President Trump’s new travel ban has sparked widespread outrage and fear in New York’s sprawling Haitian community, by far the biggest local diaspora group impacted by the edict aimed at 12 nations.

Pastors, shopkeepers and community leaders worried out loud that their community would seek to stay out of sight to avoid any contact with authorities for fear of being arrested or possibly deported.

“We did nothing wrong,” said Rev. Wesley Joseph, 55, of the Jerusalem Church of Christ in Brooklyn, a U.S. citizen who immigrated from Haiti two decades ago. “We work for America. We help America … You have doctors, you have lawyers. We contribute to the economy.”

Waving at a sparse lunchtime crowd, Jolly Fleury, 62, said business has fallen off at his J & C Haitian Restaurant and Bakery o

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