Mike DeWine: The Policy to Revoke TPS for Haitians ‘Is Wrong,’ They Fill Jobs in Manufacturing Cities Like Springfield

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DeWINE: "I think the policy to revoke that is wrong. I think there's a consensus in this country. As we all have said, let's get rid of the violent offenders. Get them out of here. I think there's a consensus behind the need to do a good job on the border, and I think the president gets high marks for doing that on the border. But once you get beyond that, I don't think there's a consensus for taking people who are working, who are supporting their family. And we've kind of seen it, almost in a micro way, with the Haitian community that's come into Springfield. Springfield is an industrial city, manufacturing city that was down. It has been coming back. And frankly, one of the reasons it's coming back is because of the Haitians who are working there. These are people who, if you talk to the employers, they were filling jobs that were not being able to be filled in any other way. So it's been a big boost to the economy. So if one day they know that TPS is taken away, no employer can hire them anymore. And so you gotta have all these people who are unemployed. So I think the policy there is wrong.”