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Mike DeWine: “These people are here legally. They're here legally, and…”

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'Simply not true' that Haitian migrants are eating pets in Ohio_ Gov. DeWine

Published | Video Starts at 06:02

These are kind of basic things that we need to do. We need to focus on those and not these. This discussion about Haitians eating dogs is just not helpful. And again, These people are here legally. They're here legally, and they want to work, and they are, in fact, working. And when you talk to the employers, what the employers tell you is, you know, we don't know what we would do without them. (06:02–06:09)

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Reasserts that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are legally present and employed.

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