Ohio’s Catholic Governor Welcomes Haitian Immigrants…But Ignores Residents
While the Biden-Harris administration can be blamed for opening the border to allow more than 10 million migrants into the country, the truth is that none of this would have been possible without the assistance of state officials—including some Republican governors—who not only facilitated the migration but also encouraged it in a misguided attempt to bring cheap labor into their states.
Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine is one of those governors. In a recent op-ed published in The New York Times, the Republican governor said the quiet part out loud when he defended the decision to bring close to 20,000 Haitians to Springfield, Ohio—a town of about 60,000 people. Suggesting that the Haitians are doing the work that Springfield’s residents were unable to do, DeWine wrote: “On Monday, I met with Springfield manufacturing business owners who employ Haitians. As one of them told me, his business would not have been able to stay open after the pandemic but for the Haitians who filled the jobs.”
Born in Springfield, Ohio, but living in a suburb 10 miles from the city, Governor DeWine waxes nostalgically about the Springfield of the past when he and his wife were dating and went to the movies at the now-abandoned Reg
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