GOP governor: Trump's push to end TPS for Haitians 'is wrong'

Source: The Hill

02/22/26 2:55 PM ET


Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) again defended Haitian migrants Sunday, as a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for those from the Caribbean island plays out.

“I think the policy to revoke that is wrong,” DeWine told host Margaret Brennan on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “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.”

DeWine later noted, though, that “once you get beyond that, I don’t think there’s a consensus for taking people who are working, who are supporting their family,” including Haitians in his state — specifically in Springfield, Ohio, the subject of false accusations from President Trump and Vice President Vance during the 2024 campaign regarding Haitian migrants eating household pets.

“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,” the Ohio Republican noted. “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.”

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