Haitian residents, faith leaders and immigrant advocates set out on Wednesday, October 21, from Springfield City Plaza in Ohio on a four-day pilgrimage of more than 40 miles to Columbus, The Haitian Times reported. They are protesting practices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they say harm Haitian families.

The walkers march during the day and spend each night in a church. The pilgrimage is due to end with a rally at West Bank Park in Columbus on Saturday, October 24.

Some participants wore ankle monitors to show what organizers call the “humiliating” nature of the practice. They have four demands: end ICE's ankle-monitor program, remove ICE from Springfield, reunite detained Haitians with their families and create permanent protections for Haitian immigrants.

A June Supreme Court ruling allowed the administration to end Haiti's Temporary Protected Status, with the termination set for July 27. The Haitian Times estimates that about 350,000 Haitians lost their legal status and work permits. In Springfield, some former TPS holders had to surrender their passports and wear ankle monitors after immigration check-ins.

In Brooklyn on October 17, nearly 300 people, joined by Bishop Robert Brennan, marched through Little Haiti and Flatbush, from St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church to St. Vincent Ferrer, to call for respect for the dignity of immigrants.