This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status for a period of 18 months beginning on August 3, 2025. The bill text says this designation applies "notwithstanding any other provision of law." The bill was introduced in the House on February 27, 2025. It lists several sponsors and is currently on the Senate Legislative Calendar (read the second time; Calendar No. 374). The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and is listed as in progress.
The bill instructs the Secretary of Homeland Security to give Haiti an 18-month designation of temporary protected status starting August 3, 2025. No publicly available information in the bill text or metadata explains who would be eligible or what specific benefits or protections would follow from this designation.
No publicly available information on costs, budget effects, or how the designation would be funded is included in the bill text or metadata.
The bill is sponsored by Representatives Laura Gillen, Michael Lawler, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Thomas Suozzi, Wesley Bell, Frank Pallone, Frederica Wilson, Joe Neguse, and Lois Frankel. No publicly available statements from the sponsors or other proponents are included in the bill text or metadata.
No publicly available information about opponents, objections, or formal opposition is included in the bill text or metadata.