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Community leaders brace to defend Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, against deportation

(30 Jul 2025) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4593803 ASSOCIATED PRESS Springfield, Ohio – 29 July 2025 1. Medium shot of Charla Weiss and two other participants having a conversation during a breakout session 2. SOUNDBITES (English) Charla Weiss, cofounder of Undivided +++ PARTIALLY COVERED+++ “The question that I know was before me is how far am I willing to go to support my passion about the unlawful detainment and deportation of Haitians, in particular here in Springfield. And that was a question that the pastor asked himself on the video that was sent to all of us before the workshop started two days ago. And I was haunted by it.” 3. Various of participants attending a workshop at the Central Christian church in Springfield, Ohio 4. Wide shot of the workshop participants filling out a questionnaire 5. Close of shot of a workshop questionnaire 6. SOUNDBITES (English) Carl Ruby, Central Christian Church Pastor +++ PARTIALLY COVERED+++ “This event is a part of an effort to prepare the faith community in Springfield and across the state of Ohio to stand with our Haitian brothers and sisters in Christ in the face of possible detainment or deportation.” 7. Close up and pan left to right shot of a registration flyer 8. SOUNDBITES (English) Carl Ruby, Central Christian Church Pastor +++ PARTIALLY COVERED+++ “If that happens, we're gonna stand with them by going to ICE appointments, by, in some cases, possibly providing physical shelter. There's some churches in town that are willing to allow families to come and live in the church if necessary.” 9. Wide shot of the registration area at the church for the workshop 10. Medium shot of workshop participants chatting in breakout session 11. Medium shot of Jean André and two other workshop participants chatting in breakout session 12. SOUNDBITES (English) Jean André, Haitian-American Pastor +++ PARTIALLY COVERED+++ “When we are talking about Haitians, we are talking about me because, you know, my blood is Haitian. I am ready to do everything in my power to protect my brothers as long as I do something that is lawful.” 13. Medium shot of Jean André and two other workshop participants chatting in breakout session 14. Wide shot of speaker leading a workshop session 15. Medium shot of the participants listening to a testimony session inside the church 16. SOUNDBITES (English) Carl Ruby, Central Christian Church Pastor +++ PARTIALLY COVERED+++ “We understand that there will be people who are angry with us. We understand there are people who will accuse us. We understand that some of us could end up going to jail. We don't want that, but we don't feel that we have a choice. We feel that obedience to the gospel and obedience to God requires that we stand with them no matter what the cost.” 17. Close up of a participant listening to a testimony session inside the church 18. Wide shot and pan right to left of the workshop participants sitting inside the church 19. Wide shot of the workshop participants praying inside the church STORYLINE: A group of about 100 community members, clergy and Haitian leaders in Springfield, Ohio, gathered this week for several days of training sessions as they prepare to defend potential deportees and provide them refuge. Ruby said the ultimate goal of the group is to persuade the Trump administration to reverse its decision to terminate legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S. under temporary protected status, or TPS. “It's not going to be good,” he said. =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...