On Thursday, January 22, 2026, Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, co-chair of the groupe de travail Haïti à la Chambre des représentants, announced the filing of a discharge petition that could compel the House to vote on a bill requiring the Trump administration to extend Haiti's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for three years.

This petition must gather 218 signatures in the House to be considered. It should be noted that TPS for Haitians expires on February 3rd, 2026, which would expose between 350,000 and 500,000 Haitian nationals to the risk of deportation, many of whom work in key sectors such as healthcare and elder care.

At a press conference organized by Representative Pressley and attended by Democratic Representatives Maxwell Frost (FL-10) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), co-chair of the Haiti Task Force, a coalition of human rights advocates raised the alarm about the detrimental consequences of ending TPS for Haiti on senior citizens and the U.S. healthcare system.

Speakers at this press conference included : Luis Zaldivar of the American Business Immigration Coalition, Arnoldo Diaz of the National TPS Alliance, Katia Guillaume of the SEIU, Ronald Claude of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Teofila Liriano of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Katie Smith Sloan of LeadingAge, Monica Vargas of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, and Rob Leibreich and Irma Canan of Goodwin Living.

It is worth noting that immigrants make up a quarter of the staff in healthcare facilities and more than 30% of home care aide positions. TPS holders, while representing only a small portion of the total population, account for 15% of all non-U.S. citizen healthcare professionals. By comparison, over 20% of Haitians work in the healthcare sector in the United States. By 2050, the U.S. population aged 65 and over will increase by 50%, yet the United States faces a projected shortage of 3.5 million healthcare professionals by 2030.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-46691-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-46587-haiti-flash-end-of-tps-judge-reyes-skeptical-and-unconvinced.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-46580-haiti-flash-end-of-tps-judge-reyes-confronts-the-trump-administration-with-its-contradictions.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-46575-haiti-flash-a-federal-court-is-to-rule-on-the-legality-of-not-extending-temporary-protected-status-tps.html

SL/ HaitiLibre