HouseH.R. 168916-Apr-2026

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status

On Passage

✓ PassedPassed224 Yea · 204 Nay · 3 Not Voting

Yea:213 D10 R

Nay:0 D204 R

Title vs. Reality

✓ TITLE MATCHES CONTENT

This bill's title gives a fair impression of what it does. This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for 18 months of temporary protected status, including granting eligible nationals employment authorization, preventing detention, and blocking removal.

What This Bill Does

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.)

Your vote

How Members Voted

Yea (224)

21310

AdamsD · NC

AguilarD · CA

AmoD · RI

AnsariD · AZ

AuchinclossD · MA

BaconR · NE

BalintD · VT

BarraganD · CA

BeattyD · OH

BellD · MO

Bera

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status

Title vs. Reality

What This Bill Does

How Members Voted

Yea (224)

Nay (204)

Not Voting / Present (3)

Title vs. Reality