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The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti for three years, in a rare rebuke by the GOP-led Congress to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Ten Republicans defected, including Reps. Maria Salazar, Mario Díaz-Balart and Carlos Giménez of Florida, Rich McCormick of …

The House voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would restore temporary protections for Haitian immigrants in the United States, with a small group of Republicans breaking with Donald Trump to oppose a key component of his immigration agenda. In a 219-209 vote, lawmakers approved a discharge petition forcing consideration of …