US House Passes Bipartisan Bill Requiring Three-Year Extension of Haiti TPS

The US House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on April 18, 2026, requiring the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for three years, protecting hundreds of thousands of qualifying Haitian immigrants from deportation. The measure was led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley and co-sponsored by Republican lawmakers in a rare show of bipartisan support. The legislation responded to the Trump administration's earlier moves to terminate TPS for Haitians; courts had already issued preliminary injunctions pausing deportations pending legal review. Human rights organizations and Haiti's transitional government had repeatedly warned that returning Haitians to a country where 90% of the capital is under gang control, 6.4 million people need humanitarian assistance, and elections have been indefinitely delayed would violate international refugee law protections and expose returnees to immediate risk of gang violence, extortion, or forced recruitment. The House passage still required Senate action and presidential signature to become law, but represented significant legislative pressure against the deportation policy.