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Miller: Every Single Haitian Migrant Is Going Back To Haiti Under Trump

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

White House Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller delivered a clear and forceful message: every Haitian national on Temporary Protected Status will be returned to Haiti under President Trump.

The Biden administration's last-year extension of TPS turned what began as a short-term response to a 2010 earthquake into a permanent pipeline. Miller called the deliberate importation of these migrants into places like Springfield, Ohio, one of the most heinous acts the government has ever committed.

Miller laid it out without hedging:

Stephen Miller: "The illegal alien Haitians are going back to Haiti. They can build their country there."
pic.twitter.com/l56e2Tu5fH

— Defiant L's (@DefiantLs) June 30, 2026

"There's an earthquake in Haiti. So she's (Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano) announcing TPS for a few months while they're recovering from an earthquake. That was in 2010, 15 years ago. Then the Biden administration in its last year extends TPS to every single illegal alien from Haiti while they are flying them en masse into Springfield, Ohio, across the Midwest."

He continued, "It was a formal policy of replacing the communities that lived in, settled, and sustained these communities for generations. It was one of the most heinous things this government has ever done."

"And yes, under President Trump, let me be very clear, the illegal alien Haitians are going back to Haiti. They can build their country there," Miller further urged.

This directly follows the Trump administration's earlier termination of TPS protections for 353,000 Haitians, with those designations set to expire.

The move reversed Biden-era renewals that kept hundreds of thousands in the country long after any temporary justification had passed.

Springfield became the most visible example of the fallout. Local residents watched as federal policies funneled large numbers of Haitian migrants into their city, straining housing, schools, and public resources.

Stephen Miller says every single Haitian on temporary protected status is going back

He says The Biden Admin specifically imported them into Ohio to replace the native population and "It was one of the most heinous things this government has ever done"

"There's an earthquake in... pic.twitter.com/4mfehuGJkM

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 30, 2026

Americans reported being priced out of apartments while migrants received housing assistance.

Parks saw geese and other wildlife targeted. In one city commission meeting, Springfield City Manager Brian Heck admitted he had "heard about" reports of Haitian migrants eating pets.

The conditions many of these migrants left behind in Haiti only underscore why prolonged TPS extensions made little sense. Armed gangs, including groups with documented histories of extreme violence and intimidation tactics, have dominated large parts of the country.

Earlier coverage highlighted how some media outlets appeared more exercised by conservatives simply stating these facts than by the violence itself.

In a separate but related immigration development today, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling striking down President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants.

BREAKING: In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants in the United States. pic.twitter.com/XZDld7UkxT

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 30, 2026

The decision keeps in place a policy that automatically grants U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil regardless of their parents' legal status.

Critics have long argued this creates powerful incentives for unlawful entry and serves as a form of chain migration that complicates enforcement.

One of the most destructive and outrageous decisions in the long history of the Supreme Court. American citizenship is not the birthright of the world. It belongs only and solely to Americans. No provision of the Constitution can be read to require our national self-obliteration. https://t.co/qZuwzZq5tr

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) June 30, 2026

The 14th Amendment's citizenship clause was crafted in the aftermath of slavery to secure rights for freed people, not to function as a standing invitation for foreign nationals to secure citizenship for their offspring through illegal presence.

While the birthright ruling hands open-border advocates a victory and adds another layer of legal friction to enforcement, Miller's remarks show the administration is not pausing on other fronts.

TPS designations were always meant to be temporary. Extending them for 15 years while actively importing large numbers into specific American communities was never about humanitarian relief - it was about demographic engineering.

American towns like Springfield paid the price in drastically altered neighborhoods, and lost quality of life. Restoring the original meaning of temporary protection and returning those without ongoing legal status is not radical. It is the baseline responsibility of any government that puts its own citizens first.

The message from the White House is consistent: the replacement experiment is over. Those here under expired or terminated protections are going home.

Haiti's future will be built by Haitians in Haiti, not by continuing to offload its population onto American communities that never asked for the burden.

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Tyler Durden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 11:05

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Russia Closes Border Crossings With Several NATO States After Finland Lifts Nuclear Ban

Finland's parliament has finally followed through with a previously threatened move to reverse its decades-long ban on nuclear weapons. The June 17 vote to lift the ban in effect legally authorizes the Nordic country to receive, transport, and facilitate the movement of nuclear weapons on its territory as part of allied operations, with the representatives' final tally at 125 to 61.

Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO in April 2023 - having abandoned its historic neutrality in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in what was among the fastest accession processes in the Western military alliance's history. Now it is already willing to host allied nukes on its territory, making it a target of Russian retaliation.

Moscow has long warned against such an ultra-provocative move. The Kremlin said Monday that this requires a response - given also the fact that Russia and Finland share an over 800-mile long border, which is made up largely of Arctic frontier.

"The results of the vote represent both bright and unflattering victory of the blind Russophobia of the past few years over what we have always viewed as pragmatic sanity in Finland," said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

via Atlantic Council

“And let nobody doubt that [response] measures will be taken timely and effectively. In this light, the Finnish people need to think whether this decision made by their elites will actually enhance security in Finland itself,” she added.

As a start, Russia has moved to shutter more rail crossings to NATO states, including Finland - which is to further severely impact trade:

Russia has closed seven railway border checkpoints with Finland, Estonia and Latvia, according to a government decree published Tuesday.

The suspension, which takes effect July 1, halts the movement of individuals, vehicles and cargo through the designated rail crossings. Five of the shuttered checkpoints are located on the Finnish border, while Estonia and Latvia each have one crossing affected.

Officials have not disclosed the reasons for the closures or when the checkpoints might reopen.

In Estonia, the Ivangorod freight and passenger crossing will remain open, and in Latvia, the Sebezh crossing will also stay open. However, the closures leave Finland with no open railway crossings with Russia, which normally exports fertilizer to Finland by rail.

Finland shut its eastern vehicle and pedestrian border crossings with Russia indefinitely in December 2023 following an influx of asylum seekers.

Since the Ukraine war began, and in context of ratcheting tensions with NATO over its military support to Kiev, Moscow has steadily militarized its border with Finland.

Russia will temporarily close a number of railway border crossings with Finland, Latvia and Estonia from July 1, 2026, for reasons unknown.

The appropriate executive order has been issued by the Russian government.

The decision concerns five crossings with Finland, one crossing… pic.twitter.com/Wy4X50SbfD

— Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) June 30, 2026

The most significant source of NATO's nuclear-sharing program is the United States. But lately France has expressed a desire to station some of its atomic arsenal in partner countries, and this could include in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and others.

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:50

Largest US Power Grid On Verge Of Cracking Due To Historic Heat Dome

Summary:

• PJM Grid Mix Now Dominated By NatGas, Nuclear, Coal
• Washington, DC Temps Expected To Push Into Low Triple Digits
• PJM Warns Power Demand Could Test 2006 Record High
• PJM Declares Emergency To Reduce Blackout Risk

PJM Grid May Test 2006 Record 

Cooling demand across PJM Interconnection's operating area will surge today and into late week as tens of millions of households and businesses crank up air conditioners to stay cool under the emerging heat dome.

The spike in power demand is expected to strain the grid, which helps explain why PJM preemptively declared a grid emergency on Tuesday to preserve reserves and reduce the risk of rolling blackouts.

PJM forecasts that power demand could reach 165 gigawatts on Thursday. This would test the grid's all-time peak of 165.563 GW set in August 2006. It would also exceed PJM's prior peak forecast for this summer.

To mitigate blackout risks, the Department of Energy directed PJM on Tuesday "to dispatch specified units and to order their operation as needed to maintain reliability." There is a chance that the grid operator might have to tap backup generation as a last resort before or during a Level 3 energy emergency.

Bloomberg's forecast for maximum temperatures across the Washington, D.C., metro area could reach low triple digits Thursday through Saturday.

Natural gas, nuclear, and coal power generation currently make up the top power mix for PJM.

Largest US Power Grid Declares Emergency To Prevent Blackouts

A mega heat dome is set to descend on the eastern half of the U.S., prompting the Energy Department to issue two emergency orders to reduce the risk of rolling blackouts in the Mid-Atlantic area as PJM Interconnection braces for record power demand.

DOE's first order directs the PJM region, which serves 67 million people across 13 states, "to dispatch specified units and to order their operation as needed to maintain reliability." 

