Trump Drops Hammer On Somalis, Revokes Temporary Protective Status

The Trump administration is pulling Temporary Protected Status for Somalia, ordering thousands of Somali migrants to leave the United States by March 17, including hundreds living in Minnesota.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the designation no longer meets legal standards.

“Temporary means temporary,” Noem told Fox News Digital. “Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law’s requirement for Temporary Protected Status.”

“Further, allowing Somali nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interests,” she added. “We are putting Americans first.”

Federal immigration officials say 2,471 Somali nationals are currently living in the United States under TPS, with another 1,383 applications still pending. Roughly 600 of those TPS recipients live in Minnesota, according to DHS sources.

Somalia was first granted temporary protected status in 1991 because of its long-running civil war. The Biden administration last extended the designation in September 2024.

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The decision lands as federal agents continue sweeping immigration operations in Minneapolis following the exposure of a massive fraud network that prosecutors say could total as much as $9 billion and has already resulted in dozens of criminal charges tied largely to members of the Somali community.

Minnesota officials have pushed back. Minneapolis and St. Paul filed suit against the Trump administration after ICE launched a major enforcement operation in the Twin Cities.

“We allege that the obvious targeting of Minnesota for our diversity, for our democracy and our differences of opinion with the federal government is a violation of the Constitution and of federal law,” Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference.

“DHS agents have sown chaos and terror across the metropolitan area,” Ellison added.

Tensions exploded last week when a woman, Renee Nicole Good, was fatally shot by an ICE agent during an enforcement action in south Minneapolis. Noem said the agent acted after Good drove her vehicle toward officers.

Kristi Noem labeled Good a “domestic terrorist” and said she “weaponized her vehicle” after blocking agents in the roadway.

Video from the scene shows an agent approaching Good’s SUV and ordering her to exit before the vehicle moved forward. According to Noem, Good attempted to run over an officer, prompting multiple shots that killed the 37-year-old.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey later told ICE to “get the f— out of Minneapolis,” while Gov. Tim Walz said on X that he viewed Noem’s account as part of a “propaganda machine.”

After Good’s death, agitators erected homemade barricades around the shooting site, blocking traffic and creating a no-go zone as local police largely stayed away. DHS operations continued despite the unrest, leading to clashes between federal agents and protesters across the city.

With TPS now ending for Somalia, thousands of Somali migrants face an abrupt deadline to leave the country as Minnesota remains at the center of the administration’s immigration crackdown.

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