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This bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant Haiti Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, through 3 months after January 20, 2029. TPS is a form of protection that lets people from a country stay in the United States temporarily when conditions in their home country make it unsafe to return. In simple terms, this bill would extend that protection for eligible Haitian nationals and people from Haiti already living in the U.S. under TPS rules.
- It directs the Homeland Security Secretary to designate Haiti for TPS.
- The protection would last until 3 months after January 20, 2029.
- The bill does not describe any new requirements beyond the TPS designation itself.
Official Summaries
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025. (Eligible nationals of a TPS-designated country may obtain employment authorization, may not be detained on the basis of their immigration status, and are not subject to removal while they retain TPS.)
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1689 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
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Calendar No. 374
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1689
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 17 (legislative day, April 14), 2026
Received
April 20, 2026
Read the first time
April 21, 2026
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for
temporary protected status.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF HAITI FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall designate Haiti for temporary protected status
until the date that is 3 months after January 20, 2029.
Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2026.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 374
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1689
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for
temporary protected status.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 21, 2026
Read the second time and placed on the calendar