As anti-Haitian rhetoric and lies continue to spread, sparking violence and intimidation against immigrants from the overwhelmingly Black country, they and their allies are fighting back.
Even as former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance continue to promote false claims that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating household pets, Haitian-American leaders and community members are resisting pressure for them to flee the U.S. or disappear from public life.
