Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has faced a series of conflicts of interests on key issues in his state, including with the ongoing Haitian migrant crisis affecting Springfield.
DeWine recently pledged support to Springfield to assist with the influx in Haitian migrants, according to Spectrum News. Over a period of years, DeWine and his wife have developed extensive ties to a charity in Haiti.
The charity was established in honor of Becky DeWine, their daughter who died in a car accident. The DeWine Family Foundation Inc. gave a $400,000 grant to the group “Hands Together” to fund a school in Haiti, according to the foundation’s 990 form that was filed in 2023.
Hands Together established the Becky DeWine school and dedicated it to the governor’s late daughter in 1999, according to its website. DeWine’s family held fundraisers for years on behalf of the charity in Ohio.
Governor DeWine is intimately familiar with Haiti and the Haitian people having supported charitable work there for decades. pic.twitter.com/Qx1Dkc77um
— Milton Cromwell 🌲 (@DualMagneto) September 9, 2024
The governor recently expressed support for Temporary Protected Status, the program that allowed many Haitian migrants to enter the U.S.
“I want to be very clear, totally very clear, I’m not against this program,” the governor stated. “I’m not against this program.” He added that there needs to be a plan and Ohio requires assistance from the federal government.
Oh look, Mr. Covid vaccine and Mr. East Palestine chemical burner is now ignoring the cries for help from Ohio citizens and is pushing the Deep State open borders agenda
He is celebrating the massive surge of 20,000 Haitians into 1 small OH town
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is a RINO pic.twitter.com/6TYf2iowIF
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) September 15, 2024
His support for Haitian migrants has drawn criticism from some conservatives online.
This governor Mike Dewine says all those immigrants from Haiti are necessary for us to have “workers”.
He’s a Republican.
WTF is going on? pic.twitter.com/z0r2GGPa1t— AvaArmstrong,🇺🇸Author (@MsAvaArmstrong) September 12, 2024