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

Source: The Hill

06/26/26 3:25 PM ET


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 more than 10,000 Haitians residing in Ohio under the temporary protected status (TPS) program could soon be eligible for “immediate deportation” as a result of the ruling.

The TPS 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 the TPS list based on concerns over ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters, an epidemic or “other extraordinary circumstances,” according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5943042-ohio-gov-dewine-opposes-tps-ruling/