Four months ago, then-presidential nominee Donald Trump repeatedly told his supporters a baseless lie that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating residents’ pets.

Community leaders say many are overwhelmed by fears Trump will end or let expire the Temporary Protected Status program that allows them to remain in the U.S. legally.

As Haitian Community Help and Support Center Executive Director Viles Dorsainvil oversees the clean-up and renovation of their new, future location in a former fire station on West Pleasant Street in Springfield,