Trump moves to end Temporary Protected Status for Somalis

(NYT) — President Donald Trump intends to strip hundreds of Somalis living in the United States of the protected status they have had for decades under a program for immigrants from countries in crisis.

Trump specifically targeted “Somalis in Minnesota” in a social media post Friday, writing that he was terminating their eligibility for the Temporary Protected Status program. More Somalis live in Minnesota than in any other state.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in Minneapolis on Sunday that her office would evaluate whether to end protection for Somalis under the program. Doing so would require giving 60 days’ notice. Noem suggested that, if the status was revoked, the change would apply to Somali immigrants across

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