WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday it will end temporary protected status for immigrants from Somalia, the latest move in the president’s mass deportation agenda.
The move affects hundreds of people who are a small subset of immigrants with TPS protections in the United States.
It comes during Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where many native Somalis live and where street protests have intensified since a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed a UScitizen who was demonstrating against federal presence in the city.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that affected Somalis must leave the US by March 17, when existing protections, last extended by former President Joe Biden, will expire.
“Temporary means temporary,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, adding that the decision puts “Americans first.”
