A week after a local pastor claimed the large Haitian community in his town was being targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Rev. William Barber, a prominent civil rights activist, joined local faith leaders and dozens of…
Supreme Court hears arugments today on Haitians and Syrians
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments today to determine if 350,000 Haitian and 6,000 Syrian immigrants can remain in the country under Temporary Protected Status. But immigration advocates have warned tens of thousands more people are…
As Springfield’s 15,000 Haitians brace for deportations, local churches train to resist ICE
“We have orders of deportation,” said a volunteer in a raised voice, posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and pounding on the sanctuary door. “What you’re doing is harboring.”