WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ruled against the Trump administration's efforts to terminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti. 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 holders in Massachusetts and acro...