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In a Truth Social post late Friday, President Donald Trump said he would “immediately” strip Somali residents in Minnesota of Temporary Protected Status.
United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on Sunday that the federal government plans to “evaluate” Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from Somalia. TPS is a legal safeguard against deportation for immigrants from certain countries.
In a Truth Social post late Friday, President Donald Trump said he would “immediately” strip Somali residents in Minnesota of Temporary Protected Status.
Trump’s pledge is triggering fear in the state’s deeply-rooted Somali community — the largest in the country — along with doubts about whether the White House has the legal authority to enact the directive as described. The announcement drew immediate pushback from some state leaders and immigration experts.
Somalia’s TPS designation runs through March 17, 2026, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services. That gives the Trump administration until mid-January to revoke the legal protection for Somalis nationally, in order to respect the required 60 days’ notice.
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But that move would affect only a tiny fraction of the tens of thousands of Somalis living in Minnesota. A report produced for Congress in August put the number of Somalis covered by TPS at just 705 nationwide.