PJM has implemented several alerts and actions to maintain reliable system operations throughout this week’s forecasted extreme heat and humidity. A Hot Weather Alert is currently in effect for the entire region PJM serves through July 3. PJM has also issued a Maximum Generation… pic.twitter.com/Ho1txMZBIh

— PJM Interconnection (@pjminterconnect) June 30, 2026

The second order states that PJM, working with transmission owners and electric distribution companies, must use backup generation as a last resort before or during a Level 3 energy emergency.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, "Maintaining affordable, reliable, and secure power in the PJM service territory is non-negotiable."

Bloomberg's forecast for maximum temperatures across the Washington, D.C., metro area could average in the low triple digits through Saturday.

The hot temperatures, beginning tomorrow, will increase cooling demand and boost power demand on the PJM grid, potentially straining the system during peak late-afternoon hours. Concerns about grid reliability have risen as data center buildouts are blamed for soaring power bills - yet aging grids and climate policie should also be blamed. 

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:44

WTI Holds Losses As SPR Drain Slows, Cushing Just Off 'Tank Bottoms'

Oil extended its biggest quarterly drop since the pandemic this morning as traders monitored US-Iran peace talks and a market for real-world barrels that’s been in freefall.

WTI is holding below $70 as US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff had positive discussions in Qatar and technical talks with Iran are moving ahead, a senior administration official said, while President Trump said the meeting was good.

Crude has fallen in recent days as the warring parties continued discussions to reach a more lasting accord, although recent attacks around Hormuz have marred negotiations. Oil tanker traffic is now showing signs of recovery, and has picked up since the US and Iran exchanged strikes over the weekend, though vessel flows remain below pre-war levels.

“We expect that by the end of July this is done,” said Samantha Dart, co-head of global commodities research at Goldman Sachs, referring to the conflict.

“Once we have a normalization of flows through the strait, the expectation is that we go into an oversupply.”

API reported another sizable crude drawdown...

API

• Crude -6.1mm

• Cushing +500k

• Gasoline -2.1mm

• Distillates +2.9mm

DOE

• Crude -3.775mm

• Cushing +709k - first build in 10 weeks

• Gasoline -2.33mm

• Distillates +2.48mm

The official DOE data shows the 10th straight week of crude drawdowns, but stocks at Cushing rose (for the first time in 10 weeks). Products were mixed...

Source: Bloomberg

...BUT... Cushing stocks remain at 'tank bottoms'...

On the Gulf Coast, gasoline stocks are down to their lowest since October 2024 -- and the lowest for this time of year since 2015.

Nationally, they remain at the lowest for this time of year since 2014...

The SPR saw another drawdown last week, but it was notably smaller than recent declines...

A total of 89 million barrels of crude has been taken out of the SPR since late March under a program to release 172 million barrels as part of a relief plan coordinated by the International Energy Agency aimed at lowering energy costs.

The US still plans to release all those barrels.

US crude production remains near record highs as rig counts are rising rapidly...

Crude imports from the Middle East fell in the week to June 26.

Inflows from Iraq fell to zero, while 56,000 barrels a day of Saudi crude were offloaded. Customs data show that crude came from storage tanks in tanks in the Bahamas.

WTI was hovering around $69 ahead of the official print and dipped on the data...

In the meantime, Bloomberg reports that physical markets are looking weak.

Brent’s nearest timespread remained in contango (red oval in chart below) - a sign of oversupply - after expiry of the August contract.

Barrels from West Africa to the North Sea were offered at multiyear lows on Tuesday, as the rise in supply from Hormuz outpaces refinery demand. Saudi Arabia is making rare spot sales of oil as the kingdom’s shipments ramp up.

Finally, what Mr Trump really cares about - gas prices - are coming down...

...and look set to fall considerably further.

BUT... crack spreads are blowing out even as crude prices fall...

...signaling strong (and strengthening) demand for refined products (like gasoline or diesel) relative to crude supply (and potentially low inventories of refined products)... which could well keep pump prices more elevated than crude would suggest (and Trump would like).

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:37

Microsoft Plans Thousands Of Job Cuts As Stock Suffers Worst Start In Years

Microsoft shares are on track for one of their worst starts to a year in two decades, down roughly 21% year to date as of Tuesday’s close, as a cloud and sales hiring freeze and a broader “reset” of the Xbox unit have made recent headlines. This comes on top of growing concern over Microsoft’s AI spending boom.

