The House of Representatives voted to bring a bring a bill to the floor for a final vote that would extend Temporary Protective Status (TPS) to 350,000 illegal aliens from Haiti.
TPS is a designation bestowed upon illegal aliens that shields them from deportation to a humanitarian tragedy in their country.
In this case, then President Obama granted Haitians TPS following a devastating earthquake in 2010.
Joe Biden extended TPS for Haitians during his Presidency.
President Trump sought to end TPS, a decision that is now tied up in court leading to some members of Congress seeking to codify the Haitians TPS.
House Freedom Caucus member Chip Roy announced his opposition to “advance a vote extending Temporary Protected Status for illegal alien Haitians by another three years.”
Roy then cited the case of a Haitian illegal alien that Joe Biden granted TPS to who police arrested on charges of bludgeoning a Florida mom to death with a hammer at a gas station.
”Americans are still grappling with the devastating consequences of the Biden border crisis, including the brutal murder of a Florida mother allegedly by a Haitian illegal alien reportedly allowed to remain here under TPS on President Biden’s watch,” Roy continued.
Oklahoma Congressman Josh Brecheen, who is also a member of the House Freedom Caucus said in an interview with the Daily Singal that extending the Haitian illegal aliens TPS for 16 years defeated the purpose of the “temporary” aspect of the program.
“TPS was first granted to Haitians following an earthquake in 2010, and today, 16 years later, it is still in place,” Brecheen stated. “Sixteen years is not temporary.”
Congressman Roy agreed with that sentiment.
“Temporary should mean temporary, and it is long past time these illegal aliens return to their home country for good,” Roy stated.
The House Freedom Caucus recently accepted Florida Congressman Randy Fine into its ranks.
Fine argued that opposing extending TPS status was a fundamental value that Congress should line up behind.
“I will never vote for amnesty,” Fine remarked. “I don’t care if you got here last week, last month, last year, or 30 years ago.”
“It’s not just about political values or reducing crime,” Fine stated. “It’s about making housing more affordable, reducing health care costs, shrinking the size of our education system, and making insurance affordable.”
The House eventually passed a final bill to extend TPS for Haitian illegal aliens and that legislation now heads to the United States Senate.
