Trump Ends Temporary Protected Status for Thousands of Somalis
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced it will end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, which will affect thousands of Somalis living in the country.
“Temporary means temporary. Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law’s requirement for Temporary Protected Status,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement.
“Further, allowing Somali nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interests. We are putting Americans first,” she continued.
Reports suggest that there are 2,471 Somali nationals living in the country under TPS, with 1,383 with pending TPS applications.
Widespread fraud has reached billions of dollars of taxpayer-funded programs involving the Somali community across the country, especially in Minnesota. There are roughly 600 Somali nationals protected under TPS in the North Star State.
The United States first granted Somalia TPS in 1991 as part of an ongoing civil war in the country... Joe Biden extended its TPS in September 2024.
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The main activity at the Minneapolis airport seems to have been... the transport of money to Somalia, by New Neo, 15 January 2026:
According to reports, over 2 years, they moved roughly $700MM through the airport. …
That would essentially mean that the Somalis were taking a $1 million dollar duffle bag through the airport — EVERY SINGLE DAY — for two years.
Trump Freezes All Immigration From Somalia Amid Massive Fraud Scandal, Daily Caller, 14 January 2026.