‘We spend our days in silence’: fear and repression in Ohio as ICE terrorizes Haitian immigrants

Haitian community in Springfield demands dignity and better rights for immigrants as ICE crackdown ramps up

Michaelle Louis's feet and legs are aching. She can barely walk.

Surrounded by corn fields and the distant hum of a busy highway, the native of Haiti and dozens of other activists are 23 miles into a 45-mile march from Springfield to Ohio's statehouse in Columbus to demand better rights for Haitian immigrants.