Ten House Republicans just crossed the aisle and voted with every single Democrat to pass a bill extending deportation protections for over 330,000 Haitian nationals. The vote was 224-204. President Trump has already signaled he will veto it.
Let that sink in. While the Trump administration has been working to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, arguing the designation “contradicts U.S. national interests,” a group of GOP members decided to join the progressive wing of the Democrat Party and go around their own leadership to make it happen.
The bill, HR 1689, would extend Haitian TPS through 2029. It was forced to the floor through a discharge petition led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, the same progressive Democrat who has called for abolishing ICE. She needed 218 signatures to bypass Republican leadership, and she got them.
Senator Katie Britt of Alabama was not impressed. She made it clear exactly where this bill is headed next.
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