House passes Haitian amnesty that expires three months after next President is sworn in

The House and Senate have returned from recess. With the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) still unfunded after more than two months, and the SAVE America Act still pending on the Senate floor, the House passed an amnesty bill for more than 350,000 Haitians. 

As we told you last week, House Republican Leadership had no choice but to bring the bill to the floor because 213 Democrats and four Republicans (Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL), Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE)) signed a discharge petition. With 218 signatures, a discharge petition allows a bill to be brought to the floor without the support of the Speaker of the House. 

The bill, H.R. 1689, would override President Trump’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and extend that supposedly “temporary” status “until the date that is 3 months after January 20, 2029.” Obviously, the supporters of the bill believe that it will give Pres. Trump’s successor time to extend it again, despite the fact that 91 percent of the Haitians who would benefit were in the United States unlawfully when they received TPS.

In the end, ten Republicans and one Independent voted with all Democrats to advance the bill. The good news is that it is extremely unlikely that the Senate will take it up. As long as that remains the case, it will not reach the President’s desk.

The ten Republicans are:

1. Don Bacon (NE)
2. Mike Carey (OH)
3. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL)
4. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA)
5. Carlos Gimenez (FL)
6. Mike Lawler (NY)
7. Nicole Malliotakis (NY)
8. Rich McCormick (GA)
9. Maria Salazar (FL)
10. Mike Turner (OH)

The Independent is Kevin Kiley (CA).

The Immigration Accountability Project will continue our efforts to make sure the public knows exactly how their Representatives voted on this amnesty bill!

Pro-amnesty Republicans plummet in Rankings

There was significant movement in IAP Action’s Congressional Immigration Rankings this week, largely driven by the House floor vote on the Haitian amnesty. All Republicans who voted for the bill dropped in the rankings, with the most significant slides coming from Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), who fell 101 slots; Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), who fell 94 slots; and newly Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), who fell 60 positions.

While the Haiti TPS vote was also the main driver for those who climbed in the rankings this week, the biggest gains came for Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), who climbed 30 slots for cosponsoring the Legal Workforce Act to mandate E-Verify; Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-ID), who moved up 23 positions for cosponsoring the SAVE America Act to mandate documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration and voter ID at the polls; and Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), who moved up 14 places for joining as a cosponsor of the Stopping Border Surges Act, which fixes loopholes in the law related to asylum and unaccompanied children.

You can view the full Immigration Rankings at IAPAction.com.

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Next Week

The House and Senate will be in session. We expect the Senate to begin the reconciliation process to fund ICE and Border Patrol operations by releasing their Budget Resolution. The Budget Resolution must be adopted by both Chambers before the actual Reconciliation bill can be drafted.