Bill > HR1689

This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a legal designation that allows nationals of a specific country to remain in the United States temporarily due to conditions in their home country that make safe return impossible, such as ongoing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or other extraordinary circumstances. Specifically, the bill mandates that Haiti be granted TPS for an 18-month period starting on August 3, 2025, overriding any existing legal provisions that might otherwise prevent such a designation. During this period, Haitian nationals in the United States would be protected from deportation and would be eligible to obtain work authorization, providing them with temporary refuge from challenging conditions in their home country. The bill does not specify the precise reasons for the TPS designation but implies that current conditions in Haiti warrant this humanitarian protection.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1689/all-info