Haitian Community in Springfield Grapples with Fears of Deportation Under Trump

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Haitian Community in Springfield Grapples with Fears of Deportation Under Trump
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Reverend Reginald Silencieux led a prayer service for the Haitian community in Springfield, fearing the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that allows them to legally stay in the U.S. under President Trump. Community leaders report widespread panic as many fear being deported. They express concerns about the impact on families and the future of their children.

, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around him as he knelt in prayer, flanked by the flags of Haiti and the United States.

“The majority of immigrants in the U.S.A. are not criminals, and they’re hard-working people,” he added. “Any administration with common sense would rather work with those kinds of immigrants than deport them.”Last year, Trump falsely accused Haitians in Springfield of eating their neighbor’s cats and dogs. The false rumors exacerbated fears about division and anti-immigrant sentiment in the mostly white, blue-collar city of about 59,000.

Brutus Joseph, 50, who works installing solar panels, said he came to the botanica to find spiritual relief. But he also wanted to speak his mind.“I don’t feel right at all. I have a lot in my chest,” Joseph said in Creole through an interpreter. “My wife and I can’t even sleep because we’re so worried. We’re law-abiding citizens — all we did is to be Haitian. We didn’t think we’d be treated like this by the administration. I’m praying to God that the president changes his mind.

“They don’t have to be scared. They have to be alert,” she said. “They shouldn’t be scared to the point where they don’t come to church.” “Everything changed because Trump is president. People are scared right now. Most are staying in their homes — they don’t want to go outside,” said Romane Pierre, 41, who settled in Springfield in 2020 under the TPS program after fleeing violence in his native Haiti.“I love my country, but you can’t live there; it’s terrible right now,” said Pierre, who works at the Rose Gaute, a popular Haitian restaurant in Springfield.

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