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Ohio Immigrant Alliance Director Lynn Tramonte told council members that around 700 people have been arrested in Columbus for civil immigration violations.

More than 10,000 letters have been sent to the judges asking them to change the rules. Since 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 18 people inside the courthouse.

The proposed laws would allow Columbus officials to do several things including secure public spaces, buildings and property from ICE enforcement actions not authorized by judicial warrants, manage information-sharing and partnerships with federal agencies and criminalize harassment at daycares and schools.

The Trump administration is appealing a decision by a federal judge, which allowed Temporary Protected Status for Haiti to continue while a lawsuit plays out.

GOP lawmakers have a supermajority in the Ohio General Assembly and seem unlikely to pass the raft of legislation.

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In Columbus, protesters are gathering Saturday at 1 p.m. in Goodale Park to stand with Haitians and other immigrants and oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Organizers in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Yellow Springs, Dayton, Akron and Toledo also have events planned.

A retired Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is critical of ICE under President Donald Trump’s second term. John Holmes worked at the Detroit Field Office covering Michigan and Ohio from 2003 to 2014.

Columbus city leaders and many who support immigrant communities spoke Tuesday at a press conference supporting Haitian refugees in Columbus. The speakers were critical of the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A ruling from a federal judge yesterday keeps Temporary Protected Status in place for Haitians, including thousands in the Springfield area.