{"id":586234,"date":"2026-04-15T18:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586234\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:53:08","slug":"watch-ahead-of-key-procedural-vote-pressley-gillen-demand-house-pass-measure-to-extend-haiti-tps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/586234\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Ahead of Key Procedural Vote, Pressley, Gillen Demand House Pass Measure to Extend Haiti TPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pressley Will Officially Move Her Bipartisan Discharge Petition<\/a> to House Floor Today, Final Passage Set for Thursday<\/p>\n

Over 350,000 Haitians Across America Could Lose Legal Status if Congress Doesn\u2019t Act<\/p>\n

Video (YouTube)<\/a> | Photos (DropBox)<\/a><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2013 Today, ahead of a key procedural vote, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, and Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) held a press conference alongside colleagues and advocatescalling for the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians. Following the press conference, Congresswoman Pressley went to the House floor to advance her discharge petition<\/a> on Rep. Gillen\u2019s bill and trigger the first procedural House vote on extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti until April 2029.<\/p>\n

Last month, Rep. Pressley\u2019s discharge petition successfully met the 218-signature threshold to move forward with bipartisan support.<\/a><\/p>\n

Joining Congresswomen Pressley and Gillen were House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Yvette Clarke, Congressman Maxwell Frost, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Congressman Mike Lawler, Maria Praeli, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy at FWD.us, Joshua Bernstein, Director of Immigration, Service Employees International Union, Guerline Jozef, Executive Director, Haitian Bridge Alliance, and Patrice Lawrence, Co-Director, UndocuBlack Network.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtending TPS for Haiti is not only the moral and humanitarian thing to do\u2014it\u2019s also good policy. It\u2019s good for families, it\u2019s good for our economy, and it\u2019s good for America,\u201d said Congresswoman Pressley at the press conference. \u201cToday the People\u2019s House has an opportunity to pass our legislation to extend Haiti TPS and save lives. And we must do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dBefore I came to Congress, I made a promise to our Haitian community in Nassau County on Long Island that I would use my voice and work with anyone to help protect this community and their existing legal status here in the United States,\u201d said Rep. Gillen. \u201cThat\u2019s why the very first bill I introduced was a bipartisan bill to extend TPS for Haitians. Without this protection, they will be forced to return to the horrors in Haiti. It has kept hard-working, law-abiding, and taxpaying members of our community from certain death. I am proud that, with the partnership of my Democratic and Republican colleagues, including Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Mike Lawler, we were able to advance a discharge petition on this issue. This week, I intend to pass the very first bill that I introduced in Congress and deliver on a promise that I made before taking office to protect TPS for Haiti.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the start of this administration, we\u2019ve witnessed one attack after another on law-abiding immigrants,\u201d said Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5). \u201cFamilies are being torn apart, and fear is becoming a twisted new norm across our communities. Extending TPS for our Haitian brothers and sisters would mark a crucial step toward reining in Trump\u2019s terror. I\u2019m deeply grateful to Reps. Pressley and Gillen for leading the fight to save lives, safeguard basic rights, and uphold the dignity our constituents deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to fight alongside my colleagues who have refused to stand by as the 350,000 Haitian TPS holders, whom we have come to call our neighbors, friends, and loved ones, are forced back to the same humanitarian turmoil, gang violence, exploitation, chaos, and instability that they narrowly escaped with their lives. These families embody what it means to be good, decent Americans, and they deserve more than to be treated as numbers in Donald Trump\u2019s deportation machine,\u201d said Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke. \u201cTemporary Protected Status is a promise. For the sake of our Haitian neighbors\u2019 safety and futures, we must not break it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExtending TPS for Haiti is urgent and necessary,\u201d said Rep. Maxwell Frost. \u201cI\u2019ve been fighting to protect Haitian families in Central Florida because Haiti is facing a devastating humanitarian crisis marked by violence, instability, and a lack of basic safety. The House must act to protect these families, and the Senate must follow with the same urgency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHaiti is overrun by criminal gangs, who kidnap women and girls, extort residents for protection money, and kill with impunity. We must preserve their TPS and protect their lives and safety,\u201d said Wasserman Schultz. \u201cAs a descendent of immigrants who fled repression and antisemitism, I\u2019ll always fight for law-abiding immigrant families who fled desperate circumstances and who work hard, pay taxes, pass criminal background checks, and contribute to our economy and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Haitian nationals, these deportation threats are not policy. They are a death sentence,\u201d said Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24). \u201cMy constituents have done everything right, and I refuse to stand by while they are sent back into violence, instability, and fear. Haiti is not safe, and we all know it. This is a humanitarian crisis, and I am demanding immediate action to extend TPS, protect these families, and stand with Haiti. I will keep fighting with everything I have until these families are protected and this injustice is brought to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHaitian TPS holders are our family members, neighbors, and friends. They are parents raising kids here. They are caregivers, coworkers, and essential workers who contribute to the places we all call home,\u201d\u00a0said Maria Praeli, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy at FWD.us<\/a>. \u201cThis bill isn\u2019t just a statement about the conditions in Haiti, and the very real justification for continuing TPS. It is also about recognizing what TPS holders already contribute and making a decision that is in the best interest of our communities and our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of SEIU\u2019s Haitian members with TPS provide in-home long-term care for elderly or disabled U.S. citizens who face the prospect of losing trusted aides they have relied on for intimate assistance for months or years,\u201d said Joshua Bernstein of SEIU at the press conference. \u201cOthers play critical roles in airports, hospitals, health clinics or elsewhere. They will be difficult and costly to replace, and America will be poorer for it, their families bereft, their co-workers and employers left to fend for themselves. We hope and expect that a majority [of congressmembers] will vote tomorrow to keep them in their jobs and free from deportation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c350,000 people at risk right now, and those are children who are afraid to go to school because they are afraid when they come back home, their mothers, their fathers will not be here,\u201d said Guerline Jozef with Haitian Bridge Alliance at the press conference. \u201cWhere will you be? On the right side of history? Or continuing to cause trauma to people who aren\u2019t asking for anything other than safety and protection? We stand in solidarity with the TPS holders, and we are pushing with Congresswoman Pressley and the entire 218 members who came and signed. We are demanding every member of Congress, regardless of which side of the aisle you find yourself, to stand on behalf of the right, human thing to do right now and provide TPS for those Haitians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is deeply personal for those of us that know what it\u2019s like to be vulnerable, for those of us who know what it\u2019s like to be living our lives in short increments\u2014which TPS holders do of two years at a time\u2014folks who are parents, folks who are students, folks who are advocates, folks who are caregivers,\u201d said Patrice Lawrence with UndocuBlack Network at the press conference. \u201cWe deserve to give them more time, and that is what we can do today and tomorrow by making sure that we say \u2018Yes\u2019 to the votes. This is not about politics\u2014this is about Haitian people, and it is the right thing to do no matter which color you represent.\u201d<\/p>\n

