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TPS Is Over, It’s Time to Go Home

Springfield, Ohio, and its Haitian population have been in the news all year as the fate of individuals granted Temporary Protected Status hung in the balance.

A ruling last month from the U.S. Supreme Court, however, allowed the Trump administration to end the status, which came to an end on Monday.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine offered his response to the policy shift during an interview with CBS News. 

“Haiti is hell today, so you’d be sending people literally back to hell,” he told Camilo Montoya-Galvez, the news outlet’s immigration correspondent.

The governor pointed out that the U.S. government has said not to travel to Haiti or fly into its capital city, Port-au-Prince, due to gangs, shootings, and “dysfunctional” government and police.

DeWine said that “very few of these Haitians will voluntarily go back to Haiti” and instead will go elsewhere to work and support their families.

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In answering a question as to whether those sent back to Haiti will face violence or even be killed, DeWine again argued that few people will return there.

“All the Haitians who I have talked to, and when I’ve heard all the other things that they have said, no one is going to go back to Haiti. If they have any choice, they’re going to go somewhere else,” he said.

“Once the TPS is removed, they can’t work. These are people who want to work, who have to work to........

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