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  "path": "/2026/04/16/repub/with-gop-defections-us-house-passes-bill-extending-legal-status-for-350000-haitians/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T20:42:45.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON — 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 Georgia, Don Bacon […]",
  "title": "With GOP defections, US House passes bill extending legal status for 350,000 Haitians"
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