A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.

Bill: 116-s-2176
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-07-18
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area

Foreign labor

Haiti

Immigration status and procedures

Latin America
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months beginning July 22, 2019. (Nationals of a TPS-designated country shall have work authorization and may not be removed from the United States while the designation is in effect.)</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2176 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 18, 2019 Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.

1. Designation of Haiti for temporary protected status Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall designate Haiti for temporary protected status for a period of 18 months beginning on July 22, 2019.