Potus sets sights on ‘Somalis in Minnesota’

President Donald Trump intends to strip hundreds of Somalis living in the United States of the protected status they have had for decades under a programme for immigrants from countries in crisis.

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Women shop at the Karmel Mall, a Somali shopping centre, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Oct 14, 2019.

(NYT)

Mr Trump specifically targeted “Somalis in Minnesota” in a social media post on Friday, writing that he was terminating their eligibility for the Temporary Protected Status programme. More Somalis live in Minnesota than in any other state.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in Minneapolis on Sunday that her office would evaluate whether to end protection for Somalis under the programme. Doing so would require giving 60 days’ notice. Ms Noem suggested that, if the status was revoked, the change would apply to Somali immigrants across the country, and not just in Minnesota.