Immigration

Springfield, Ohio united to celebrate Haitian Flag Day with music, food, and culture on Sunday, honoring Haiti’s history and the strength of its vibrant local community.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine visited Springfield this week to talk about the city's Haitian immigrants. He said many businesses worry about losing workers to deportation.

The highly anticipated film, directed by Robenson Lauvince, is making history as the first feature shot in Haiti by a Haitian director to receive global distribution.

Entèvyouve pa Gerly Philidor.

Musicians J. Perry and Michaël Brun performed at a Springfield fundraiser for the Haitian Community Help & Support Center on May 3, 2025, at the John Legend Theater.

Since 2019, Ethnosh Dayton has been highlighting the region's immigrant-owned restaurants through monthly meetups.

WYSO Youth Radio works with middle and high school students across Ohio to share their stories through sound, straight from their lives to your ears.

A Tipp City church is rallying around a Honduran immigrant detained by ICE. The 42-year-old has a wife and two children.

After a boom in business late last year, Kèkèt Bongou in Springfield has been seeing less of a profit from customers visiting the restaurant on Sunset Avenue.

Gerly Philidor a 20 ans d'expérience en tant que DJ en Haïti et aux États-Unis. Il est expert de la musique Kompa, un genre musical né en Haïti dans les années 1950.

Gerly Philidor has over 20 years of experience as a DJ in Haiti and the United States. He is an expert in Kompa music, a genre that originated in Haiti in the 1950s.

In Haiti, Jeanette's catering business was thriving. However, as the dangers escalated at home, she left everything behind to pursue a new life in the United States.