ICE COMING TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO

On 2026-02-02, Representative Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11) delivered a floor speech titled "ICE COMING TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO" in the House. The speech addressed immigration and also covered the environment.

ICE COMING TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)] [House] [Pages H1939-H1940] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] ICE COMING TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO (Ms. BROWN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Ms. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, in Springfield, Ohio, families are preparing for the worst kind of ICE storm, a storm fueled by hate and racism, years in the making. In 2024, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, peddled hateful lies about Haitians in Springfield. Vance even admitted they weren't true. He said: ``If I have to create stories . . . that is what I am going to do.'' Well, those stories dehumanized Haitians who were here legally working and rebuilding a city. Now the Trump administration is turning those lies into policy. [[Page H1940]] Tomorrow, they plan to revoke TPS, despite Haiti's collapse. Legal status today, illegal status tomorrow. This is the Project 2025 playbook for a morally corrupt mass deportation machine. For those of us with Black skin, the demonization of Haitian people is something that we see, we hear, and we feel deeply. This country must do better, and this President must extend TPS status and call off the ICE surge now. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President and Vice President. ____________________