Screenshot courtesy of NBC | Francion, 13, and Jean Luckson, 11, who were recently adopted from Haiti, have developed a strong connection with Rocher.Cydni Elledge for NBC News
He fled Haiti and became integral to a conservative community. Now they’re fighting his deportation.
LIMA, Ohio — Andy and Amy Schafer live with their five children in a reliably conservative corner of rural Ohio, where they hit the pool in the summer and attend high school football gmes Andy coaches in the fall.
The Schafers said two of their children, recently adopted from crisis-torn Haiti, would be struggling without the help of another Haitian immigrant, Marc Rocher, a science teacher and translator who has become “a lifeline” to the family.
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