Biden DHS' flight scheme landed over 160,000 'inadmissible aliens' in Florida inside an 8-month window



The Biden administration is quietly loading Florida up with foreign nationals who have no business being in the country by way of the Department of Homeland Security's controversial Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) mass-parole program.

This apparent illegal-immigration workaround, which Republicans have called "unlawful," could prove impactful for the Sunshine State as well as for the rest of the country. After all, the DHS' imports are likely to put additional stress on citizen resources in Florida, such as hospitals, which a recent report indicates were put out $566 million last year on account of illegal aliens.

Background

The Biden DHS launched the CHNV parole program in late 2022 in an apparent effort to both spare prospective illegal aliens from having to jump the border and to lower the Biden administration's egregious border-jumper statistics.

The DHS announced in January 2023 that prospective CHNV migrants "who have a supporter in the United States, undergo and clear robust security vetting, and meet other eligibility criteria" can apply for advance authorization to fly to an interior port of entry in the United States.The program grants up to a two-year parole for up to 30,000 CHNV nationals per month.

A U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas noted in March that by June 2023, the DHS had approved 97.5% of the applications for CHNV nationals.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicated that as of March, "404,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans arrived lawfully on commercial flights and were granted parole under these processes. Specifically, 86,000 Cubans, 168,000 Haitians, 77,000 Nicaraguans, 102,000 Venezuelans were vetted and authorized for travel; and 84,000 Cubans, 154,000 Haitians, 69,000 Nicaraguans, and 95,000 Venezuelans arrived lawfully and were granted parole."

Upon the implementation of the program, 21 states filed suit, claiming that the program exceeds the authority of the DHS and its secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas; failed to include a notice and comment period; and is arbitrary and capricious.

The states' complaint suggested the DHS has "effectively created a new visa program — without the formalities of legislation from Congress."

"The parole program established by the Department fails each of the law's three limiting factors. It is not case-by-case, is not for urgent humanitarian reasons, and advances no significant public benefit," continued the complaint. "The Department does not have the authority to invite more than a third of a million more illegal aliens into the United States annually as it has announced with this program."

Texas also argued that the CHNV program was also harmful because migrants approved under the scheme qualify for state services such as health care and public education, reported the Texas Tribune.

U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton ruled in favor of the Biden administration on March 8, enabling the scheme to keep going.

Damning figures

On Tuesday, House Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee revealed some troubling details about the Biden Department of Homeland Security's CHNV scheme.

According to the internal data the committee obtained via subpoena, 1.6 million inadmissible aliens were awaiting travel authorizations through the CHNV program as of October 2023. If accepted by the DHS, as most are, then they would join more than 400,000 others, including the roughly 200,000 migrants flown into the U.S. then processed by the DHS under the program between January and August — the bulk of whom ended up in Florida.

The committee indicated during that 8-month window, 91,821 migrants flew into Miami, Florida; 60,461 flew into Ft. Lauderdale; 6,043 flew into Orlando; and 3,237 flew into Tampa under the program.

The top 15 airport locations used for the CHNV program also included New York City, which received 14,827 between January and August 2023; Houston, 7,923; Los Angeles, 3,237; Dallas, 2,256; San Francisco, 2,052; Atlanta, 1,796; and Washington, D.C., which received 1,472.

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The internal DHS documents apparently indicate that none of the migrants have a legal basis to enter the U.S., explicitly stating, "All individuals paroled into the United States are, by definition, inadmissible, including those paroled under the CHNV Processes."

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chairman of the committee, said in a statement, "These documents expose the egregious lengths Secretary Mayorkas will go to ensure inadmissible aliens reach every corner of the country, from Orlando and Atlanta to Las Vegas and San Francisco. Secretary Mayorkas' CHNV parole program is an unlawful sleight of hand used to hide the worsening border crisis from the American people."

"Implementing a program that allows otherwise inadmissible aliens to fly directly into the U.S. — not for significant public benefit or urgent humanitarian reasons as the Immigration and Nationality Act mandates — has been proven an impeachable offense," added Green.

Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), told Fox News in a statement, "Biden's parole program is unlawful, and constitutes an abuse of constitutional authority. Florida is currently suing Biden to shut it down, and we believe that we will prevail."

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EEOC commissioner humiliates Mark Cuban over his failure to comprehend the Civil Rights Act: 'Dead wrong'



Race-obsessive billionaire Mark Cuban continues to publicly defend the organizational discrimination scheme known as DEI — a numbers game in which human beings' immutable characteristics and sexual preferences are factored into hiring and advancement decisions.

In his continued attack Sunday on color-blind meritocracy and what he previously termed "DEI-Phobi[a]," Cuban outed himself for apparently engaging in discriminatory practices. Although he may not have seen it that way, a commissioner from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission intervened to inform him the matter was clean-cut — and he was on the wrong side of it.

Cuban was arguing on X with the Rabbit Hole, a user who has previously hammered the billionaire for his "DEI Denialism."

