Some Haitian immigrants in Ohio told to report to ICE and given ankle monitors

The court heard arguments challenging DHS’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for asylum seekers. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of Haitian immigrants in Ohio who had Temporary Protected Status have been summoned by the Department of Homeland Security for in-person “check-ins” with the agency, where some have been fitted with ankle monitors, immigration advocates tell ABC News. Some have been given ankle monitors and future court dates, Foster said. Viles Dorsainvil, executive director of a Haitian support group in Springfield, Ohio, confirmed the government’s effort to call Haitians in Ohio with TPS into ICE offices and fit some of them with ankle monitors. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said, “Temporary Protected Status is exactly that — temporary.