Ohio GOP Gov DeWine sending $2.5M, law enforcement to Springfield amid surge of Haitian migrants

Mike DeWine, the GOP governor of Ohio, is sending law enforcement and about $2.5 million in health funding to assist the city of Springfield with the influx of temporary Haitian migrants.

According to local news reports, 15,000 Haitians have arrived in the city of roughly 59,000 people since 2020.

DeWine made the announcement prior to the presidential debate on Tuesday night, which focused heavily on immigration and border policies.

DeWine called on the federal government to do more to support the Clark County Health Department in handling the influx.

"As these numbers dramatically pick up, there’s some obligation for the federal government to help local communities who had nothing to do with the decision about people coming in, but now find themselves with a massive number of people," DeWine said.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is looking into how to stop the Biden-Harris administration from sending large groups of migrants to local communities in the state. 

“This is absurd – Springfield has swollen by more than a third due to migrants,” Yost said in a statement. “How many people can they be expected to take? What are the limits to the federal government’s power? Could the federal government simply funnel into Ohio all the millions of migrants flooding in under the current administration’s watch?”