An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’

An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’

The aroma of Haitian feast — pork griot, djon djon rice, fried plantains — drifted through the break room of a metal shop in Springfield, Ohio. It was Wilford Rinvil’s goodbye gift to his co-workers. For four years, Mr. Rinvil, a Haitian immigrant, had pressed steel into car parts at McGregor Metal. While the work was grueling, it offered a stable income, health insurance, a 401(k). And Mr. Rinvil, who turns 46 this week, thrived there, relieved…