Overview
- The House, which passed the bill Thursday in a 224-204 vote, relied on 10 Republicans joining Democrats after a rarely successful discharge petition forced floor action.
- The measure orders Homeland Security to grant Temporary Protected Status to eligible Haitians for three years, letting them live and work legally while Haiti remains unsafe.
- The bill now moves to the Senate, where a 60-vote hurdle and stated White House opposition create long odds for enactment.
- The administration’s bid to end TPS for Haiti is already before the Supreme Court, with arguments due later in April in a case that could set the program’s fate regardless of Congress.
- Backers point to roughly 350,000 people with jobs in nursing, elder care, and other critical roles, while opponents call TPS overused and raise public-safety concerns tied to a recent Florida killing.