The US House of Representatives has passed a bill extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — a programme that shields foreign nationals already in the country from deportation when their homelands face unsafe conditions — for approximately 350,000 Haitians for three additional years, citing ongoing gang violence and political instability in Haiti. The measure passed 224 to 204, with ten Republicans breaking from party lines to support it, after lawmakers used a discharge petition to bypass Republican leadership and force the vote to the floor. The bill now moves to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain, and President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly sought to end TPS for Haitians as part of broader immigration restrictions, is widely expected to veto it if it reaches his desk.