Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has criticized the Trump administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian migrants, claiming that deportations will cause economic harm to his state and put those deported in danger.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) has voiced opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s plan to deport Haitian illegal immigrants. 📺 DETAIL: Earlier this year, the Supreme Court upheld the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians. TPS is an immigration status granted on humanitarian grounds to protect migrants from deportation and allows them to work. TPS for Haitians was first granted in 2010 after a major earthquake hit the country. Over a decade later, the Trump administration moved to end TPS for Haitians, citing improved conditions in the country. The administration intends to deport approximately 334,000 Haitians, who will lose their TPS this week. In response, Governor DeWine described the Trump administration’s deportation plans as “a blow to the state of Ohio.” The Governor suggested that the plans would harm Ohio’s economy, particularly Springfield, a city in south-west Ohio where many Haitians have settled. “These are people who have helped Springfield really come back… The Haitians who are living there and employed there, they came there to work, and they came there because there were jobs that were not being filled by other people,” said DeWine. The governor also suggested that it was not safe for Haitians to return to their home country. The Department of Homeland Security has stated: “What we would say now is it’s closing time, which means you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.“ 💬 KEY QUOTE: “Haiti is hell today… Very few of these Haitians will voluntarily go back to Haiti. If they have to leave, they’ll go someplace else… They don’t want to go back to Haiti.” – Governor DeWine 🎯 IMPACT: The Governor’s comments echo similar remarks made earlier in the year. Back in February, DeWine defended the cheap foreign labor provided by the influx of Haitian migrants into Springfield. This underscores a dividing line with the Republican Party between those who support putting American workers first and those who hold to the establishment economic orthodoxy of using mass immigration to suppress wages, benefiting large corporations. Last year, federal prosecutors charged two Haitian migrants in Massachusetts for conducting a $7 million food stamp fraud scheme. 📺 FLASHBACK: This is not the first time that Governor DeWine has demonstrated his Republican-in-name-only (RINO) positions. In 2024, the governor demanded that Ohio change its electoral law to accommodate former President Joe Biden. The year prior to that, he vetoed a state bill prohibiting trans surgeries and drugs for minors. |
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