1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

As your constituent, I urge you to co-sponsor S. 4814 and support a Senate vote to restore Temporary Protected Status for Haiti before this Congress adjourns. Last week in San Diego, an 8-year-old Haitian boy went to a scheduled immigration appointment with the uncle who had cared for him since his father was deported. His uncle brought him because he did not want to break the law. The boy left in federal custody, separated from his uncle and cousins. Until this year, he had TPS. He is one of hundreds of thousands of Haitians who were vetted, lived and worked here lawfully under TPS, paid taxes and raised families. Haiti remains so dangerous that our own State Department warns Americans not to travel there. Sending these families back now is neither safe nor humane. This should not be a partisan issue. The House passed this protection 224 to 204, with ten Republicans voting yes, including Rep. María Elvira Salazar of Florida. Rep. Mike Lawler, a Republican co-author of the House bill, has urged Senate leadership to take it up. Forty-seven senators have already co-sponsored the Senate version. Please add your name to S. 4814 and vote yes when Haitian TPS reaches the Senate floor. Only a few weeks remain in this Congress, and every week of delay puts more families like this one at risk of being torn apart.