The resolution would extend the deadline through the beginning of 2029.
The House of Representatives narrowly passed a resolution on Wednesday that would extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for natives of Haiti through January 2029. Lawsuits were filed against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the agency announced the termination of TPS for Haitian nationals last year.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear cases regarding the elimination of TPS for both Haiti and Syria. The high court recently ruled that President Trump’s administration could eliminate TPS for approximately 300,000 Venezuelans residing in the United States.
In September 2025, when terminating Venezuelans’ TPS designation, DHS explained, “TPS was never meant to be a de facto asylum system.”
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated, “Unfortunately, TPS turns into a permanent status. We have people that [have] been here for 30 years, and then when we say we’re going to end protected status for you, they end up coming in and saying, well, wait a second, it’s inhumane because we’re married, we have family, we have kids here, we have grandkids here, and we work here, and now we’re going to send you back home. But it was never supposed to be permanent. And that’s the problem, is, that, when you start extending these programs, they become permanent.”
He added, “We have asylum laws here, and if you need asylum and you can prove that you have asylum, we’re pretty generous [with] that.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For wisdom for members of the Senate as they consider the resolution to extend TPS for Haiti.
- For Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Thune to be led by the Lord as they preside over the House and Senate, respectively.
- For discernment for Secretary Mullin as he continues to acclimate to his position as head of DHS.
Sources: Just the News, Townhall, Conservative Brief, Breitbart
