This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate El Salvador for temporary protected status. It directs that the designation continue until the date that is 18 months after September 9, 2026 (March 9, 2028). The bill text includes the phrase "Notwithstanding any other provision of law," which directs the Secretary to make this designation regardless of other legal provisions. The bill text contains no other details about who is covered, what benefits apply, or how the designation would be carried out.
No publicly available information on who would be eligible, what specific protections or benefits this designation would provide, or how people would apply. The bill text only orders the Secretary of Homeland Security to make the designation for the stated period.
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The bill was introduced in the House by Representative Eugene Vindman with a number of cosponsors (Yassamin Ansari; Joyce Beatty; Donald Beyer; Troy Carter; Jim Costa; Sarah Elfreth; Maxwell Frost; Jesús García; Sylvia Garcia; Adam Gray; Henry Johnson; Mike Quigley; Luz Rivas; Lateefah Simon; Darren Soto; Suhas Subramanyam; Dina Titus; Rashida Tlaib; Juan Vargas; Marc Veasey; Nydia Velázquez; James Walkinshaw; Debbie Wasserman Schultz). The provided text does not include sponsor statements or a stated rationale.
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