WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia paused the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, which was set to expire on February 3. Last year, Senator Markey led an amicus brief (https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-and-representative-cherfilus-mccormick-file-bicameral-amicus-brief-in-defense-of-temporary-protected-status-for-haiti) in the case, Miot v. Trump, urging the court to pause the unlawful Haiti TPS termination and emphasizing the immense public interest served by the presence of Haitian TPS ho...