from several sources including human waste, is con-
taminating rivers where people wash and bathe. 
(13) As of September 10, 2004, there were 
widespread reports of looting in Grenada. American 
students at St. George’s University in Grenada told 
the Associated Press news agency that they felt un-
safe and had armed themselves against looters with 
knives, sticks, and pepper spray. 
(14) 
Grenada 
may 
need 
as 
much 
as 
$2,200,000,000, or four times its annual economic 
output, to rebuild after the devastation caused by 
Hurricane Ivan. 
(15) The assistance needed to rebuild Grenada 
must come from abroad as the main industries of 
Grenada, nutmeg exports and tourism, have been 
devastated by the storm. 
(16) Hurricane Ivan, the strongest storm to hit 
the Caribbean region in a decade, struck the Cay-
man Islands with 150 mile per hour winds that tore 
roofs off houses, uprooted trees, and caused flooding 
across the British territory. 
(17) International media sources reported that 
the Cayman Islands sustained extreme damage as a 
result of Hurricane Ivan. Local authorities report 
that 15 to 20 percent of homes on the eastern part
of the Cayman Islands were completely destroyed 
and another 50 percent suffered significant damage. 
(18) The unusual hurricane activity in the Car-
ibbean region during 2004 has created an extraor-
dinary and temporary condition in Haiti, Grenada, 
and the Cayman Islands that prevents nationals of 
those countries who are in the United States from 
returning to their homes. 
(19) Temporary protected status allows aliens 
who do not legally qualify as refugees but are none-
theless fleeing or reluctant to return to potentially 
dangerous situations to temporarily remain in the 
United States. 
(20) Granting temporary protected status to 
nationals of Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Is-
lands is consistent with the interest of the United 
States and promotes the values and morals that 
have made the United States strong. 
(21) The extraordinary and temporary condi-
tions caused by nature and resulting in floods, 
epidemics, and other environmental disasters in 
Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands should 
make the nationals of those countries eligible for 
temporary protected status.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF GRANTING TEM-
PORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO HAITIANS, 
GRENADIANS, AND CAYMANIANS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 244 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1254a), Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands 
shall be treated as if such countries had been des-
ignated under subsection (b) of that section, subject 
to the provisions of this section. 
(2) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—The initial pe-
riod of such designation shall begin on the date of 
enactment of this Act and shall remain in effect for 
18 months. 
(b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE.—In applying section 244 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a) 
pursuant to the designation made under this section, sub-
ject to section 244(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(3)), an alien who is a na-
tional of Haiti, Grenada, or the Cayman Islands meets the 
requirements of section 244(c)(1) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 
1254a(c)(1)) only if—
(1) the alien has been continuously physically 
present in the United States since September 7, 
2004;
(2) the alien is admissible as an immigrant, ex-
cept 
as 
otherwise 
provided 
under 
section 
244(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(A)), and is not ineligible 
for temporary protected status under section 
244(c)(2)(B) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B)); 
and 
(3) the alien registers for temporary protected 
status in a manner that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish. 
(c) CONSENT TO TRAVEL ABROAD.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall give the prior consent to travel 
abroad described in section 244(f)(3) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(3)) to an alien 
who is granted temporary protected status pursuant to the 
designation made under this section, if the alien estab-
lishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity that emergency and extenuating circumstances be-
yond the control of the alien require the alien to depart 
for a brief, temporary trip abroad. An alien returning to 
the United States in accordance with such an authoriza-
tion shall be treated the same as any other returning alien 
provided temporary protected status under section 244 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a).
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