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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on the Trump administration to reconsider stripping temporary protected status from Haitian migrants.

Some shit you should know before you dig in: The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 last week that the Trump administration can revoke TPS for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians, lifting lower-court orders that had temporarily blocked the move and clearing the way for deportations. TPS lets migrants whose home countries are considered too dangerous to return to live and work in the US legally, and Haitians have been eligible since a 2010 earthquake that killed up to 160,000 people. The program currently covers about 350,000 Haitians nationwide, with Ohio’s largest concentration in the Springfield area. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, found that the law behind TPS gives courts no power to review a decision to end it and rejected claims that the move was driven by racial hatred.

What’s going on now: During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Governor DeWine raised concerns about the impacts deporting Haitian migrants would have on his state, pointing to the essential jobs they fill across Ohio in manufacturing, food, and healthcare. He said he accepts the court’s ruling but wants the administration to separate the legal decision from the policy one.

“It’s Haitians who, many times, are taking care of your mom or your dad who has Alzheimer’s, taking care of family members who might be in a nursing home,” DeWine said. “And to say we’re going to pull all those out, it’s just not in our own self-interest.”

DeWine stressed that conditions in Haiti are anything but safe, citing State Department warnings and gangs that control much of the country and shoot at planes landing in Port-au-Prince. His plea was echoed by Rep. Mike Lawler, who pointed out that healthcare employs about a third of the country’s 350,000-plus Haitian TPS holders and warned that abruptly cutting off the program would “create a crisis” in hospitals and nursing homes.

Despite this, the administration is holding firm, with DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin defending the decision on the same program, arguing TPS was never meant to be permanent and that recipients had years to apply for visas or permanent residency.

He said Haitians who leave would each receive about $2,100 from the government to cover the trip back, and brushed off the State Department’s Level 4 “do not travel” warning, claiming it applies to American tourists rather than Haitians returning home.