As Springfield's 15,000 Haitians brace for deportations, local churches train to resist ICE
Attendees role-play scenarios of interacting with immigration agents during a rapid response training organized by G92 at Central Christian Church, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Springfield, Ohio. Faces blurred by RNS. (RNS photo/Kathryn Post)
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — Over a year since Donald Trump and JD Vance spread falsehoods about the city's migrants eating pets, Haitians’ temporary protected status is set to run out Feb. 3.
