US EditionHouse discharge petition on TPS for Haiti secures enough signatures to force vote
The petition forces a House vote on extending Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians amid ongoing violence and political instability in Haiti.
- On Friday, a discharge petition to force a House vote on H.R. 1689, legislation protecting Haitian migrants' Temporary Protected Status, secured the required 218 signatures, bypassing Speaker Mike Johnson.
- The legislation aims to counter the Trump administration's efforts to terminate TPS for Haiti, a program currently allowing roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the U.S. amid gang violence and political instability.
- Led by Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley, the petition gained bipartisan backing after four Republicans—Maria Elvira Salazar, Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Lawler, and Don Bacon—crossed party lines to join the effort.
- Placed on the Discharge Calendar, the bill can now be called for a floor vote on the next eligible Monday, a milestone immigration advocates hailed as a vital step toward preventing mass deportation.
- If the bill passes the House, it faces a Senate filibuster threshold of 60 votes, while the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in April regarding the administration's separate legal challenge to TPS.
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Maria Elvira Salazar part of successful petition forcing House vote on TPS for Haitians
U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar just helped force a House vote on a Democratic bill to restore temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian refugees. And she has already helped U.S. Rep. Darren Soto in a similar effort to help Venezuelan nationals. A discharge petition filed by U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat, reached a requisite 218 signatures on Friday. That now requires House leadership to allow a floor vote on Pressley’s b…
House Democrats Force a Floor Vote on Restoring TPS for Haiti
Adam Gray/APA Democratic-led discharge petition gained enough votes over the weekend to force a House vote on extending temporary deportation protections for Haitian migrants that the Trump administration has tried to end.Rep. Ayanna Pressley worked to whip support for the bill introduced by Rep. Laura Gillen earlier this year, gaining the support of Republican Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Lawler and Don Bacon. Democratic …
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Miami HeraldEffort to force House vote to save Haitians’ TPS secures bipartisan support
A petition to force a House vote on extending temporary legal protections to thousands of Haitians at risk of deportation to their violence-torn homeland secured the required support late Friday,
House discharge petition on TPS for Haiti secures enough signatures to force vote
A discharge petition for a resolution that would require the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for migrants from Haiti earned enough signatures on Friday to force a vote on the House floor. Rep. Marie Gleusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) was the 218th signature on the petition, which also secured support from four Republicans: Reps. Maria…
Effort to force House vote to save Haitians' TPS secures bipartisan support
A petition to force a House vote on extending temporary legal protections to thousands of Haitians at risk of deportation to their violence-torn homeland secured the required support late Friday, including from four Republicans. The rare ...
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