# H.R. 1689 (119th): This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025. (Eligible nationals of a TPS-designated country may obtain employment authorization, may not be detained on the basis of their immigration status, and are not subject to removal while they retain TPS.)

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: humanitarian_relief. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: immigration. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: mercy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: temporary_protected_status. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 120: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill provides temporary humanitarian protection from removal and detention for nationals of a designated country, which restrains harm to vulnerable people and aligns with mercy toward the stranger. It does not directly advance moral evil. Its effects on immigration enforcement and border policy are prudential disagreements, so the overall classification is mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The measure bears on Scripture's call to show mercy to the sojourner and the vulnerable, and to avoid returning people to danger without cause. It also raises prudential questions of civil order and immigration administration, which Scripture leaves to governing authorities to weigh under general equity.

## Recorded votes

Roll 120: On Passage. Yea 224 · Nay 204 · Other 3.

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