To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.

SI-generated grade · five published checks · not individually reviewed by a person · methodology

HR 1689 is constitutional. It exercises Congress's enumerated power over naturalization and immigration, does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections, respects individual sovereignty by providing relief from detention and removal, passes all four decentralization questions, and follows proper legislative due process.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has explicit constitutional authority over immigration and naturalization under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which grants Congress the power to 'establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.' The Supreme Court has long recognized plenary federal power over immigration, including the authority to grant temporary protected status as a form of humanitarian relief. This bill falls squarely …
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The bill does not infringe any of the first ten amendments. It grants employment authorization and protection from detention and removal to eligible Haitian nationals, which is a benefit, not a restriction. No speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, trial, jury, cruel and unusual punishment, or reserved powers issues are i…
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The bill expands individual freedom by allowing eligible Haitian nationals to work lawfully and remain in the United States without fear of detention or removal. It does not restrict what any person can do with their own person, property, speech, labor, or belief. The government is providing a benefit, not imposing a restriction, so no compelling justification is required.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This action passes all four questions. (1) An individual or family cannot handle immigration status determinations on their own; this requires uniform national policy. (2) A local community or county cannot handle TPS designations; immigration is inherently federal. (3) A state cannot handle TPS designations; the Constitution assigns immigration to the federal government. (4) This does not consoli…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The bill follows proper legislative procedure: it was introduced, passed by the House, read twice in the Senate, and placed on the legislative calendar. It does not bypass due process or take property without just compensation. TPS is a discretionary humanitarian designation, not a property right, so no Takings Clause issue arises under the Fifth Amendment.

Sources: Congress.gov: HR 1689 summary