Bill lets Haitian migrants in U.S. apply for green cards.
H.R. 9494 — Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2026 · Filed by Frederica Wilson (D-FL) · 14 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill lets Haitian nationals who have been in the U.S. since June 26, 2024, apply for green cards. Their spouses and children can apply too. Applicants have 3 years from when the bill becomes law to apply. They can work while waiting for a decision. Removal cases stop while their application is being reviewed.
Who it affects
Haitian migrants already in the U.S. and their spouses and children are affected. They can get green cards and work permits instead of facing removal.
One thing to notice
Applicants must apply within 3 years or lose the chance forever. Some normal blocking rules are waived. People with serious crimes still cannot get one.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
14 cosponsors: 14 Democrats.
- Jun 25, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 25, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 2 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $333,062 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 44 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.
Frederica Wilson, who sponsored the bill, received $119,000 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Cms Energy Corp — $170,000 in 1 report
- Teco Holdings Inc., Formerly Known As Energy, Inc. — $163,062 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- green cards — Documents that let a person live and work in the U.S. permanently.
- removal — When the government forces a person to leave the U.S.
- work permits — Legal permission to have a job in the U.S.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (8,087 characters) on Oct 17, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 17, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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