Last Thursday, the House voted 224-204 to pass a resolution to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian migrants for three years, following a procedural vote on a discharge petition introduced by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), co-chair of the House Haiti Caucus. Discharge petitions require 218 signatures to force a floor vote and bypass the committee process, and the vote passed with the support of 10 Republicans. It now heads to the Senate for consideration.
The Trump administration has sought to terminate TPS for Haitians since February 2025. On February 2, 2026, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. issued a stay order in the case of Lesly Miot v. Trump blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from terminating TPS for Haitian nationals, which had been scheduled to expire on February 3, 2026. The court’s order paused the termination of Haitian TPS and preserves the protections and benefits currently in place, including work authorization, while the litigation continues. As a result, Haitian TPS beneficiaries remain work authorized under the court’s stay order.