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House 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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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 ...
Discharge petition forces House vote on Haiti temporary protections
A discharge petition that would require the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for migrants from Haiti reached the necessary signatures Friday, sponsors said. Rep. Marie Gleusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) was the 218th signer.
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