{"id":406928,"date":"2026-01-13T18:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406928\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:39:10","slug":"trump-ends-temporary-protected-status-for-somalis-living-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406928\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump ends temporary protected status for Somalis living in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump’s\u00a0administration will end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to some 1,100\u00a0Somalis in the U.S., administration officials said on Tuesday, the latest restrictive move targeting\u00a0Somali\u00a0immigrants.<\/p>\n

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she would end temporary protected status for\u00a0Somalis, arguing that conditions in\u00a0Somalia had improved,\u00a0even as fighting continues\u00a0between\u00a0Somali\u00a0armed forces and al-Shabaab militants. <\/p>\n

With the termination, the status will be set to expire on March 17, although a legal challenge is likely.<\/p>\n

“Country conditions in\u00a0Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law’s requirement for Temporary Protected Status,” Noem said in a statement. <\/p>\n

“Further, allowing\u00a0Somali\u00a0nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interests. We are putting Americans first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has been critical of\u00a0Somali\u00a0immigrants in recent months,\u00a0calling them “garbage”\u00a0and focusing on fraud allegations in Minnesota that have included some\u00a0Somalis. The Republican president said in November that he was ending TPS for\u00a0Somalis in Minnesota, which is home to an estimated 76,000\u00a0Somali\u00a0immigrants, according to U.S. census data.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration sent more than 2,000 federal immigration agents to Minnesota amid allegations that\u00a0Somali\u00a0immigrants\u00a0were running fraudulent day cares, turning the Democratic-led city into the latest focus of Trump’s crackdown.<\/p>\n

Tensions boiled over last week in Minneapolis when a federal immigration officer\u00a0fatally shot Renee Good, a U.S. citizen and mother of three,\u00a0sparking protests.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Minnesota sues Trump administration:\"\"<\/p>\n

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Officials in Minnesota are suing the federal government over what they call a ‘dangerous’ immigration enforcement, looking to stop the deployment of thousands of immigration agents to the state.Trump targets TPS<\/p>\n

Temporary protected status\u00a0provides deportation relief and work permits\u00a0to people already in the U.S. if their home countries experience a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. The Trump administration has sought to end most enrollment in the program, saying it runs counter to U.S. interests.<\/p>\n

A U.S. federal judge in December\u00a0blocked the Trump administration\u00a0from ending TPS for thousands of migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, citing racially inflammatory statements by Trump officials that raised questions about the legitimacy of the decision-making process.<\/p>\n

A Federal Register notice related to the termination posted on Tuesday said about 1,100\u00a0Somalis had the status and that another 1,400 had pending TPS applications.<\/p>\n

\"ADemonstrators rally in protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), amid a reported federal immigration operation targeting the Somali community in Minneapolis on Dec. 8, 2025. (Tim Evans\/Reuters)<\/p>\n

The termination notice said security had improved in\u00a0Somalia and that returning\u00a0Somalis could elect to live in safer parts of the country, such as the\u00a0northern territory of\u00a0Somaliland.<\/p>\n

The 2024 TPS extension, issued by the administration of Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, said attacks by al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, warranted humanitarian relief for\u00a0Somalis in the U.S.<\/p>\n

“Al-Shabaab subjects civilians to numerous human rights abuses, including summary executions, religiously and politically motivated killings, disappearances, physical abuse, and other inhuman treatment,” the notice said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-406928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}