The consequences of TPS expiring are already rippling through Springfield. “People in Springfield are getting letters asking them to go to Cincinnati for a check-in,” Ruby related. Asked what would happen if immigration authorities came to Springfield, Ruby said the coalition would encourage peaceful protest and that some were prepared to put themselves “between ICE and people who are targets for detainment and deportation.” “We believe that a part of civil disobedience is a willingness to pay the consequences,” Ruby said. “There are people and pastors in Springfield who are committed to doing that, no matter what it costs.”