"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Tuesday that the Trump administration was ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which shields migrants from deportation to countries where it is deemed unsafe to return and grants temporary work authorisation, for Somalis living in the US. list of 3 itemsend of list Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law's requirement for Temporary Protected Status, Noem said in a statement."
"The Somali community has become a frequent target of the Trump administration. The US president has called Somalis garbage and depicted them as criminals. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has lashed out at Somalis in the US, alleging large-scale public benefit fraud in Minnesota's Somali community, the largest in the country, with about 80,000 members. Trump has threatened to strip any naturalised Somali or foreign-born person of their US citizenship if they were convicted of fraud, as he continued his attacks on the Somali"
The Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and work authorisations for Somali nationals in the United States, a decision expected to affect about 1,100 people. Homeland Security said conditions in Somalia have improved and that allowing Somali nationals to remain temporarily is contrary to national interests. The decision is likely to face legal challenges. Somali communities have faced intensified targeting by the administration, including public insults, allegations of benefit fraud in Minnesota, threats to revoke naturalised citizens' status if convicted of fraud, cuts to federal childcare assistance, and increased immigration enforcement, prompting local condemnation.
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