GOP governor of Ohio, home to 10K Haitians, calls TPS ruling ‘a mistake’

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) expressed concern about the implications of the Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling in Mullin v. Doe, which authorized the Trump administration’s efforts to strip certain humanitarian protections from Haitians and Syrians residing in the U.S.

“Today’s decision is a legal decision. As I have stated in the past, the policy to remove these individuals from this country is a mistake,” DeWine said in a statement. 

The governor said that over 10,000 Haitians currently residing in Ohio under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program could soon be eligible for “immediate deportation” as a result of this ruling. 

This program shields citizens from select countries from deportation and provides them with a pathway to work authorization. The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for adding nations to this list based on concerns over ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters, an epidemic or “other extraordinary circumstances,” according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS). 

While the high court’s decision specifically applies to citizens from Syria and Haiti, the ruling is likely to have implications for people from other TPS-protected nations. The Trump administration has threatened to strip TPS protection from 13 out of 17 countries on this........

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