Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) is deploying state troopers and directing millions in state funds to Springfield, Ohio, in response to a growing Haitian migrant crisis. The governor criticized the federal government's lack of action, stating, “The federal government has not demonstrated that they have any kind of plan to deal with the issue.”
DeWine highlighted concerns over health and traffic problems caused by the influx of migrants. On social media platform X, internet personality Nick Sortor reported that uninsured migrants have been involved in hit-and-run accidents. DeWine echoed these concerns, stating that the surge in migrants “impacts every citizen of the community,” from overwhelmed health care services to increased traffic incidents and crowded classrooms.
DeWine also noted that additional migrant influxes are affecting other Ohio towns, including Findlay and Lima, with populations of 40,000 and 35,000, respectively. The state's response aims to provide immediate relief to these overwhelmed communities.
The Columbus Dispatch reports on DeWine's plan for Springfield, which has seen up to 20,000 Haitians arrive in the city under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program:
Ohio will funnel resources to Springfield for health care and road safety as the city contends with an influx of Haitian migrants, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Tuesday.
DeWine's announcement came as the city, just northeast of Dayton, finds itself in the middle of a contentious immigration debate. An estimated 15,000 Haitians have settled in Springfield over the past several years, a dramatic population increase for a community with nearly 59,000 people as of the 2020 census.
The result, local and state officials say: A housing crisis, overtaxed health care system and concerns about driver safety that only increased after a Haitian immigrant caused a school bus crash that killed an 11-year-old on board. DeWine said the state will commit at least $2.5 million to expand primary care access and send state troopers to Clark County to help local police monitor the roads.
DeWine, who founded a school in Haiti with his wife, said Springfield's Haitians came from a country with poor health care and limited access to cars, meaning they aren't experienced drivers. The initiatives announced Tuesday are on top of work already in progress to boost driver education and English language services in the area.
“The Haitians who are here are hardworking people,” DeWine said. “They have families, and they care about their families and they care about their children. “They came to Springfield, Ohio, for work, and many, many, many of them are filling positions in Springfield.”
The Haitians arrived in the U.S. legally through the TPS program that helps migrants flee violence in certain countries.
READ NEXT: Marine Veteran Self-Publishes J6 Story – Feds Hit Back With Harsh Reality
I assume the troops will round up the citizens of Springfield who are causing all this bad publicity for the town and ship them to the American Gulag! Shame on those people for highlighting the eating habits of Haitian people! If they want to eat dogs and cats, we have no right to look down upon them! (Then when the citizens are shipped off, the Haitians can move into their homes and squat in them.)
Biden/Obama was just supplying new voters for the crime cabal called Democrat party.
Are you providing them with goose and cat recipes as well?