Like much of the technology sector, Microsoft and other tech giants became labor-heavy after years of overhiring before and during the early Covid period. Now, the AI capex boom is forcing a major reassessment.

Hyperscalers are pouring hundreds of billions into data center buildouts, while AI chatbots and automation tools are beginning to replace white-collar tasks. The result is a broad workforce reset across Big Tech, with companies such as Microsoft rethinking headcount.

Business Insider reports that Microsoft is preparing to announce yet another round of job cuts as early as next week. The report was based on people familiar with upcoming labor restructuring efforts.

The layoffs are expected to affect thousands of employees across sales, consulting, and Xbox, though the reductions will be smaller than last year’s reductions. The next round is expected to be around 2.5% of Microsoft’s roughly 220,000-person workforce.

Last year, Microsoft eliminated 6,000 jobs in May and another 9,000 in July, or about 4% of its total workforce.

In April:

• MSFT Plans First Voluntary Buyout In 51-Year History; Gates Foundation To Slash 20% Of Staff

A separate report from Bloomberg says that payroll data across the financial activities and information sectors, where AI adoption has been fastest, is currently shrinking jobs by about 28,000 a month on average so far this year.

Goldman analyst Sarah Dong wrote in a note on Tuesday that the current AI adoption rate across corporate America stands at around 20.6% and is increasing.

These white-collar layoffs are likely only beginning to accelerate.

Latest firings:

• Meta Axes 8,000 Workers As Zuckerberg Admits AI Is Watching, Replacing Labor

Our assessment is that displaced workers should not be looking to downshift into low-wage service jobs, such as bartending and server work, as in previous cycles, but instead toward the physical buildout of the AI economy. Data centers, power infrastructure, grid upgrades, cooling systems, and electrical construction are where labor demand is rising, wages are strong, and jobs are plentiful.

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:30

Still The (Military) Base Case

By Michael Every of Rabobank

Hormuz traffic is climbing, but refined product prices are lagging, and crack spreads are blowing out: one can’t just look at the oil price to understand the overall energy dynamic.

On the geopolitical front, things are also still mixed. Talks about the US-Iran MoU in Doha, without either side speaking to the other, went well according to the US, who are staying on for what could be indirect talks today. However, the Wall Street Journal reports Iran is split, with political leadership focused on getting assets unfrozen and the IRGC on keeping Hormuz more frozen. Tehran has now rejected third-party offers to help demine the water way; they are in no hurry to see things return to normal as this removes their energy leverage. Iran is also opposed to allowing the southern passage via Oman, which the US favours, to become established - and there are still reports Oman wants to charge for access to this channel.

A WSJ headline is that Trump has been briefed on ‘all-out war options’ to finish the job but is sticking with talks while making clear that --as expected in our base case-- the 60-day MoU deadline ending 18 August will be extended. Until November at least, as we posit?

Meanwhile, Israeli PM Netanyahu visited south Lebanon and reiterated that as long as Hezbollah is armed, they won’t leave, as the US announced coordinated sanctions with Gulf countries against the Iranian terror proxy. So, Tehran reads the MoU as “peace, where Hezbollah wins the war though it lost the battle”, and the US reads it as “peace, where Hezbollah loses by Israel staying or by being disarmed.” That can easily lead to more conflict with Iran, who doesn’t care about the US midterm timetable.

Neither does Israel, perhaps: Defence Minister Katz warned yesterday Israel could resume war with Iran “within two days” if missiles are fired at it, presumably as Tehran’s response to what is transpiring against its wishes in Lebanon. There is an element of pre-election rah-rah in his statement, but the threat is serious. However, on balance the likelihood is that Iran won’t trigger a new phase of the war… yet. That said, the tail risks are clear and the weak foundations of the current ‘peacefire’ should be well noted.

On conflict and timetables, departing UK PM Starmer has handed his successor Burnham a £5bn defence black hole, pledging new, smaller systems (and far less than what the military says it needs, and many arriving after 2030 rather than in this parliament) without having a plan for where the money will come from. In the EU, while Macron wants higher taxes on foreigners to fund a €2 trillion EC budget, but Germany wants a €400bn spending cut to balance things: who will win, and what does that say about Europe’s trajectory?