A transcript of the Congresswoman\u2019s remarks is available below, and the video is\u00a0available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Transcript: Ahead of Key Procedural Vote, Pressley, Gillen Demand House Pass Measure to Extend Haiti TPS<\/p>\n

U.S. Capitol<\/p>\n

April 15, 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thank you to my partners in this work, Congresswoman Laura Gillen, Chairwoman Yvette Clark of New York, Representatives Frost, Wilson, Wasserman Schultz. Of course, Congressman Lawler, to my Massachusetts delegation partner and our indomitable House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark \u2014\u00a0Massachusetts in the building,<\/p>\n

To our movement partners at FWD.us and SEIU and so many others who are not here in DC but present throughout this country, including advocates like Haitian Bridge. We thank you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We find ourselves at a critical inflection point in our country and in our movement for immigrant justice, and today is a critical milestone.<\/p>\n

After years of advocacy, years, after years of advocacy, relentless organizing, our discharge petition to force a vote on extending Temporary Protected Status for Haiti has officially reached the 218 signatures required to move forward with bipartisan support.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We need to affirm and celebrate and recognize that. This is not a marathon, it is a relay race, and that was the first critical leg in this relay.\u00a0Now, we find ourselves approaching the second leg in this relay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let me be clear, this is historic. In the last 40 years, only 15 discharge petitions have reached this threshold. The progress is testament to the strength of our movement, the power of our collective action, and our bipartisan solidarity in this fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today, we take this fight to the House floor to move this forward, because the stakes could not be higher.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Right now, more than 350,000 Haitian nationals living in the United States face the threat of losing Temporary Protected Status.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Massachusetts alone, more than 19,000 people are living with fear and uncertainty about whether they will be forced from their homes, separated from their families, and deported to a country facing profound political instability and a humanitarian crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let us be clear about what deportation would mean.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We would be sending parents back into danger, ripping our seniors away from their caregivers, faith leaders back into instability, and essential workers back into insecurity.<\/p>\n

