According to news reports‚ the Biden administration is considering housing Haitian migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay‚ Cuba. The base–which is best known for housing al Qaeda terrorists including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed‚ the mastermind of 9/11–has been used as a migrant detention facility several times in the past. As a policy matter‚ there are suboptimal options‚ bad options‚ and terrible options. But given the Biden administration’s blatant abuse of mass parole for Haitian migrants in the last three years‚ it would be imprudent to import Haitians to the 45-mile square Navy base in southern Cuba as there is a strong likelihood that many‚ if not most‚ would end up in the United States. A Terrible Situation–Again We are not insensitive to the plight of innocent women‚ children‚ and men in Haiti‚ who have suffered under corrupt and incompetent government leadership. Through no fault of their own‚ they live in a country where political incompetence‚ unrest‚ and violence are the norm‚ and that has been the case for decades. In the 20th century alone‚ there have been at least five political coups in Haiti. But the way our country has responded in the past to mercurial flows of Haitians off the island directly affects the volume of Haitians who attempt to flee the island for the United States. We have a long and complicated history of responding to Haitians attempting to come to the United States. President Joe Biden and Congress need to remember that history and should take no action that encourages more Haitians to come to America. History Repeats Itself Cuban President Fidel Castro announced in 1980 that he would allow any Cuban who wanted to leave Cuba to do so‚ reversing his previous prohibition on leaving the communist dictatorship. As a result of Castro’s edict‚ over 1‚700 boats laden with people departed from the Cuban port of Mariel and headed north to Florida. Some 125‚000 Cubans‚ and approximately 25‚000 Haitians entered the United States during the so-called Mariel boatlift. On June 20‚ President Jimmy Carter declared a state of emergency and established the Cuban-Haitian Entrant Program‚ or CHEP. As the Supreme Court recounted in Sale v. Haitian Centers Council‚ Inc.‚ “On September 23‚ 1981‚ the United States and the Republic of Haiti entered into an agreement authorizing the United States Coast Guard to intercept vessels engaged in the illegal transportation of undocumented aliens to our shores.” In 1981‚ President Ronald Reagan issued Presidential Proclamation 4865. This was directed at the “ongoing migration of persons to the United States in violation of our laws” which he called “a serious national problem detrimental to the interests of the United States.” Those arrivals‚ Reagan’s proclamation read‚ had “severely strained the law enforcement resources of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and have threatened the welfare and safety of communities in that region.” As a result‚ Reagan signed Executive Order 12324‚ ordering the suspension of migrants coming to the United States by sea. He also ordered the U.S. Coast Guard to enforce the suspension by interdicting any vessel in international waters carrying migrants and returning the vessel and its occupants “to the country from which it came.” According to a 2011 Congressional Research Service report‚ the Reagan administration established an agreement with Haiti to interdict (i.e.‚ intercept and search) suspected Haitian vessels that departed from Haiti and were bound for the United States. Most Haitians fleeing the country were considered economic migrants. From 1981 through 1990‚ according to the Congressional Research Service‚ “22‚940 Haitians were interdicted at sea. Of this number … 11 Haitians qualified for asylum in the United States.” A coup deposed Haiti’s first democratically elected leader in September of 1991. U.S. officials debated whether Haitians should be forced to return to their country. The Coast Guard suspended repatriations for a period of several weeks. President George H.W. Bush worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to persuade countries in the region to take a few hundred Haitians scooped up by the Coast Guard. As described in the Sale Supreme Court case‚ “during the six months after October 1991‚ the Coast Guard interdicted over 34‚000 Haitians.” The Department of Defense set up temporary processing and screening facilities at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay‚ which only had a capacity of approximately 12‚500 persons.  The migrant flows from the island continued. In the first three weeks in May 1992 alone‚ the Coast Guard intercepted 127 rickety vessels carrying 10‚497 illegal aliens‚ causing the Navy to determine that it could no longer accept aliens at Guantanamo.  