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Ohio governor to answer Haitian migrant surge with additional law enforcement, $2.5M health spending
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced he’ll be funneling resources to help ease the influx of some 20,000 Haitian migrants that have arrived in the city of Springfield legally under the Biden-Harris administration in the last several years.
“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 Tuesday before the presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The city only had 59,000 residents as of the 2020 census count, and city officials have pointed to the migrant surge as the reason for a housing crisis and unsafe roads after a Haitian immigrant ran into a school bus, killing an 11-year-old child.
OHIO RESIDENTS IN SMALL TOWN ERUPT OVER HAVOC CAUSED BY MASSIVE INFLUX OF 20,000 OF HAITIANS
Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during a news conference, Dec. 29, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Haitians arrived under a Biden-Harris administration program that helps certain migrants flee their violent, unstable countries. Despite the problems the program has brought to the community, causing local residents to speak out against it, DeWine supports it.
“I want to be very clear, totally very clear, I’m not against this program,” DeWine – whose family runs a charity in Haiti – said. “I’m not against this program.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost also directed his office this week to investigate legal routes that could put a stop to the federal government “from sending an unlimited number of migrants to Ohio communities.”
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A man testifying at a Springfield, Ohio city commission meeting. (Springfield, Ohio city commission video feed/Fox News Digital)
“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?
“There’s got to be a limiting principle. We’re going to find a way to get this disaster in front of a federal judge,” Yost said.
He added that it’s not the migrants themselves that are the issue, but the sheer number of them “in a short period of time.”
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Woman speaks at a Springfield, Ohio, city commission meeting. (Springfield, Ohio city commission video feed/Fox News Digital)
DeWine promised a total of $2.5 million over the course of two years for the county health department and other health care centers that have been overwhelmed by the immigrant uptick as well as more resources for law enforcement.
Springfield has become the center of the contentious 2024 presidential battle for the White House, as Trump brought up resident reports that Haitian migrants are abducting residents’ pets and stealing geese out of lakes. City officials have denied the reports.
The immigrants have also drawn the ire of local residents, who have been urging city officials to take action.
“I see what’s going on in the streets. And I see you guys sitting up there and, comfy chairs and suits… I really challenge you guys to get out here and do something,” said Anthony Harris, 28, during a recent city council meeting. “These Haitians are running into trash cans. They’re running into buildings. They’re flipping cars in the middle of the street, and I don’t know how like, y’all can be comfortable with this.”
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – The Wisconsin Childcare Summit at the Resch Expo wrapped up Wednesday.
It served as a chance for business leaders to learn about the childcare crisis in America and understand its effects on employees, retaining them, and even attracting new ones.
Discussions about future economic strategies also took place, to help make the workplace a better place for everyone.
“They’re getting educated on what’s happening, why this is an issue, and it’s pretty irrefutable and people are getting excited about the next conversation. We have the data, now what?” SAID Christine Gunderson, Director of Talent Retention, Greater Chamber of Green Bay.
Joseph Fuller served as the keynote speaker. He’s a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and the co-director of the school’s Managing the Future Of Work Project.
American Family Insurance, the Greater Green Bay Chamber, and several other groups helped put the Wednesday summit together. They hope to have more soon.
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MILWAUKEE – Nearly $29 million in federal funds are headed to Milwaukee County for road repairs and new buses, County Executive David Crowley announced Tuesday.
“Enhancing roadway safety and investing in public transit assets for all who use them are important in supporting the health, well-being, and economic vitality of Milwaukee County,” Crowley said in a statement.
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Almost $22 million will go toward redesigning and rebuilding segments of county-owned highways and bridges, according to the county executive’s office. Projects will focus on redesigning them as safer streets and, wherever feasible, “complete streets.”
Milwaukee County notes “corridors of concern” in its community transportation planning project, where fatal and serious injury crashes and acts of reckless driving occur regularly. It includes stretches of 76th Street, Silver Spring Drive and Layton Avenue that are now slated for full redesigns using federal funds.
Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee County Transit System will also receive more than $7 million to replace 13 buses, the county executive’s office said. MCTS has a current fleet of more than 300 buses that have an average lifespan of approximately 12 years or 500,000 miles.
“For Milwaukee County to have a modern and robust transportation network, we continually seek to provide infrastructure that also ensures the safety and well-being of the traveling public,” Donna Brown-Martin, Milwaukee County director of transportation, said in a statement. “Similarly, new buses for the MCTS fleet will support connectivity by moving more people timely and efficiently, while also reducing operational and maintenance costs through the replacement of vehicles past useful life standards.”
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The county said federal funds will also go toward street safety improvements in Greendale, Shorewood, South Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and West Allis. The county will also partner with the city of Milwaukee to address a segment of the 35th Street corridor.
A project-by-project breakdown of the federal funding can be found on the county’s website. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation awarded the money, received from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, through its Surface Transportation Program.
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