Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win

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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