To deport anyone to a country that is grappling with layered political, humanitarian, and economic crises is unconscionable. It is dangerous and it is preventable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To deport anyone to Haiti right now is unlawful and it would be a death sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Haitians who have lived here for 15 years have put down roots, built families, started businesses, strengthened our communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These are our neighbors, our coworkers, our friends, people we live, work and worship with, and they are part of the fabric of America.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our Haitian neighbors are essential to our economy and our care infrastructure. They are nurses and home health aides, childcare providers, transportation workers, entrepreneurs and educators.\u00a0Haitian TPS holders contribute billions of dollars to our economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Extending TPS is not only the moral and humanitarian thing to do it is also good policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is good for families.<\/p>\n

It is good for our economy.<\/p>\n

And it is good for America.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And yet, there is an illegal effort to terminate TPS for Haiti, the latest act of targeted contempt against the Haitian community and our immigrant neighbors.<\/p>\n

Congress must step in.<\/p>\n

Today, the People\u2019s House has an opportunity to pass our legislation to extend Haiti TPS and save lives. And we must do just that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thank you. And now we\u2019ll hear from Congresswoman Laura Gillen. Thank you so much for your foundational leadership in this critical first leg of this relay race.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

Congresswoman Pressley serves as Co-Chair for the House Haiti Caucus and represents one of the largest Haitian diaspora communities in the country. She has stood in vigorous defense for Haitian communities and all immigrant neighbors amid Trump and ICE\u2019s attacks against immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

Congresswoman Pressley has been a leading voice in Congress pushing back against Trump\u2019s threats to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.<\/p>\n

This week, Rep. Pressley, alongside Rep. Wasserman Schultz and Senators Ed Markey and Chris Van Hollen, led 26 Senators and 157 Representatives in filing an amicus brief<\/a> in the U.S. Supreme Court in Miot v. Trump, a consolidated case challenging the Trump administration\u2019s unlawful termination of Haiti and Syria Temporary Protected Status (TPS).<\/p>\n

On March 28, 2026, Rep. Pressley\u2019s discharge petition to force a House vote on extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti successfully met the 218-signature threshold to move forward with bipartisan support.<\/a><\/p>\n

In March 2026, Rep. Pressley\u00a0joined Haitian faith leaders and advocates<\/a>\u00a0to urge the Supreme Court to\u00a0affirm the lower courts\u2019 rulings<\/a>\u00a0that deemed Trump\u2019s push to\u00a0terminate Haiti TPS unlawful.<\/a><\/p>\n

In February 2026, Rep. Pressley\u00a0applauded a federal judge\u2019s ruling<\/a>\u00a0to temporarily block Trump\u2019s move to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians. Ending TPS for Haitians would leave over 350,000 Haitian nationals at risk of deportation, many of whom reside in the Massachusetts 7th congressional district.<\/p>\n

In January 2026, Congresswoman Pressley, alongside Senator Markey,\u00a0held a field hearing<\/a>\u00a0on the importance of extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. She\u00a0documented this testimony<\/a>\u00a0in the legislative record. Footage from the hearing is available\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and photos\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In January 2026, Rep. Pressley also\u00a0organized a press conference<\/a>\u00a0in D.C. in January to sound the alarm on the harm of terminating TPS for Haiti on seniors and the U.S. care economy.<\/p>\n

On June 28, 2025, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)\u00a0issued the following statement<\/a>\u00a0condemning the Trump Administration\u2019s abominable termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti effective September 2nd, 2025.<\/p>\n

On June 5, 2025, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)\u00a0and\u00a0Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09)\u00a0issued the following statement<\/a>\u00a0on Donald Trump\u2019s executive order that bans citizens of 12 countries, including Haiti, from traveling to the United States, and places partial restrictions on citizens of seven more nations.<\/p>\n

