April 16 (UPI) -- The House on Thursday passed a bill to extend temporary protected status for people from Haiti who are living in the United States through 2029.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., who is co-chair of the House Haiti Caucus, introduced a discharge petition to advance a bill to extend protection for Haitian nationals.
The legislation was initially introduced by Rep. Laura Gillen, D-N.Y., whose Long Island district -- as well as the rest of Long Island and New York City -- have large Haitian populations, and is the first bill she introduced after her election to the House.
After the discharge petition succeeded, with bipartisan support, the bill passed the full House with 10 Republicans voting in support of it.
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