Trump Terminates TPS for Somalis in Minnesota

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is immediately terminating the Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants in Minnesota, a move aimed at addressing what he described as widespread fraud and gang activity in the state.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump stated that Minnesota has become a hub of fraudulent money laundering under Governor Tim Walz and that Somali gangs are terrorizing residents. "BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It's OVER!" Trump wrote, adding that he was ending the federal Temporary Protected Status program for Somalis in the state effective immediately.

The Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, is a humanitarian program established by Congress in 1990 to shield immigrants from countries facing ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters or other extraordinary conditions from deportation. It allows eligible individuals to live and work legally in the United States for renewable periods, typically 18 months at a time. Somalia's TPS designation, granted due to its civil war that began in 1991 and has involved militia fighting and famine, was extended by the previous administration through...