UPDATE: HOUSE DEMOCRATS PASS LEGISLATION TO EXTEND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

Washington, April 16 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries issued the following press release:

Update: House Democrats Pass Legislation To Extend Temporary Protected Status Dear Neighbor,

At the end of March, I wrote to you with my commitment that the House would pass Representative Laura Gillen's bill to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haiti and send it to the Senate for an up-or-down vote when Congress returned to Washington in April.

Today, I am proud to share that thanks to the hard work of Democrats and Representative Ayanna Pressley's discharge petition, the House has voted to advance legislation to extend TPS for Haitians living in the U.S. until April 2029. Passing the bill through the House is a massive step toward...