Immigration

Contracts between Ohio police departments and sheriff's offices with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have increased since President Donald Trump's second term in office began.

A three-way judge panel will determine whether judges in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee can grant bonds.

Reginald Silencieux is pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church in Springfield.

Joyce Beatty introduced H.R. 7785, which would mandate body cameras for ICE agents, require the officers to display clear ID, forbid masks and require de-escalation training. Beatty applauded President Donald Trump for removing Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security.

There have been at least a dozen naturalization ceremonies in Ohio since the beginning of this year.

U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes denied the Trump administration's motion to stay a ruling that keeps temporary protected status in place for Haitian refugees. Reyes said the government failed to prove how doing so causes irreparable harm to the government.

Ohio Immigrant Alliance Executive Director Lynn Tramonte said the city shouldn't have to be taking matters into its own hands due to a lack of action by state and federal government.

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

WYSO asked Springfield residents how they feel about a federal judge's order that pauses the termination of Temporary Protected Status for 330,000 Haitians in the U.S.

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.