Members of the House Freedom Caucus are urging colleagues to oppose extending Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants ahead of a final House vote Thursday, citing concerns about public safety.
Several House Republicans, along with now-independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, joined Democrats in voting to bring a bill to the floor extending TPS for Haitians. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., secured 218 signatures to force consideration of the bill.
The Department of Homeland Security in November 2025 announced that it would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation. The move revoked legal protections for more than 350,000 Haitians to ?live and work in the U.S., Reuters reported.
“It is outrageous that six Republicans joined all Democrats to advance a vote extending Temporary Protected Status for illegal alien Haitians by another three years,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal.
Republican Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar and Carlos Gimenez of Florida, Reps. Mike Lawler and Nicole Malliotakis of New York, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania all joined Democrats on the vote.
Heritage Action, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization who champions conservative members like Roy, told The Daily Signal, “It’s unacceptable to see some Republicans breaking ranks to advance this Democrat-led bill, betraying the mandate voters gave them and delivering de facto amnesty.”
Roy pointed to the case of Rolbert Joachin, a Haitian national who entered the United States under the Biden administration. He applied for and was granted TPS after receiving a final order of removal in 2022, but was recently charged in the killing of a Florida gas station worker. Joachin pleaded not guilty to charges of homicide and property damage, the Fort Myers News-Press and Naples Daily News reported Wednesday.
The alleged attack, which Roy said was a byproduct of a “reckless decision” from the Biden administration, was captured on surveillance video.
”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 added.
Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., said the push to extend TPS reflects a broader pattern of prioritizing illegal immigrants over American citizens.
Roy and Brecheen also argued that repeatedly renewing Temporary Protected Status undermines the program’s original intent as a temporary humanitarian measure.
“TPS was first granted to Haitians following an earthquake in 2010, and today, 16 years later, it is still in place,” Brecheen told The Daily Signal. “Sixteen years is not temporary.”
“Temporary should mean temporary, and it is long past time these illegal aliens return to their home country for good,” Roy added.
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told The Daily Signal he opposes any congressional effort he views as granting amnesty, including the Haitian TPS bill.
“I will never vote for amnesty,” Fine said. “I don’t care if you got here last week, last month, last year, or 30 years ago.”
In a prior interview with The Daily Signal, Fine argued that enforcing immigration laws would lower costs for Americans.
“It’s not just about political values or reducing crime,” Fine said. “It’s about making housing more affordable, reducing health care costs, shrinking the size of our education system, and making insurance affordable.”
