Patrick Gaspard

And my father and hundreds of other Haitians intellectuals had to leave the country because their lives were at risk because they were fighting for democracy. I ended up teaching in the Congo. I was born in the Congo. We eventually immigrated to the U.S. I feel very strongly about that.

And my father and hundreds of other Haitians intellectuals had to leave the country because their lives were at risk because they were fighting for democracy. I ended up teaching in the Congo. I was born in the Congo. We eventually immigrated to the U.S. I feel very strongly about that.

This being a space that is inviting that America's prosperity grows because of that invitation to the most enterprising people on the planet, the hardest working people on the planet who come here to make a way when there is no way. And Republicans and Democrats alike have always leaned into that ethos and that story of America. So it is astonishing to see green card holders

This being a space that is inviting that America's prosperity grows because of that invitation to the most enterprising people on the planet, the hardest working people on the planet who come here to make a way when there is no way. And Republicans and Democrats alike have always leaned into that ethos and that story of America. So it is astonishing to see green card holders

This being a space that is inviting that America's prosperity grows because of that invitation to the most enterprising people on the planet, the hardest working people on the planet who come here to make a way when there is no way. And Republicans and Democrats alike have always leaned into that ethos and that story of America. So it is astonishing to see green card holders

who are coming back into the U.S. from work overseas and they're being strip searched at our airports. It's astonishing to see young people who dare to use their voices in the First Amendment spirit of the U.S. being stopped in the streets and, you know, taken into custody and deported as a consequence, even though they've broken no law in the nation. These are shocking things to see.

who are coming back into the U.S. from work overseas and they're being strip searched at our airports. It's astonishing to see young people who dare to use their voices in the First Amendment spirit of the U.S. being stopped in the streets and, you know, taken into custody and deported as a consequence, even though they've broken no law in the nation. These are shocking things to see.

who are coming back into the U.S. from work overseas and they're being strip searched at our airports. It's astonishing to see young people who dare to use their voices in the First Amendment spirit of the U.S. being stopped in the streets and, you know, taken into custody and deported as a consequence, even though they've broken no law in the nation. These are shocking things to see.

And even when Joe Rogan is coming out and saying, wait a second, there's something cruel and unusual and perverse about taking someone who you know is no gang member and hasn't violated the law and is here under legal protections and the asylum system, and you're shipping them off to El Salvador. Even Joe Rogan is saying something is wrong. with these folks.

And even when Joe Rogan is coming out and saying, wait a second, there's something cruel and unusual and perverse about taking someone who you know is no gang member and hasn't violated the law and is here under legal protections and the asylum system, and you're shipping them off to El Salvador. Even Joe Rogan is saying something is wrong. with these folks.

And even when Joe Rogan is coming out and saying, wait a second, there's something cruel and unusual and perverse about taking someone who you know is no gang member and hasn't violated the law and is here under legal protections and the asylum system, and you're shipping them off to El Salvador. Even Joe Rogan is saying something is wrong. with these folks.

Why were they given protected status, Tim? Because they were either fleeing a life-changing, cataclysmic earthquake that killed 300,000 Haitians in one shell swoop, or... they were fleeing political violence in Haiti, and they were able to prove that and determine that.

Why were they given protected status, Tim? Because they were either fleeing a life-changing, cataclysmic earthquake that killed 300,000 Haitians in one shell swoop, or... they were fleeing political violence in Haiti, and they were able to prove that and determine that.

Why were they given protected status, Tim? Because they were either fleeing a life-changing, cataclysmic earthquake that killed 300,000 Haitians in one shell swoop, or... they were fleeing political violence in Haiti, and they were able to prove that and determine that.

But I raised the Haiti thing for a reason, not just because I'm Haitian, but throughout Latin America. Here's the challenge. Right now, there is a mafia state in Haiti where gangs have basically taken over every aspect of governance in the country, and 90% of the weapons that are on the streets in Haiti that are threatening citizens, come from the United States, right?

But I raised the Haiti thing for a reason, not just because I'm Haitian, but throughout Latin America. Here's the challenge. Right now, there is a mafia state in Haiti where gangs have basically taken over every aspect of governance in the country, and 90% of the weapons that are on the streets in Haiti that are threatening citizens, come from the United States, right?

But I raised the Haiti thing for a reason, not just because I'm Haitian, but throughout Latin America. Here's the challenge. Right now, there is a mafia state in Haiti where gangs have basically taken over every aspect of governance in the country, and 90% of the weapons that are on the streets in Haiti that are threatening citizens, come from the United States, right?

So here we are, like taking protective status from a group of people who are vulnerable precisely because of the gun industry in America and the way we kind of look the other way in our parts as a river of death flows from the US, from Florida in particular, straight into Haiti, into the hands of gang members. But we absolve ourselves of that.

So here we are, like taking protective status from a group of people who are vulnerable precisely because of the gun industry in America and the way we kind of look the other way in our parts as a river of death flows from the US, from Florida in particular, straight into Haiti, into the hands of gang members. But we absolve ourselves of that.

So here we are, like taking protective status from a group of people who are vulnerable precisely because of the gun industry in America and the way we kind of look the other way in our parts as a river of death flows from the US, from Florida in particular, straight into Haiti, into the hands of gang members. But we absolve ourselves of that.