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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4112 

To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be eligible for temporary protected 

status under such section during and after the pendency of certain 

litigation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2019 

Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. 

DEMINGS, Mr. CRIST, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SOTO, Ms. FRANKEL, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be 

eligible for temporary protected status under such section 

during and after the pendency of certain litigation, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by a 

6 magnitude 7.0 earthquake. 


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1 (2) Approximately 3,000,000 people were af2 fected by the earthquake, with an estimated 250,000 

3 people losing their lives and 300,000 people suf4 fering injuries. 

5 (3) On January 21, 2010, the United States 

6 designated Haiti for temporary protected status. 

7 (4) The continued designation of temporary 

8 protected status for Haiti would preserve the per 

9 annum estimated $1,000,000,000 in remittances 

10 sent to Haiti from Haitians in the United States. 

11 (5) These remittances exceed the amount of 

12 foreign assistance given to Haiti by the United 

13 States and are crucial to Haiti’s recovery. 

14 (6) On October 20, 2010, an outbreak of chol15 era was confirmed for the first time in over 100 

16 years. 

17 (7) Haiti continues to work to recover from the 

18 devastating cholera outbreak. 

19 (8) The cholera outbreak is estimated to have 

20 killed over an estimated 9,000 people and infected 

21 nearly 800,000 Haitians. 

22 (9) On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew 

23 struck Haiti. 


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1 (10) Hurricane Matthew resulted in the damage 

2 of approximately 45 percent of Haiti’s southwest 

3 piped water supply. 

4 (11) Hurricane Matthew resulted in crop losses 

5 estimated to be $360,000,000. 

6 (12) Hurricane Matthew is estimated to have 

7 killed over 1,000 people and directly affected 2.1 

8 million Haitians. 

9 (13) Hurricane Matthew was responsible for the 

10 internal displacement of 175,000 people and left 1.4 

11 million Haitians in need of urgent humanitarian aid. 

12 (14) Hurricane Matthew is estimated to have 

13 resulted in damages assessed at $1,000,000,000, or 

14 roughly 11.4 percent of Haiti’s gross domestic prod15 uct. 

16 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF HAITI FOR PURPOSES OF GRANT17 ING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 

18 For purposes of section 244 of the Immigration and 

19 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), Haiti shall be treated 

20 as if it had been designated under subsection (b)(1)(C) 

21 of that section— 

22 (1) for a period of 8 months every 3 months 

23 during the period beginning on the date of the en24 actment of this Act and ending on the date on which 

25 a final decision is rendered in both— 


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1 (A) Ramos v. Nielsen (Northern District, 

2 CA; Case No. 18–cv–01554); and 

3 (B) Saget v. Trump (Eastern District, NY; 

4 Case No. 1:18–cv–01599); and 

5 (2) for the 18-month period beginning on the 

6 last day of the last 8-month period under paragraph 

7 (1). 

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