This left the United States between a rock and a hard place. Bush had to choose between “allowing Haitians into the United States for the screening process or repatriating them without giving them any opportunity to establish their qualifications as refugees.” Bush chose the second option and issued Executive Order 12807‚ which revoked Reagan’s executive order and replaced it with a similar order suspending the entry of illegal aliens coming by sea and repatriating those interdicted beyond the territorial sea of the United States. Upon taking office‚ President Bill Clinton did not modify Bush’s executive order. The Supreme Court held in the Sale decision that neither Section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 nor Article 33 of the United Nations Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees applied to actions taken by the U.S. Coast Guard in international waters. The holding in Sale has not been overruled‚ which means that Biden could‚ with the stroke of a pen‚ order the U.S. Coast Guard to interdict vessels filled with Haitians outside the territorial waters of the United States (12 nautical miles) and return them to Haiti or other countries in the region willing to accept them. Abuse of Mass Parole The United States has been more than generous in its approach to Haitians fleeing their home country. In the past few years alone‚ the Biden administration has adopted policies that have made it significantly easier for thousands of Haitians to enter America and remain here. In 2022‚ the Biden administration resumed the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program‚ which was first established in 2014. This program allows “eligible U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to apply for parole for their family members in Haiti.” Further‚ it “enables family members who are approved for parole to come to the United States before their immigrant visa priority dates become current.”   Additionally‚ Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas extended and redesignated Temporary Protection Status for Haiti‚ allowing current recipients to continue receiving its benefits through Aug. 3 upon re-registering. The redesignation allows Haitian nationals “who have been residing in the United States since Nov. 2‚ 2022‚ to apply for [Temporary Protection Status] for the first time.” As of March 2023‚ over 116‚500 Haitian natives are covered by Temporary Protected Status‚ allowing them to work in the United States without fear of deportation. Furthermore‚ on May 17 the Biden administration updated its review process for managing Haitian‚ Cuban‚ Nicaraguan‚ and Venezuelan arrivals‚ stating that “The U.S. government may grant advance travel authorization to up to 30‚000 noncitizens each month to seek parole ….” Under this program‚ 85‚300 Haitians were granted parole in the United States from January to September of 2023. Now the Biden administration is proposing a “solution” for Haitian migrants which could have significant repercussions–housing them at Guantanamo Bay. At best‚ this is a careless proposal given the extremely permissive policies that the Biden administration has already adopted towards Haitian nationals. Instead‚ Biden should‚ like his predecessors‚ order the U.S. Coast Guard to interdict Haitians in international waters and forcibly repatriate them to Haiti. This is the least terrible option given the choices at hand. The post A Haitian Immigration Chaos History Lesson for President Biden appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Our nation’s Declaration of Independence begins with the famous statement that “all men … are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” But according to the latest Gallup World Happiness Report‚ Americans’ success in the “pursuit of happiness” is diminishing. For the first time since the annual report was first compiled in 2012‚ the United States is not among the top 20 happiest countries in the world. In this latest 2024 report‚ the United States ranks 23 in the world‚ down from No. 15 in 2023. A large factor influencing the drop in happiness in the United States is particularly bad results among young Americans. For those age 30 and below‚ the United States ranks 62 in the world. This compared to those age 60 and above‚ for whom the United States ranks No. 10. What’s going on with our youth? A recent Wall Street Journal article about so-called Gen Z‚ those born between 1997 and 2012‚ identifies members of Gen Z who are 18 and up as “America’s Most Disillusioned Voters.” The headline continues‚ “Young adults are now more skeptical of government and pessimistic about the future than any other living generation before them.” Per Wall Street Journal polling reported in the article‚ “More than three-quarters of voters under 30 think the country is moving in the wrong direction—a greater share than any other age group. Nearly one-third of voters under 30 have an unfavorable view of both [Joe] Biden and [Donald] Trump‚ a higher number than all older voters. Sixty-three percent of young voters think neither party adequately represents them.” In the 18-25 age group‚ 28% say they have “hardly any confidence” in the Supreme Court‚ 34% in Congress‚ 37% in the executive branch‚ and 52% in the press. A young USA Today columnist named Sara Pequeno shared her views about what’s going on and why. The explanations she ticks off are a generation coming of age during the COVID-19 pandemic‚ an explosion of the worst inflation in years‚ and‚ she adds‚ the impact of the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade‚ which she calls “the loss of a right that our parents had—the right to an abortion nationwide.” She sites Gallup showing that 89% of those 18-29 years old support legal abortion under any or certain circumstances. We’re talking here about our nation’s future‚ and this dismal picture should trouble us all. Let me suggest a different perspective on this problem. This youngest generation is also coming of age during a time of unprecedented expansion of government‚ meaning an unprecedented incursion into the individual freedom of every American. The federal government is now taking one-quarter of the American economy. Federal debt‚ equal to our entire gross domestic product‚ is projected by the Congressional Budget Office to keep growing. This is all on the shoulders of these young Americans. Regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic‚ a new study published by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity‚ authored by scholars from the Hoover Institution‚ Johns Hopkins University‚ the University of Chicago‚ and the Committee to Unleash Prosperity‚ shows the costs of the shutdowns in the way of added deaths‚ massive economic costs‚ and damage caused by school shutdowns overwhelm any benefits that were gained. Regarding abortion‚ we must note that these young Americans are growing up in an environment of the collapse of the American family‚ traditional marriage‚ and birth rates. Let’s be aware‚ as we enter the season of Easter for Christians and Passover for Jews‚ that the growth of government tracks the diminishing of faith. To go back to the Declaration of Independence‚ the rights the Founders noted were sourced in our Creator. The Founders who signed the declaration did so “with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence.” This was meant to be a free nation under God. As we destroy these conditions‚ we are losing our young people. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. The post Recapturing Our Lost and Disillusioned Youth appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Women’s health is actually being prioritized and it pisses off the leftist media. A battle has broken out between TikTok and women who warn about the dangers of birth control pills. A group called “28‚” that focuses on providing nutrition‚ tips‚ and advice for women and girls who get their period‚ released a detox vitamin regime to make it easier to wean yourself off of hormonal birth control. TikTok removed the group's advertisement for the detox regiment as well as numerous other videos warning about negative effects of the birth control pill.  Now‚ I cannot speak for every woman who is on or has been on the hormonal birth control pill‚ but I can speak to the fact that anything that you put in your body with chemicals to stop‚ change or alter your normal bodily functions has the potential to cause negative effects. Anyone with a brain should be able to realize that. The hormonal birth control pill‚ which can be prescribed or ordered online‚ is a concoction of drugs that a menstruating woman takes daily to prevent pregnancy. It works by stopping ovulation‚ a regular‚ monthly occurrence. If you don’t ovulate (release an egg)‚ even if you have unprotected sex‚ you won’t get pregnant. The pill also thickens the mucus on the cervix‚ which makes it harder for sperm to swim up to an egg for implantation. Planned Parenthood calls it a “sticky security guard.” Though the pill is most commonly used to prevent pregnancy‚ it has also been used by women for acne prevention as well as to help with irregularly painful periods. While it seems simple‚ the pill is chock full of hormones which have various negative effects. Birth control pills can: cause severe hormonal imbalances‚ cause women to lose their sex drives‚ become depressed‚ have a different attraction for men (example: many women on the pill are attracted to less masculine men)‚ gain a significant amount of weight‚ cause liver disorders‚ heart attack‚ stroke‚ fertility and many more issues. All that and they aren’t even 100% effective for preventing pregnancy.  These risks were noticed by 28‚ hence their “Toxic Breakup: Birth Control Detox” product.  The supplement is an all natural product that aims to detoxify‚ replenish and balance and is sold on the 28 website. Using all natural ingredients‚ the detox is a way to break up with the "toxicity" of the birth control pill. When it was released on March 23‚ 28 posted a video ad on its TikTok account. Shortly after‚ TikTok removed the video “after they guaranteed its approval ahead of launch and even committed to boosting it across the app‚” 28 founder Brittany Martinez tweeted. As of Wednesday‚ the video has not been reinstated on TikTok. Similarly‚ users‚ like Daily Wire’s Brett Cooper‚ had videos about the dangers of the hormonal birth control pill removed for “misinformation.” While this is a blatant breach of free speech‚ The Washington Post (WaPo) was thrilled that TikTok is helping to keep women in the dark about these dangers. On March 21‚ the liberal outlet released a piece titled “Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion.” Here’s how it began: Search for “birth control” on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Youngwomen blaming their weight gain on the pill. Right-wing commentators claiming that some birth control can lead to infertility. Testimonials complaining of depression and anxiety. Hate to break it to you WaPo‚ but none of those videos are misleading. Nonetheless‚ the outlet boasted about its role in getting Cooper’s video removed.  “Brett Cooper‚ a media commentator for the conservative Daily Wire‚ argued in a viral TikTok clip that birth control can impact fertility‚ cause women to gain weight and even alter whom they are attracted to. It racked up over 219‚000 ‘likes’ before TikTok removed it following The Post’s inquiry‚” the article insisted.  WaPo also insisted that 28‚ along with influencers online telling women about these harms‚ help "drive potential legislation limiting access to hormonal birth control‚" later linking them with "antiabortion activists." Now why might WaPo and the left be pissed that women are waking up to the reality of the situation - that these pills are not the saviors like we were once told? Well‚ it could be a number of things. Primarily‚ I'd bet it's the left’s odd desire to have extreme control over people. Think about it‚ women needing to detox from a drug may make them stay on it longer to avoid having to wean themselves off. That brings in more money for big pharma. Similarly‚ when women are on “the pill‚” they could become more depressed‚ then boom‚ more money for anti-depressants and therapies. Women may fall in love with less masculine men‚ which makes society weaker. Women may not be able to get pregnant on their own as a result of the drug‚ so...more money goes to IVF.  Funnily enough‚ even though WaPo blatantly advocated for censorship of videos and content that exposes the risks of the birth control pill‚ the author insisted that there’s a worry that women are “facing a lack of accurate information — and choices.” It’s important that women know the risks of these drugs before taking them. Menstruating women and girls should have the opportunity to know any pros and cons surrounding the drug‚ and censoring women's experiences from the pills are no way to help provide that abundance of information. This isn't a "conservative" issue. This is a human issue and should be treated as one. Not only is free speech under attack‚ but the actual health of women is as well. That’s two things the left cares nothing about apparently.

This year Easter falls on one of the left’s favorite made up holidays: Transgender Visibility Day. Last week‚ the board of supervisors in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia decided to prioritize transgender people over the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ that’s celebrated annually. Washington Examiner summarized the move by saying that members are “sending a message to Christians that they do not matter as they turn one of their holiest days into a celebration of an ideology that undermines the church’s core convictions.” Chairman Jeff McKay announced the following after the board unanimously decided to hijack Easter and instead celebrate yet another made up holiday for people who have a delusional sense of identity: “As an elected official‚ it should be our moral responsibility to stand up for all people that we represent‚ not just the people we like or the people we agree with.” So you mean to tell me that you'll stand up for people who are living a lie but not stand up for who created you? Really? The Washington Examiner brought up a great point when it insisted that the Fairfax area could have chosen literally any other day to honor the transgender folk‚ especially considering the area is overtly progressive and accepting of the alphabet mafia.  The Washington Examiner article read: The transgender activist community does not have a visibility problem in northern Virginia. But it does appear to have a narcissism problem. Fairfax County School Board‚ for example‚ has designated June as LGBT Pride Month and October as LGBT History Month. The community gets two full months of celebration in our district’s schools. Apparently‚ that just wasn’t enough. In response to the move‚ users online were livid with the mockery of the Christian holiday. “This is appalling‚” Telegraph contributor Nile Gardiner said on X‚ “Fairfax County’s board of supervisors mocks Christians by designating Easter as Transgender Visibility Day.”  A different user wrote‚ “I thank God that I don't live in Fairfax County‚ Virginia.  A Board of Supervisors who would do what they did should all be removed” while another called the move “shameful and offensive.” They’re totally right. Easter is a holiday for Christians to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and choosing to “honor” people who live a lie by telling them that they’re greater or should be prioritized over the Savior‚ is a perfect example of the moral decline that our nation is up against.

