Immigration

About 240,000 Ukrainians came to the U.S. on humanitarian parole through a program that’s been paused for over a year. Among them: 43-year-old Tetiana, who lives with her family in Ohio.

Deportation flights that have been using Akron-Canton Airport as a Great Lakes hub for several months were shifted temporarily back to Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport after a collision.

The report said 63 Haitians were booked into four Ohio jails between July 27 and Aug. 31, compared to just 26 in the previous seven months.

Their effort stems from a crash west of Toledo that killed a 29-year-old last week. 34-year-old Washington Naula Ochoa was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide.

Pierre Damas Bel, a Haitian immigrant studying at Wright State University, died on Monday. His father said in a statement, "The government treated my son like an animal."

Lynn Tramonte with the Ohio Immigrant Alliance says without this rule, immigrants would fear showing up for traffic court or as witnesses in criminal trials.

The federal lawsuit claims a new rule purports to shield undocumented immigrants from being detained at or around the courthouse in downtown Columbus.

So far, 17 people have been detained in Springfield, which is home to more than 12,000 Haitian migrants.

Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio, including Springfield, lost their temporary protected status in July. Losing their legal status has left them unable to work.

The agreement allows police officers in more than 2,000 agencies around the country to enforce limited immigration authority while performing routine police duties.