US EditionHouse breaks with Trump, votes to shield Haitian immigrants from potential deportation
The measure would shield about 350,000 Haitians from deportation for three years as the Senate considers the bill.
- On Thursday, the House voted 224-204 to block the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitian nationals, requiring a three-year extension of the program.
- The Trump administration moved to terminate Haiti's TPS in late 2025, claiming the designation was contrary to national interest; a federal district court blocked the move in early February 2026.
- Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York led the bipartisan effort, with Pressley calling deportation a 'death sentence' given Haiti's instability and gang violence.
- Republican critics, including Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas, denounced the measure as 'backdoor amnesty,' while the bill faces a likely Senate delay and veto threat from President Trump.
- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on April 29 regarding the administration's TPS termination efforts in Trump v. Miot, consolidated with the Syria TPS case, while the lower court's stay remains in effect.
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Beloved GOP Rep. Gets Brutally Torched After Shock Betrayal Of MAGA, Trump
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House passes bill extending protections for Haitian migrants in the U.S.
The U.S. House voted on Thursday to extend temporary protected status for Haitian migrants through 2029, with several Republicans supporting the Democratic-endorsed measure to curb President Trump’s immigration crackdown.The vote was split 224-204, with 10 Republicans joining the Democrats in approving the resolution.Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), who led the effort, used a congressional procedure called a discharge petition to force a vote to …
House Passes Bill to Extend Protected Status for Haitians as Trump Seeks to End Temporary Program
The House of Representatives on April 16 passed legislation that would temporarily extend temporary protected status for certain Haitian immigrants in a vote of 220–207. Temporary Protected Status allows individuals from nations involved in armed conflict, natural disaster, or other serious events to stay in the United States temporarily. The Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have moved to end the status for aro…
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