On March 18, 2025, \u00a0Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)\u00a0led 62 of their colleagues in the House and 23 of their colleagues in the Senate<\/a>\u00a0in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding the Trump Administration redesignate and extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, which the administration recently canceled on questionable legal authority:<\/p>\n

On February 20, 2025, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Yvette Clarke (NY-12), and\u00a0Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20)\u00a0issued the following statement<\/a>\u00a0condemning the Trump Administration\u2019s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.<\/p>\n

On April 23, 2024, Rep. Pressley, alongside Co-Chairs Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), led a group of 50 lawmakers\u00a0urging the Biden Administration to redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS<\/a>), pause on deportations back to Haiti, extend humanitarian parole to any Haitians currently detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s detention centers, end detention of Haitian migrants intercepted at sea, and provide additional humanitarian assistance for Haiti.<\/p>\n

On April 18, 2024, Rep. Pressley and Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs led a letter to House Ways and Means Committee leadership\u00a0emphasizing support<\/a>\u00a0for the early renewal of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) and the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Acts, commonly known as HOPE\/HELP.<\/p>\n

On April 12, 2024, Rep. Pressley joined Haitian-led activists, organizations, and a directly impacted person in Haiti for a\u00a0press call urging federal action<\/a>\u00a0to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Haiti.<\/p>\n

On March 27, 2024, Rep. Pressley joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and her colleagues on the Massachusetts congressional delegation in urging the Biden Administration to\u00a0expedite visa processing for Haitians<\/a>, particularly\u00a0 for relatives of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.<\/p>\n

On March 12, 2024, Rep. Pressley and Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Cherfilus McCormick and Yvette Clarke\u00a0issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0on the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry.<\/p>\n

On March 6, 2024, Rep. Pressley\u00a0issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0on the recent jailbreak and State of Emergency in Haiti.<\/p>\n

On December 8, 2023, Rep. Pressley and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke urged the U.S. Department of State to\u00a0withdraw U.S. support for an armed foreign intervention<\/a>\u00a0in Haiti and encourage negotiations for a Haitian-led democratic political transition.<\/p>\n

On December 6, 2022, Rep. Pressley issued a statement\u00a0applauding<\/a>\u00a0the Biden Administration\u2019s extension and re-designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.<\/p>\n

On December 1, 2022, Rep. Pressley, Rep. Cori Bush, and Rep. Mondaire Jones led 14 of their colleagues on a\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Department to extend and redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).<\/p>\n

On August 17, 2022, Rep. Pressley, along with Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Val Demings, Yvette Clarke, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), called on President Biden to\u00a0appoint a new Special Envoy<\/a>\u00a0to Haiti, a position that has remained unfilled since September 2021.<\/p>\n

On May 31, 2022, Rep. Pressley and Reverend Dieufort Fleurissaint, chair of Haitian Americans United,\u00a0published an op-ed in the Bay State Banner<\/a>\u00a0in which they called on the Biden administration to withdraw support for de facto ruler of Haiti, Ariel Henry, and instead support an inclusive, civil society-led process to restore stability and democracy on the island.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On May 26, 2022, Rep. Pressley, along with with Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Andy Levin (MI-09), Jim McGovern (MA-02), and Frederica Wilson (FL-24), led a letter to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Power urging her to act to\u00a0ensure food security<\/a>\u00a0in Haiti.<\/p>\n

In February 2022, Reps. Pressley, Judy Chu (CA-27),\u00a0and\u00a0Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (NY-07)\u00a0led 33 other House Democrats on a letter to CDC Director Walensky\u00a0demanding answers<\/a>\u00a0about the agency\u2019s justification for treating asylum seekers as a unique public health threat, how these expulsions are being coordinated, how asylum seekers being returned to dangerous situations are being cared for, and more. Days later, Rep. Pressley once again\u00a0called<\/a>\u00a0on the Biden Administration to reverse the Title 42 Order and other anti-Black immigration policies.<\/p>\n

On March 16, 2022, Rep. Pressley and Rep. Mondaire Jones called on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky to fully\u00a0end Title 42, cease deportations<\/a>\u00a0of people to Haiti and affirm their legal and fundamental human right to seek asylum.<\/p>\n

