Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia introduced legislation to eliminate Temporary Protected Status entirely, a direct response after ten House Republicans crossed party lines to back a Democratic resolution shielding roughly 350,000 Haitian migrants from deportation. The bill, called the Territorial Protection and Sovereignty Act, would repeal the TPS program, terminate every existing designation, and give current holders 60 days to leave the country, or face removal proceedings.
Clyde’s move, first reported by the Daily Caller, arrived just one week after those ten GOP members handed Democrats a 224, 204 victory on a resolution introduced by Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley. The vote sent a jolt through the Republican conference and drew immediate backlash from conservative commentators and grassroots activists.
