HRES 542
108th Congress
House
Immigration
Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Caribbean area
Haiti
Haiti compilation
Haitians
Latin America
Refugees
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Homeland Security should designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to make nationals of Haiti eligible for temporary protected status under such section.
Introduced: February 26, 2004
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 26, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 26, 2004
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Homeland Security should: (1) designate Haiti as a country the return to which would jeopardize the safety of nationals thereof; and (2) grant temporary protected status to Haitian nationals in the United States.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
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