Despite reports of Haitian immigrants fleeing Springfield after the election, community leaders say they're not seeing many people leave the city.

In Springfield, community leaders say that some Haitian families have started to relocate amid high political tension. Cities like Springfield have been a national focus of immigration, after President-elect Trump called for mass deportation of immigrants across the country.

Haiti migrants living in Springfield, Ohio, are reportedly leaving town following the election of Donald Trump as president earlier this month, because of the fear they will be deported. The town of approximately 60,

Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are leaving the city in droves, fearing deportation after President-elect Donald Trump’s election win due to his campaign promise to crack down on immigration.

Since President-elect Donald Trump won the election earlier this month, Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio, have been living with a renewed fear of what may come should he follow through on his vow to terminate their temporary legal immigration status.

Now, with Trump set to return to the White House in two months’ time, some immigrants have already started packing up and leaving Springfield before they could be pushed. “People are leaving,” Margery Koveleski, a volunteer at the Haitian Community Alliance, told The Guardian.