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The Haitians Who Saved Springfield, Ohio Are About to Lose Everything. And So Will Springfield.
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26:26Now PlayingThe Haitians Who Saved Springfield, Ohio Are About to Lose Everything. The Republicans Invited The Haitian Community to Springfield and now They Are Deporting Them
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The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants, and Hawk does not want it to get lost in the news cycle. Roughly 1.3 million legal immigrants are affected, with driver's licenses and work permits expiring, which forces employers to choose between firing longtime workers and violating federal law.
Hawk focuses on Springfield, Ohio, where he grew up nearby, using two newsletters by Jim Swift at the Bulwark. Haitians came to Springfield at the request of the Republican governor and mayor to fill unfilled manufacturing jobs and reverse decades of population decline. They filled factories, opened businesses, started churches, and stabilized the city, until Donald Trump and JD Vance spread the fabricated story about immigrants eating pets, after which Pastor Carl Ruby says business relocation inquiries stopped entirely.
The numbers and the human cost both land hard. Ohio's Haitian population produces an estimated $160 million in annual economic output and nearly $40 million in taxes. Governor Mike DeWine says the state will not interfere. Hawk covers the asylum backlog, the Kavanaugh stops concurrence, Sherrod Brown's push for an extension, and what returning to Haiti actually means.
#Springfield #Haiti #TPS #SupremeCourt #JimSwift #TheBulwark #CarlRuby #MikeDeWine #JDVance #DonaldTrump #SherrodBrown #StephenMiller #BrettKavanaugh #Ohio #Immigration #ICE #Deportation #Asylum #Politics #Hawk
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