Springfield was in the spotlight on the Sunday TV news shows this weekend. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance talked about the false rumors connected to the surging population of Haitians who have come to Ohio legally, and bomb threats and other safety concerns that have followed those unfounded claims.
On ABC’s This Week, DeWine was asked whether there was any truth to the false claims that Haitians are eating pets – comments that frustrated Springfield city officials said have smeared their city.
"No. Absolutely not. That's what the mayor said. That's what the chief of police has said," DeWine said. “There's a lot of garbage on the internet. And this is a piece of garbage that was simply not true. There's no evidence of this at all.”
Most of the Haitian immigrants are receiving temporary protected status from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to work legally in the United States, a status that has been extended through at least 2026. DeWine noted they moved to Springfield for manufacturing and other jobs, and the companies they work for have embraced them.
"What the employers tell you is, we don't know what we would do without them," DeWine said. "They are working very hard, and they're fitting in with our native people from Springfield who have been working in the shop or working in this manufacturing company for for a long, long time. So that's what we need to focus on."
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