Toolkit: Defend Our Haitian Neighbors
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The MAGA justices of the Robert’s Court have made yet another terrible ruling that will unleash human suffering in communities across the nation. The Miot et al. v. Trump et al. decision allows President Trump to move forward with revoking the Temporary Protected Status of Haitian and Syrian immigrants who fled violence and upheaval in their home countries. The decision will have serious ramifications for Ohio. Central Ohio is home to 30,000 Haitians and Springfield is home to about 15,000 Haitians with temporary status, accounting for roughly 25% of the local population.
Haitians have already been targeted by Trump’s racist attacks. By ripping away their TPS status, the Supreme Court has placed a new target on their back. They now face an impossible choice: leave the communities that have become their homes and face violence at home, or stay put and risk kidnapping and imprisonment by ICE.
Ohio is better off with Haitian immigrants. They have enriched our communities with their culture, revitalized the local economy, and beautified neighborhoods. Use the following message guidance to defend our Haitian neighbors and protect them from being targeted, kidnaped and ripped out of their communities.
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Values: [community, bravery, freedom]
The Haitian immigrants living in Ohio are our friends, neighbors and coworkers. They have started businesses, revitalized neighborhoods, and enriched our lives by sharing their culture and food.
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Most of us would do whatever we can to protect our families. Haitian immigrants living in Ohio made the courageous choice to flee deadly gang violence in their home country for the chance to live in freedom here.
Villain [Trump/SCOTUS] The Robert’s Court’s decision to allow Trump to revoke temporarily protected status for Haitians is just another rubber stamp of his cruel agenda. Trump has made Haitians a scapegoat because he wants us to blame them and not him and his billionaire backers for why it’s so hard for us to make ends meet and get ahead. And he wants to hold on to power by making us all afraid of the ICE agents he uses to terrorize immigrants.
VISION: Our Haitian friends and neighbors bravely came to our state to start new lives; now it’s time we bravely stand with them against this hate and fear. We’re coming together to demand that our leaders pass permanent protections for people who have come seeking safety and remake the court to protect our freedoms, our families and our futures.
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The Roberts Court dolled out yet another rubber stamp decision to advance Trump’s cruel agenda for the bullies and the billionaires.
After six justices in robes signed off on abductions, hundreds of Ohioans rallied in Springfield. A wide coalition held hands and sang prayer and protest songs. That's what Ohio looks like when we refuse to be divided.
Our Haitian neighbors are Ohioans – just like the rest of us. They’re raising families, running businesses, and revitalizing neighborhoods. And we are going to do whatever we can to keep them at home where they belong.
While this cowardly president peddles lies to make us fear each other, Ohioans continue to bravely show up to protect our neighbors, our families, and our futures.
As Ohioans, we value our freedoms and know it takes courage to stand up for our loved ones. We won’t let this regime of bullying politicians and corporate cowards divide us and abduct our neighbors. Not here.
The regime is attacking and abducting our Haitian friends and neighbors [or: “our families” depending on messenger], people brave enough to seek a better life, and assaulting the freedoms we all value.
Families belong together. We live in one community, and here in Ohio, neighbors take care of each other.
We need permanent protections for people who have come to Ohio seeking safety – Sen. Husted and Moreno must vote yes on the Haiti Emergency Relief Act.
If our own State Department warns Americans not to travel there, how can Haiti be a safe place for people who fled violence there to return to?
Even Republican Gov. Mike DeWine went on the record this week saying the Roberts court got this wrong: Haiti is too dangerous to return to and Ohio is better off with our Haitian neighbors here where they belong.
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