CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Edward Markey (D-MA)

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

S. 4814 · Senate bill International Affairs

A Democratic bill with 44 Democratic cosponsors · See all 46 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status. The designation must remain in place until the date that is 3 months after January 20, 2029. It applies notwithstanding any other provision of law. Senators introduced the bill on June 17, 2026. The Senate read the bill twice and referred it to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Yes

  • Scored +10

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    The bill directly provides legal temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants.

  • Scored +7

    Does this make it easier for immigrants already here to become citizens?

    Providing Temporary Protected Status offers legal presence and stability for Haitian nationals.

  • Scored +5

    Would Black Americans be better off under this?

    Many Haitian nationals are African American or of African descent and would benefit from legal status.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.