TPS ruling creates DHS and congressional response pressure point
H.R.1689 would require a Haiti TPS designation.
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To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
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This story is about TPS ruling creates DHS and congressional response pressure point. This bill would require DHS to designate Haiti for TPS for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025.
If passed, it would:
- require DHS to designate Haiti for TPS for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025 • preserve work authorization and protection from removal for eligible Haitian nationals during that TPS period.
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This story is about TPS ruling creates DHS and congressional response pressure point. This bill would allow certain TPS/DED holders and certain longtime residents who came as children to adjust status.
If passed, it would
- allow certain TPS/DED holders and certain longtime residents who came as children to adjust status • provide limits on removal while eligible applications are being reviewed and provide administrative and judicial review.
This story is about TPS ruling creates DHS and congressional response pressure point. This bill would provide adjustment opportunities for some TPS holders and other long-term residents.
If passed, it would
- provide adjustment opportunities for some TPS holders and other long-term residents • pair that relief with wider enforcement, workforce, and processing changes across immigration law.
This story is about TPS ruling creates DHS and congressional response pressure point. This bill would require an Act of Congress for TPS designations and extensions.
If passed, it would
- require an Act of Congress for TPS designations and extensions • cap designation periods and make people lacking lawful immigration status ineligible for TPS.
This story is about TPS ruling creates DHS and congressional response pressure point. This bill would terminate TPS for Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, and Lebanon.
If passed, it would
- terminate TPS for Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, and Lebanon • bar redesignation of those countries absent a later statute.
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