Can Ohio learn from an immigration crackdown a century ago?

By: Rob Moore

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 593

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago


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This month, Ohio landed in international news. The Guardian reported on ICE’s new “Operation Buckeye,” an initiative to deport Somali residents of central Ohio and throughout the state.

While deportations represent the most visible and sometimes violent policy being enacted in the United States today, the largest impacts on immigration in today are coming from limiting immigration.

According to researchers at the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute, 100,000 more people …

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