Rep. Yvette Clarke Leads Efforts to Protect Haitians and other TPS Beneficiaries Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (21 November 2017) — Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) is leading a bi-partisan effort in the U.S. Congress to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians, Central Americans and other TPS eligible nationals of Asia, Africa and the Middle East and to provide them with a path to permanent residency. Following on the expectation that TPS to Haitians would end January 2018...