Russia is meanwhile reported to be about to start importing gasoline as Ukrainian strikes have so damaged the local fuel system.

In geoeconomics, the Hong Kong press reports that the US is interested in using a hollowed out G20 in Miami for a Trump-Xi meeting. That’s as, in line with what the US has long wanted, the World Bank is to phase out lending to China, and the White House is looking to ban Chinese solar inverters for national security reasons.

The US has lifted national security restrictions on the export of Anthropic’s Fable 5 Model after a review; and Japan has announced a $2.3 trillion startup tech strategy just after South Korea’s $1.3 trillion pledge. The cash being splashed here is not small.

Closer to home, the US is also reportedly to declare that it wishes to trigger a decade-long countdown to exiting the USMCA trade pact. The Canadian press notes this opens the door to a reworking of the agreement into a ‘Fortress North America’, logically with a common external tariff set by the US, as long flagged as the only logical US economic statecraft target by us. Where would that leave EU and Australian plans to deal more with Canada rather than the US? And, by contrast, where would it leave a Donroe Doctrine bloc replete with energy, commodities, consumers, technology, and military vis-à-vis others? The NAFTA > NAPHTHA (North American Petroleum and Hydrocarbons Trading Hub Association) pun about potential realpolitik springs to mind.

At home, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of birthright citizenship, so anyone physically in the US gives birth to a US citizen regardless of whether they are there legally or illegally, or permanently or as a tourist. No change for the US trajectory on that front, but there is informed talk that this issue could be as energizing for the Republican base in the midterms as Roe vs Wade was for the Democrats when that was overturned. The Court notably also removed limits on election spending, handing the cash-rich Republicans a boost.

In data, today’s strong Japanese Tankan survey was much better than expected for large manufacturers in particular. The 10-Y JGB yield is now slightly lower at 2.70%, still near the highest since 1997, while USD/JPY is at 162.7, the highest since 1986.

Indeed, the dollar is again on a roll, catching out markets who had been expecting the opposite. Gold just had its worst quarter in more than a decade, as the Great Debasement suddenly isn’t; and despite crypto falling, it’s reported that Trump and his family made either $1bn, $1.4bn, or $2bn from crypto deals in 2025.

Moreover, as the Australian Financial Review puts it, 2026 is ‘The year the global markets got physical’, as “Until this year, investors sought solace in capital-light companies with reliable earnings. Now, in the age of disruption, nothing is safe.”

That remains our (military) base case.

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:15

US Manufacturing Expanded For 6th Straight Month In June As Inflation Fears Ease

With 'hard data' having deteriorated recently (except in the labor market), 'soft' survey data has been surprisingly strong (especially in the Manufacturing side of the economy).

• S&P Global's US Manufacturing PMI dipped from multi-year highs at 55.1 to 53.9 final in June (below the 55.7 expected).

• ISM Manufacturing also dipped from 54.0 to 53.3 (slightly below the 53.9 exp).

Both solidly above the '50' line suggesting growth...

Source: Bloomberg

Put simply: US manufacturing activity expanded for a sixth straight month in June as a war-driven surge in input costs eased.

Prices paid for raw materials, meanwhile, rose at a much slower pace in June.

The group's price measure dropped 9.1 points to 73, the largest single-month drop since July 2022, as an interim agreement between the US and Iran sent oil prices tumbling.

New orders growth moderated, but remained solid, while ISM's production gauge dropped to a six-month low.

Source: Bloomberg

“US manufacturers reported a further marked improvement in growth of output and order books in June, according to S&P Global’s PMI data," said Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Despite the slight decline from the flash print, the final June data is extending the growth spurt that has been reported since the outbreak of the war in the Middle East.

"Employment was nevertheless cut sharply as firms often sought to offset the rising cost of energy and raw materials.

“Supply chain delays and upward price pressures continued to be widely reported, albeit moderating thanks to recent news of an improving situation in the Middle East."

On the bright side, while still elevated, Input and Output prices are falling back, according to S&P Global survey respondents.

Some prices are up - can you guess which? Yep - AI supplier commodities...

However, Williamson concludes that despite the recent drop in energy prices and brighter outlook for shipping, business confidence has fallen sharply, "in part reflecting concerns that an end to war-related inventory building could start to act as a drag on sales.”

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:05

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