In a Substack piece earlier this month, the Rabbit Hole discussed the mental gymnastics Cuban and other corporate bigwigs perform in their efforts to defend DEI. The critic suggested their routine comes down to a lack of familiarity with the issue, an inability to digest arguments, and apathy in the face of facts.

Cuban afforded the Rabbit Hole an opportunity to test this theory, engaging the critic in a debate Sunday on the question: "Should candidate selection, at any level, consider non-merit based criteria like race and sex?"

The debate began when Cuban shared a link on X to an NBC News article entitled, "How right-wing influencers turned airplanes and airports into culture war battlegrounds."

The Rabbit Hole wrote in reply, "When shown proof of how DEI discriminates, you wrote it off by stating private entities can do whatever they want. Since then the goalposts have repeatedly been shifted. Given the weak nature of your defenses of DEI, I suspect there is no real rebuttal to the criticisms myself and others have raised."

Cuban jumped into the fray, pushing back against the notion that "seeking out members of a certain demographic to fill [a] role" was reprehensible.

"You are a CEO of a successful company that has 30 employees that are all black women, and you think a different perspective will help you grow the firm," wrote Cuban. "So you decide you want to hire a white man? You would be against that right?"

The Rabbit Hole held firm and answered in the affirmative, stressing, "I believe in a colorblind meritocracy; this means I am against forms of hiring which undercut merit including forms of hiring which cut out merited individuals over their group association(s)."

Turning the tables, the Rabbit Hole asked the billionaire whether he has "hired people on the basis of demographics on the belief that doing so better positioned your companies to succeed?"

Cuban claimed that while he has "never hired anyone based exclusively on race, gender, religion," "race and gender can be part of the equation" if that would put his business in the best position to succeed.

In response to Cuban's damning answer and apparent admission of a race-factored hiring approach, the Rabbit Hole responded, "Thank you for your transparency."

@mcuban \u201cAnd yes, race and gender can be part of the equation.\u201d\n\nThank you for your transparency.\n\nTitle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.
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EEOC Commissioner Andrea L. Lucas ultimately weighed in, lending her expert insight on discrimination law and humiliating Cuban in front of millions of users.

"EEOC Commissioner here. Unfortunately you're dead wrong on black-letter Title VII law," wrote Lucas. "As a general rule, race/sex can't even be a 'motivating factor' — nor a plus factor, tie-breaker, or tipping point. It's important employers understand the ground rules here."

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 notes that "an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a motivating factor for any employment practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice."

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Lucas provided Cuban with a link to "further information about the relevant legal standards, and corresponding potential risks" pertaining to DEI practices should he "need a primer on the law."

Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt subsequently told Cuban, "Call your lawyer."

America First Legal noted, "This is the beauty of @X --here you have [Mark Cuban] openly admitting to violating black-letter employment law, and getting admonished/corrected in real-time by an EEOC Commissioner. ... For the entire world to see."

Cuban doubled down on his remarks Monday, stating, "Race is part of the equation never the deciding factor. As is diversity of background."

@FutureConfirmed Race is part of the equation never the deciding factor. As is diversity of background
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An explosion at a popular Cuban hotel kills dozens and leaves even more injured



A desperate search for survivors is still ongoing after a gas leak caused an explosion obliterating large portions of the popular Hotel Saratoga in Havana. The blast killed 22 people, and over 70 people have been hospitalized.

Prior to the explosion, guests reported hearing something that sounded “like a bomb” only moments before the eruption tore through the hotel that was built in the nineteenth century, the U.S. Sun reported.

It is believed that a gas tanker that was parked outside of the hotel ignited, subsequently exploding and destroying several floors of the building.

At the time of writing, 22 people have died, either in the explosion or due to injuries from the explosion, and 74 people have been hospitalized. Among the deceased were one pregnant woman and at least one child.

Children attending the school next to the hotel were quickly evacuated, and there were no reported injuries among its pupils.

Local reports claim that foreigners on vacation in Cuba are still trapped on the hotel's top floor as it continues to crumble.

After visiting the site, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel dismissed the possibility of it being an attack or bombing.

Diaz-Canel instead suggested that the explosion was caused by a gas leak, in accordance with the findings of initial investigations.

Footage taken by the Cuban residents in the area shows the wounded desperately seeking safety, and medical attention as reports confirm that many witnesses to the tragedy worked to save victims from under the ruble.

Local police and fire service members have begun searching for bodies and survivors within the ruins.

Adjacent buildings on the same block as the Hotel Saratoga were also ravaged by the explosion, which reportedly caused buildings on the surrounding streets to shake. Buses, cars, and other vehicles parked outside the hotel were destroyed in the blast.

Michael Figueroa, a Cuban photographer, said that he was “thrown to the ground” by the force of the explosion as he was walking down the street.

The hotel was scheduled for its post-COVID-19 pandemic reopening in four days. Now, it lies in ruins with much of its outer wall and facades being obliterated.

Marcelo Ebrard, the Foreign Minister of Mexico, said, “Our solidarity to the victims and those affected as well as the people of that dear fraternal nation.”

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