在总统 Donald Trump 今年夏初撤销其合法身份后，斯普林菲尔德已有40多名海地人被美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）拘留，这一行动引发了克拉克县这座城市宗教领袖的谴责。

此次执法行动源于美国最高法院6月的一项裁决，该裁决允许 Trump 终止对330,000名因本国暴力而逃离的海地人的临时保护身份。海地人的合法保护身份已于7月27日正式结束。TPS是一项为来自被认定不适合返回国家的国民提供工作许可和免遭驱逐保护的项目；海地的TPS资格最初在2010年地震后获批，并在2021年总统 Jovenel Moïse 遇刺后因政治不稳定和帮派暴力而多次延长，是该项目规模最大的保护对象之一。

海地援助中心执行主任 Viles Dorsainvil 本人是TPS持有者，且其庇护案件仍在审理中，他严厉批评了政府的做法。"I am calling out this administration to tell them that we deserve to be treated with dignity," he said. "We deserve to be treated as human beings. We are not animals."

Dorsainvil 是约15,000名居住在斯普林菲尔德的海地人之一。过去十年间，随着移民前来从事该市制造业和物流业工作，这一人口持续增长，并且其身份涵盖临时保护身份、公民身份及其他合法身份。"They are not a threat to the community," he said. 2024年总统竞选期间，围绕该市海地居民的虚假传言曾让斯普林菲尔德受到全国关注，而当地官员一再予以驳斥。

First Baptist Church 牧师 Adam Banks 表示，海地人不是“political bargaining chips”。"They are not threats to be monitored and removed," he said. "They are care providers, co-workers, faith leaders, and family. … We demand an end to deportations that tear families and our community apart."

ICE特工一直在斯普林菲尔德的购物广场、加油站和公寓楼内拘留人员。"Springfield is under siege right now," said Carl Ruby, pastor of Springfield's Central Christian Church.

斯普林菲尔德牧师 Gilbert Joubert Adrien 于8月20日被ICE特工拘留，倡导者正呼吁释放他。"We hope that will happen very, very soon," Ruby said. "He needs to be out immediately. He is a good man with a congregation to serve, and they are without a pastor right now."

据 Ruby 说，来自斯普林菲尔德 First Haitian Evangelical Church 的一名牧师上周在俄亥俄州西北部时被拘留，可能已经被带离美国境内。

许多在斯普林菲尔德被ICE拘留的海地人被送往 Hamilton 的 Butler County Jail，截至周五下午该监狱共有1,103名在押人员。

根据2025年 ODRC 检查报告，Butler County Jail 的一般收押容量为844人，而俄亥俄州康复与矫正署建议的收押容量为756人。

居住在斯普林菲尔德的海地人还被要求前往 Blue Ash 或 Westerville 的ICE办公室报到，并佩戴脚踝监控器。"Being outfitted with that monitor, it just symbolizes slavery," Dorsainvil said.

他讲述了一位母亲的经历：她在几周前刚刚生产后来到 Haitian Support Center，但婴儿已经夭折。"She could not even walk, but they put the shackle on her," Dorsainvil said. "You cannot understand how hard it is to hear those people on a daily basis crying."

They are afraid to go out. They do not have freedom to go out. They don't have the freedom even to look for help.

– Viles Dorsainvil, executive director of Springfield's Haitian Support Center

倡导者正在呼吁停止使用脚踝监控器。"It is inhumane," Ruby said. "It is an insult. It is designed to humiliate, and we want it to stop right now."

Ruby 最近帮助一个海地家庭迁居加拿大。"Their children had survived kidnapping attempts when they were in Haiti," he said. "Most families can't go to Canada. It was only an option for this family because they had an immediate family member who was there."

据美国国务院称，目前该机构对海地发布Level 4“Do Not Travel”旅行警告，原因是“crime, kidnapping, terrorism, unrest, and limited healthcare”的风险。6月，海地国防部长的首席安全官员兼幕僚长被绑架。

联邦政府承诺，自行离境的海地人可获得免费机票和一张2,600美元支票以返回海地。"They are not getting the money that our government has promised," Ruby said. 他在海地与一名记者交谈时得知，被驱逐的海地人下飞机后便四处逃命。"It puts a target on them that says to the gangs, ‘come get this person.’"

(Source: Ohio Capital Journal, original report via Raw Story, https://www.rawstory.com/springfield-ohio-2677797953/)