On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a new round of foreign nationals slated to have their temporary protected status (TPS) removed. On the chopping block this time: Somalians.
Consider this our shocked face.
The Trump administration is ending temporary protection status (TPS) for Somalia, affecting several thousand Somalis currently living in the U.S. and several hundred currently living in Minnesota under the protection.
Somali migrants with TPS will be required to leave the country by March 17.
"Temporary means temporary," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News Digital in a statement. "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," Noem added. "We are putting Americans first."
Since January 2025, after President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second, non-consecutive term, the removal of TPS status has been a critical part of Trump's immigration focus. First it was the Haitians, next the Venezuelans, then the Hondurans and Nicaraguans. Lost in the shuffle and causing less caterwauling: DHS has revoked TPS status for nationals from Burma (Myanmar) and Ethiopia.
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This should not be controversial. Go back home. If you have a legitimate asylum claim, then RE-APPLY and be VETTED. Therein lies the rub. The leftist activists, including those in black robes, do not want these populations who were allowed into our interior without vetting or restrictions to be removed. In the case of the Venezuelans and their Tren de Aragua evil, that has become glaringly clear. The Minnesota Somali fraud is only the tip of the iceberg, so as the Somali presence in other states (hello, Oregon) is scrutinized, expect more hue and cry from this bloc and their enablers.
Omg. Scott Bessent says MN AG Keith Ellison took donations in exchange for overlooking Somali fraud‼️pic.twitter.com/fnTiwRolI3
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 13, 2026
Sources at USCIS told Fox News Digital that there are 2,471 Somali nationals currently in the U.S. under TPS, with 1,383 in the country with pending TPS applications.
The move comes as DHS continues ICE operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a widespread roughly $9 billion fraud scheme involving members of the Somali community plagued the state.
Fox News Digital learned that an estimated 600 Somali nationals who are protected by TPS live in Minnesota.
Read More: Federal Judge Once Again Blocks Revocation of TPS Status for Venezuelans, Haitians
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Herein lies the rub: This bloc of nationals is now firmly embedded in the American system. We have a sitting Congresswoman who has proudly declared her allegiance to her people, despite taking an oath declaring her allegiance to the Constitution.
Ilhan Omar:
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) January 11, 2026
“I am a Somali girI taken from my country. I miss my country and I dream of living in Somalia again. To do that, there is a lot of work we need to do to our [Somalian] land to make it more prosperous.”
How is she a sitting congresswoman?
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As long as Democrat Ilhan Omar (MN-05) is in Congress, and as long as the fraud network which is enabled by the likes of MN Gov. Tim Walz, MN Attorney General Keith Ellison, OR Gov. Tina Kotek, and OR Attorney General Dan Rayfield, expect Somali nationals to be the ones who receive not only a ton of legacy media press, but the most vocal, legislative, and civic push back.
Exhibit A:
Tonight Democrats and Republicans teamed up to kill my motion to subpoena the immigration records of Ilhan Omar and her brother/husband.
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) January 7, 2026
DC did what it always does - protect its own. The American people spoke clearly in 2024 - they are tired of business as usual and backroom…
Tonight Democrats and Republicans teamed up to kill my motion to subpoena the immigration records of Ilhan Omar and her brother/husband.
DC did what it always does - protect its own. The American people spoke clearly in 2024 - they are tired of business as usual and backroom deals - they want REAL accountability.
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