On February 16, 2022, Rep. Pressley\u00a0joined<\/a>\u00a0Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 100 House and Senate colleagues in urging President Biden to reverse inhumane immigration policies \u2013 such as Title 42, originally introduced under the Trump Administration \u2013 that continue to disproportionately harm Black migrants.<\/p>\n

On February 14, 2022, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), alongside Representatives Judy Chu (CA-27) and Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (NY-07), led 33 other House Democrats on a letter to Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,\u00a0demanding answers<\/a>\u00a0about the agency\u2019s justification for treating asylum seekers as a unique public health threat, how these expulsions are being coordinated, how asylum seekers being returned to dangerous situations are being cared for, and more.<\/p>\n

In April 2022, she joined her colleagues at a\u00a0press conference<\/a>\u00a0reaffirming her support for President Biden\u2019s decision to end Title 42. Full video of her remarks at the press conference is available\u00a0here<\/a>. Rep. Pressley\u00a0applauded<\/a>\u00a0the Biden Administration\u2019s end of Title 42 in a statement in April 2022.<\/p>\n

In September 2022, Rep. Pressley and Rep. Vel\u00e1zquez led 54 of their colleagues on a letter\u00a0calling on the Biden Administration<\/a>\u00a0to immediately halt deportations to Haiti and provide humanitarian parole protections for those seeking asylum. The lawmakers\u2019\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0followed the Administration\u2019s resumption of deportation flights to Haiti as thousands of Haitian migrants continue to await an opportunity to make an asylum claim at the border.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In September 2022, Rep. Pressley joined her colleagues on the House Oversight Committee in\u00a0demanding answers<\/a>\u00a0regarding the inhumane treatment of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, by Border Patrol agents on horseback and pushing to Biden Administration to end the ongoing use and weaponization of Title 42.<\/p>\n

On July 7, 2022, Rep. Pressley and Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Andy Levin (MI-09), Val Demings (FL-10) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09)\u00a0released a statement<\/a>\u00a0marking the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n

On November 21, 2021, Rep. Pressley and Senator Elizabeth Warren led the Massachusetts congressional delegation on a\u00a0letter to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)<\/a>\u00a0calling on them to coordinate with the government agencies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to assist newly arrived families from Haiti.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On October 18, 2021, Rep. Pressley, and Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Val Demings (FL-10), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Andy Levin (MI-09)\u00a0issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0following the kidnapping of American and Canadian missionaries in Haiti.<\/p>\n

On October 18, 2021, Rep. Pressley\u00a0issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0on the civil rights complaint filed by Haitian families demanding a federal investigation into the heinous actions perpetrated by federal officials at the border.<\/p>\n

On October 22, 2021, Rep. Pressley, along with\u00a0Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD),\u00a0and\u00a0Reps. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14),\u00a0and\u00a0Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL),\u00a0sent a\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0to Troy A. Miller, the Acting Administrator of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), demanding a briefing and answers regarding\u00a0press reports<\/a>\u00a0of the inhumane treatment of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, by Border Patrol agents on horseback.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On September 17, 2021, Rep. Pressley and Congresswoman Nydia M. Vel\u00e1zquez (NY-07) led 52 of their colleagues calling on the Biden Administration to immediately\u00a0halt deportations to Haiti and take urgent action<\/a>\u00a0to address the concerns of the Haitian Diaspora after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti.<\/p>\n

On August 14, 2021, Rep. Pressley Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Andy Levin (MI-09) and Val Demings (FL-10) and Mondaire Jones (NY-17)\u00a0released a statement<\/a>\u00a0regarding the recent earthquake in Haiti.<\/p>\n

On July 14, 2021, Rep. Pressley and Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Andy Levin (MI-09) and Val Demings (FL-10) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling on him to take a series of steps to\u00a0support the Haitian diaspora<\/a>\u00a0amid ongoing political turmoil in Haiti.<\/p>\n

In July 2021, the Reps. Pressley, Clarke, Demings and Levin\u00a0issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0condemning the assassination of President Mo\u00efse and calling for swift and decisive action to bring political stability and peace to Haiti and the Haitian people.<\/p>\n

In May 2021, on Haitian Flag Day, Reps. Pressley, Levin, Clarke and Demings announced the formation of the\u00a0House Haiti Caucus<\/a>, a Congressional caucus dedicated to pursuing a just foreign policy that puts the needs and aspirations of the Haitian people first.<\/p>\n

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