FBI investigates wave of Ohio bomb threats

• Gov. Mike DeWine called the situation "a despicable act."

Catch up quick: Springfield has a sizable population of Haitian immigrants.

• Last week, officials were preparing for a surge of immigration enforcement as the Trump administration ended Haiti's Temporary Protected Status — but a last-minute ruling kept the status in place for now.
• The city also experienced threats in 2024, after President Trump spread baseless claims that Haitians were eating household pets.

Zoom in: The FBI is investigating all of Monday's threats, and it's not clear yet if the Columbus messages were related.

What they're saying: Threatening emails to Columbus City Schools did not mention "immigration in any form, nor Haitians," spokesperson Michael Brown tells Axios.