Judge stops end of TPS for Ohio Haitians
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has extended Temporary Protected Status for nearly 350,000 Haitians throughout the country, including roughly 13,000 in Springfield, Ohio. The protected status was scheduled to end today, prompting fears the federal government would launch ICE operations in Springfield to arrest immigrants, similar to those in Minneapolis. But U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes on Monday night extended the protected status. “The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste,” she wrote. In the ruling, the judge criticized U.S. Homeland ...
