Some Idiots Are Secretly Sheltering Illegals Underground

The implication here by the NY Times is that illegal aliens are the same as runaway slaves

Inside the Underground Safe Houses Sheltering Immigrants From ICE

The upstairs room was ready.

Three teddy bears and a smiling cloth doll were propped on a neatly made bed. A bassinet was nearby. On the dresser was a sanctuary of care: baby shampoo, lotion and talcum powder.

Night was falling in Springfield, Ohio, when the Haitian mother and her 1-month-old baby arrived. Lee, in her 70s, had never met the woman on her doorstep. Still, they embraced. After cooing over the infant, Lee led her guests on a tour of the house, ending with the bedroom that would serve as their redoubt from a feared immigration sweep.

Across Springfield that evening, anxiety was mounting. Haitians and their American supporters were awaiting a federal court ruling, expected by midnight Feb. 2, about the fate of Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., for Haiti, the program that has allowed beneficiaries to live and work legally in the United States. (snip)

More than 10,000 Haitians now call Springfield, a city of 58,000 between Dayton and Columbus, home. While some are U.S. citizens, most have T.P.S., and in the months ahead of the court ruling, many Americans had mobilized to help the growing Haitian community.

See, the Biden admin slammed Springfield with people who are really from a 4th world nation, a nation for which the Dominican Republic built on wall at the border to keep them out.

Some did something more risky: They discreetly converted spare bedrooms and finished basements into places of refuge.

In the days before the Feb. 2 expiration of T.P.S., many Haitian families began withdrawing from daily life.

“Teachers, employers, pastors, schools — we all witnessed the disappearance of members of our community,” said Anna Poteet, 39, who teaches English to immigrants each Sunday at a local center.

They aren’t part of the community: they were temporary visitors. It’s called Temporary Protected Status. Temporary. Also, this is a violation of multiple federal laws if they are being sheltered and required to leave. But, you know, Democrats are batguano insane.

The small, secret network that began sheltering Haitian families echoes an earlier chapter in the city’s history.

Springfield was once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the network of abolitionists who helped enslaved people flee to free states or to Canada. U.S. Route 68 passes near the former home of George and Sarah Gammon, who had themselves been enslaved and whose house, now a museum, was a way station for those fleeing bondage.

“In the 1850s, people here were taking in enslaved people seeking freedom,” said Marie, a local activist who has been vetting people who volunteered to host.

See? Hiding them is the same as with slaves. Of course the NY Times goes down this route, equating illegals/fake asylum seekers with runaway slaves.

Oh, hey, you know what the NY Times also did? They exposed this system to federal immigration authorities. I’m sure someone read the article and said “hey, loopy liberals are hiding the Haitians. Time to search!”