US House approves bill to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations

Rare rebuke of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, enabled by small group of Republican defectors, to last three years

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The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations for three years, a rare bipartisan rebuke of https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda enabled by a small group of Republican defectors.

The 224-204 vote saw 11 members of the House Republican conference join with all Democrats to pass the New York Democrat Lauren Gillen’s bill to continue temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians, a designation that allows them to live and work in the United States without fear of deportation.