- The Ohio Immigrant Alliance reported a 142% rise in detention at four Ohio jails after Haiti’s protected status ended.
- The report counted 74 Haitians detained in the Springfield area from August 7 to September 17; advocates said 8% had removal orders.
- Butler County held 70% of the Haitians covered by the report’s four-facility detention figures.
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance reported that Haitian detention at four Ohio jails rose 142% after Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status ended on July 27, 2026. The group published its findings on September 17.
The report tracks detention, not a statewide total of arrests. Its figures focus on Haitian-Ohioans held at the facilities it reviewed.
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One count puts 74 Haitians in detention in the Springfield area between August 7 and September 17, 2026. Advocates said 8% had removal orders.
The report also gives a separate booking comparison: 63 Haitians in 36 days after the cutoff, compared with 26 during the previous seven months. The tallies use different counts and timeframes.
Most reported detentions were held at one facility
The report names four facilities: Butler County Jail, Seneca County Jail, Mahoning County Jail and the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. It says 70% of the detained Haitians were held at Butler County.
The report also compares the share of women in the facilities’ female detainee population. Haitian women made up 2% before August; in August, their share reached 39%.
Those figures describe the female detainee population. They do not represent the percentage of all Haitian detainees who were women.
Mullin said ICE would continue Springfield arrests
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on September 4, 2026, that ICE had made 380 arrests in Springfield. He added, “we’re going to continue to push.”
Department of Homeland Security officials separately put the number at at least 380 arrests in Springfield. Clark County Sheriff Chris Clark described the activity as “targeted enforcement.”
Those statements place the jail figures within a broader enforcement push in Ohio. Reports connected the increase to the end of Haiti’s protected status and to federal operations in communities with large Haitian populations, including Springfield.
The alliance alleged arrests and monitoring across community settings
The alliance characterized the rise as intentional. Its report said ICE was trying to “cut off families from breadwinners and communities from leaders.”
The group also alleged that ICE had accelerated Haitian arrests by racially profiling community spaces. It described detentions at ICE appointments, ankle monitors and cooperation with state and local police.
The report’s central measure concerns detention at four facilities. The additional claims describe the enforcement tactics the group said accompanied those bookings.
The cutoff came amid deportation flights and rising arrests
Haitians lost protected status after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end it. Reports in late August and early September said the decision left more than 330,000 Haitians exposed to detention and deportation.
The shift came as federal enforcement expanded in Ohio communities with large Haitian populations. Reporting from August 27-29 also described increased deportation flights to Haiti, including a second flight in one week.
A separate report said July immigration arrests reached nearly 50,000, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term at that point. The Ohio report’s booking comparison covers the period after the July 27 cutoff and extends through its September 17 publication.
