When civil unrest, violence, or natural disasters erupt in countries around the world, concerns arise over the ability of foreign nationals present in the United States who are from those countries to safely return. Congress created temporary protected status (TPS) in 1990 to provide protection from removal to such in…
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
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Pursuant to H. Res. 965, the amendment in the nature of a substitute specified in section 4 of that resolution, is considered adopted.
Latest action: On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.