US Politicians Deal Blow to Trump's Deportation Agenda In a rare display of bipartisan unity, the House of Representatives has voted to extend temporary protection status for Haitian immigrants, effectively blocking a key aspect of former President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. The move comes after a group of 20 Republicans joined forces with House Democrats to defeat attempts to renew a warrantless security law, pushing for a shorter extension instead. This unexpected alliance has sparked hope for immigration reform advocates, who see it as a significant shift in the Republican party's stance on the issue. The bill, which passed with a narrow margin of 224 to 204, will allow Haitian immigrants to continue living and working in the US without fear of deportation, at least for now.
The decision to extend a warrantless security law until 30 April came after 20 Republicans worked with House Democrats to defeat attempts to pass five-year and 18-month renewalsSign up for the Breaking News US emailIn more House news, the House voted yesterday to pass a bill to continue the temporary protection status for Haitian immigrants, a designation that allows them to live and work in the US without fear of deportation.As The Guardian’s Chris Stein writes, the vote was a rare bipartisan rebuke of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda enabled by a small group of Republican defectors, with the 11 members of the House Republican conference joining with the Democrats to pass the bill 224 to 204. Continue reading...
