TPS limbo puts financial strain on Springfield’s Haitians, slows down their businesses

TPS limbo puts financial strain on Springfield’s Haitians, slows down their businesses

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — On a recent Sunday afternoon in early March, Claudette Mercibille, a cashier at Milokan Botanica in the Southgate neighborhood, slid a small stack of dollar bills into the register and gave her two customers their purchases from the religious and cultural items store.  The women bought thick white candles that could burn for hours. The electricity in their apartment had been shut off after they lost their jobs and could no lo…