President Trump late Friday evening issued a blistering statement terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Somali nationals in Minnesota.
The move, set to take effect immediately, ties the decision to massive fraud uncovered in recent days with taxpayer money allegedly funneled to the al-Shabaab terror group.
"Minnesota, under (Democrat) Governor (Tim Walz), is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity," Trump announced on his Truth Social media platform. "I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota."
"Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from," he sternly declared. "It’s OVER!"
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 22, 2025
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With Minnesota still reeling from the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud case and fresh reports of terror financing flowing through the state’s Somali community, Trump’s move is a direct shot across the bow of the progressive stronghold.
A report this week by City Journal made the fraud involved in the COVID-era Feeding Our Future program look like chump change by comparison. Minnesota, according to the report, has suffered billions in taxpayer-funded fraud under Walz, much of it allegedly perpetrated by members of the state’s large Somali community.
They have managed to take advantage of one of the nation’s most generous welfare systems: Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program. All while Democratic officials and a compliant media have turned a blind eye.
We're talking billions of dollars in lost taxpayer funds. And it gets worse. Federal counterterrorism sources tell City Journal that millions of those stolen dollars were funneled to Somalia and ended up funding the terror group Al-Shabaab.
One confidential source told the outlet, “The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.”
EXCLUSIVE: @RK_Thorpe and I have new reporting on America’s Somali fraud rings, which have stolen billions in taxpayer funds—and sent some to Islamist terrorists back home.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) November 19, 2025
“The Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab Is the Minnesota Taxpayer.”https://t.co/RDgnKXAnyP
Minnesota has one of the biggest Somali communities in the country. The TPS program offers Somali nationals a temporary safe haven pass to live and work here legally due to their home being a war zone.
TPS for Somalis was last extended under the Biden administration and was set to run through March 17, 2026. Not any longer. It is, as the President states, "Over."
A defiant Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-5), responding to a random X account, fired back at President Trump's move to terminate TPS for Somalis in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
"I am a citizen and so are (the) majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate," she fired back. "We are here to stay."
I am a citizen and so are majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay 💁🏽♀️ https://t.co/JHSO3PKL6O
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 22, 2025
Minnesota's 5th congressional district, which encompasses most of Minneapolis and surrounding areas in Hennepin and Ramsey counties, is home to the largest concentration of Somali Americans in the U.S.
This past June, President Trump restricted the entry of foreign nationals from Somalia, identifying the nation as a terrorist haven.
Omar moved to the United States in 1995 when she was 12 years old. She and her family fled from the civil war in Somalia and lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for four years before resettling in the United States.
Trump has often reminded her that the country is a hellhole and, when she's criticizing the United States, she could always book a flight back home.
"I love these people. They come from a place with nothing. Nothing. No anything," Trump said following a failed attempt to censure the congresswoman. "And then they tell us how to run our country."
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