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Appropriations panel hears pleas for continued TPS protections for Afghans and Venezuelans; committee seeks DHS briefings
Summary
Members debated the Trump administration's decisions to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Afghans and Venezuelans. Some amendments seeking to bar funding for deportations failed or were withdrawn; the committee adopted report language directing DHS to reassess the Venezuela TPS termination and brief lawmakers.
Lawmakers pressed the Department of Homeland Security over recent administration decisions to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Afghans and sought protections for people who were admitted under TPS or who helped U.S. forces abroad.
What happened: Rep. Mary McCollum (D‑Minn.) offered, then withdrew, an amendment to prohibit use of funds to deport Afghan nationals who had held TPS; she said members agreed to try to draft a bipartisan floor amendment after the markup. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D‑Fla.) offered an amendment to prohibit using bill funds to detain or deport Venezuelan TPS beneficiaries; the…
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