WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today led Senate Democrats on the Senate Floor in seeking to pass the House bill that would designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) blocked its passage.
Senators Markey and Blunt Rochester, along with Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), have been championing Representative Laura Gillen's (NY-04) House bill H.R. 1689, which passed the House in April.
"For generations, Massachusetts has been shaped by our immigrant communities. We have a moral duty to protect Haitian TPS holders and provide them with a permanent pathway to citizenship. I ...