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HR 1689 · 119th CongressOther

To designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status

In plain language: 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.)

Provisional — our plain-language summary, pending review.

  1. Apr 21, 2026Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
  2. Apr 16, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Apr 16, 2026On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 204 (Roll no. 120). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2940)
  4. Apr 16, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 204 (Roll no. 120). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2940)
  5. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
  6. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
Provisionalunreviewed: provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected214,000Bounded scope: bill designates Haiti for TPS -> affected class = Haitian nationals holding/eligible for TPS. DHS Federal Register notice 2024-14247 (Extension & Redesignation of Haiti for TPS, 2024-07-01) states 'approximately 214,000 current Haiti TPS beneficiaries' (concrete existing-beneficiary floor) and, separately, ~309,000 additional individuals 'may become newly eligible' under redesignation. Conservative narrowest-defensible count = the 214,000 current beneficiaries (lower bound; excludes the broader/speculative newly-eligible estimate). Modeled estimate of a defined eligibility class; FLAGGED for human verification of the figure choice.
Fiscal magnitude—The text does not specify any appropriation, fee, or dollar amount; administrative costs of processing TPS and any downstream fiscal effects are not determinable from the text provided.
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What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. The Secretary of Homeland Security is required — by law, with no agency discretion — to grant Haitian nationals Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which lets them live and work legally in the U.S. temporarily, until three months after January 20, 2029. The 'notwithstanding any other provision of law' language means this overrides any conflicting rule or agency decision.

    Sec. 1provisional

Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Haitian nationals currently in the United StatesUnder Sec. 1, they receive Temporary Protected Status, which shields them from deportation and allows them to work legally in the U.S. through approximately April 20, 2029.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Department of Homeland SecurityUnder Sec. 1, DHS is required by a mandatory 'shall' to designate Haiti for TPS regardless of its own assessment of conditions, removing the agency's normal discretion over such designations.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) — coming in a later phase.

Issues

What this bill touches.

Role of government+30Enforcement & security+45Levels of legal immigration+35Refugee & asylum policy+55

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