Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win
by Stephen Starr in Springfield, Ohio from US news | The Guardian on (#6S9GK)
City subjected to false rumors from Trump loses residents integral to community over mass deportation fears
From a tiny office behind a Haitian grocery store on Springfield's South Limestone Street, Margery Koveleski has spent years helping local Haitians overcome bureaucratic red tape to make their lives in the Ohio city a little bit easier.
But Koveleski - whose family is Haitian - has noticed a major change recently.
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