Crow Moves to Force Vote on Granting Vulnerable Afghans Temporary Protected Status

November 9, 2026 Press Release WASHINGTON —Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO), a former paratrooper and Army Ranger who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Armed Services Committee, will file a discharge petition to force a vote on his Afghanistan TPS Act . Crow’s Afghanistan TPS Act protects Afghans currently in the U.S. from deportation—and thereby provides them certainty and stability—by granting them Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The bill would designate Afghanistan under TPS until 2029. It comes as conditions in Afghanistan remain extremely dangerous, and follows a previous decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to terminate TPS for Afghanistan. Crow introduced his Afghanistan TPS Act alongside Representatives Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) in July. The original legislation has been endorsed by more than 50 organizations including Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Veterans of Foreign Wars, AfghanEvac, No One Left Behind, Global Refuge, Refugees International, Amnesty International USA, World Relief, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), HIAS, Afghans For a Better Tomorrow, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Human Rights First, Feminist Majority, and The Alliance for Diplomacy & Justice. “Our Afghan partners put their lives on the line to help protect American servicemembers like me. After more than two decades of war, we made a promise that we’d look after them. It’s both a moral and national security imperative that we keep that promise,” said Congressman Crow. “I’m working to force a vote that will protect Afghans already in the United States because I won’t let our nation leave these brave Afghans behind.” “This is about America keeping our word. Thousands of Afghans risked their lives alongside American troops because our country made them a promise: We would not abandon them. Now, we risk sending them back into the hands of the very Taliban forces they helped us fight. This cannot wait until the Democratic majority takes over—we need to reinstate Temporary Protected Status immediately and keep our friends safe,” said Congressman Liccardo. As a combat veteran, Congressman Crow served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been a long-standing champion of our Afghan allies as a Congressman. Crow has highlighted the importance of the SIV program in U.S. Congressional hearings and worked to ensure the authorization of 12,000 additional Afghan SIVs in the State Department's foreign operations funding bill. He has demanded the Trump Administration answer for reported plans to transfer Afghan refugees to unsafe third-country destinations. He introduced the Afghan Adjustment Act to provide a legal adjustment process for Afghan allies already in the United States, helped introduce the Afghan Allies Protection Act to expand and extend the SIV program, and started the Honoring Our Promises Working Group following the announcement of the withdrawal to help expedite SIVs and U.S. Refugee Admissions Programs. ###