A group of immigrant advocacy groups is planning a rally on Sunday in North Miami to press Congress to extend Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for hundreds of thousands of Haitian nationals in the U.S.<\/p>\n
The planned rally comes a little more than week after the House approved a bill to extend TPS for Haitians. Republican and Democratic lawmakers from South Florida \u2014 home to the largest Haitians in the U.S. \u2014 proved crucial in passing the bill 224-204<\/a>.<\/p>\n The bill, H.R. 1689<\/a>, was supported by U.S. Rep. Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar, U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart \u2014 all Republicans from Miami \u2014 along with South Florida Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, of West Palm Beach, and U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, of Parkland.<\/p>\n Turning the legislation into law will require approval by the U.S. Senate and President Donald Trump. The White House has already said Trump would veto it. <\/p>\n READ MORE: House passes bill extending protections for Haitian migrants in the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n “The Administration understands members have to vote their districts at times,” the White House said in a statement to NPR. “This terrible bill is going nowhere and there has been a veto threat issued. The administration is focused on enforcing federal immigration law and putting American citizens first.”<\/p>\n