ohio town caught in the middle
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The 2024 campaign was unlike any in modern American history. But one thing united candidates across the political spectrum, they were all searching for messages that… Read More
DeWine says deporting legal Haitians in Springfield would slow Ohio city’s economy
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has pledged to revoke the short-term protective status of Haitian immigrants in Springfield and push for their… Read More
As HAPCAP prepares to buy the Sunset Motel, the family that owns it reflects on their life in Athens
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — In 1997, Jigna Bhakta and her husband Minoj moved from California to the small college town of Athens in southeast Ohio to buy and… Read More
A Republican-sponsored bill would penalize immigrants who enter Ohio without federal legal status
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Republican state lawmakers want to penalize immigrants for entering Ohio if they haven’t gotten legal authorization to be in the United States. Introduced… Read More
What to know about the threats in Springfield, Ohio, after false claims about Haitian immigrants
By: Michael Rubinkam | Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Springfield, Ohio has been inundated with hoax bomb threats since last week’s presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump falsely accused members of Springfield’s Haitian community of… Read More
Ohio’s BMV says immigrants aren’t getting favors when getting driver’s licenses or ID cards
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The leader of the state agency that issues driver’s licenses and state identification cards said he wants to set the record straight when it comes… Read More
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