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Apr 15, 2026Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
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What the bill does: This resolution sets up a fast vote in the House for H.R. 1689. That bill forces the Secretary of Homeland Security to give Haiti 'temporary protected status' (TPS) until April 20, 2029. TPS lets people from Haiti stay and work legally in the U.S. if it's unsafe to go home due to violence or disasters. Key impacts: Helps Haitians in...
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Introduced(12/18/25)
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Ms. Pressley
House (D) Massachusetts – 7
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 965, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the resolution and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Pressley demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Apr 15, 2026
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