Journalist and media personality Glenn Greenwald did not hold back his criticism of tech journalist and author Kara Swisher when he described her as a “gigantic fraud.” Greenwald ripped Swisher for her seemingly cozy relationship with Silicon Valley insiders during a segment of his show SYSTEM UPDATE on March 25. “The leading cheerleaders for Kara Swisher generally‚ and for her new book in particular‚ are and always have been the very leaders of the industry she claims to subject to such harsh and unrelenting and critical journalistic scrutiny‚” Greenwald said‚ describing the friendly relationship between Swisher and Silicon Valley.    Greenwald pointed to a recent interview Swisher did with Silicon Valley tycoon Sam Altman‚ the founder and CEO of ChatGPT and a major figure in the world of Artificial Intelligence. As Greenwald noted the interview appeared to be anything but adversarial. “He is exactly the kind of powerbroker that Kara Swisher goes around presenting herself as putting such fear into the hearts of these people because she is so tough‚” Greenwald said of Altman. “And yet‚ here she is. The two of them are sitting together promoting her book‚ they’re giggling together‚ they’re smiling together.” Greenwald highlighted that real‚ honest journalists do not usually enjoy this kind of cozy relationship with the people they cover. He contrasted Swisher with another very prominent reporter‚ Seymour Hersch‚ known for exposing the My Lai massacre and for contradicting the U.S. intelligence narrative regarding the demolition of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Greenwald pointed out that the CIA would never dream of promoting Hersch’s book because he actually does his job.  “Obviously‚ this would never happen‚” Greenwald said. “The reason being is that Seymour Hersch has actually spent his life being a scourge for the CIA exposing their crimes‚ debunking their lies‚ exposing the secrets that they want hidden.”  Greenwald also pointed out that Swisher was praised by another major Silicon Valley figurehead‚ Laurene Powell Jobs‚ the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs and owner of The Atlantic magazine.  “Laurene Powell Jobs just kept saying what a wonderful person Kara Swisher is [and] how great her book is‚” Greenwald said‚ referring to an interview between Swisher and Jobs.  [O]bviously‚ Laurene Powell Jobs’ billions rests in Silicon Valley‚ her husband is a major part of this book‚ Kara Swisher heaps all kinds of praise on Apple‚ on whose wealth Laurene Powell Jobs’ ultimately depends.” Greenwald continued‚ outlining just how bad this looks for Swisher as she markets herself as a fierce journalist. “This sounds and looks a lot more to me like an industry propaganda and spokesperson than it does an aggressive‚ scary thorn in the side of their power‚” he said. Swisher is also blindsided by political bias‚ Greenwald critiqued. “The only people she is willing to criticize are people who she perceives as being [an] adversary to her liberal ideology‚” he said‚ noting that Twitter owner Elon Musk is the perfect example of this. He added that Swisher “used to heap immense amount of sycophantic praise” on Musk “until he bought Twitter‚ turned it into X‚ ceased censoring‚ began promoting an ideology she disagrees with.”  Greenwald reiterated that who Swisher chooses to criticize is highly indicative of how well she does her job. “She’s just a liberal operative‚ and so of course‚ the liberal operatives inside of Silicon Valley love her.”  Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency‚ clarity on so-called hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us at the Media Research Center contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.