President Donald J. Trump just delivered a brutal Friday night nuke to the Somali enclave in Minneapolis, announcing the immediate termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalis, a move that opens the door to rapid deportations in the heart of Ilhan Omar’s district.
The termination of TPS for these Somali migrants comes after years of exploding crime and the massive Feeding Our Future Medicaid fraud scandal that saw some of the stolen money funneled to the al-Shabaab terror group.
US Attorney Joseph Thompson believes “billions of dollars in taxpayer money” have been stolen from welfare fraud schemes.
“To be clear, this is not an isolated scheme,” Thompson said in September. “From Feeding Our Future to Housing Stabilization Services and now Autism Services, these massive fraud schemes form a web that has stolen billions of dollars in taxpayer money.”
Over 70 defendants, almost all Somali, have already been charged in the scheme, with more indictments expected.
In a fiery Truth Social post on Friday night, President Trump wrote:
Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity. 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. It’s OVER! President DJT
The vast majority of Somali TPS holders live in Minnesota, which contains the largest Somali population in America.
Estimates range from 80,000 to 100,000, and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s congressional district contains the epicenter.
Somali gangs are linked to violent crime, human trafficking, and now confirmed terror financing through stolen taxpayer dollars.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services explains, “The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country’s nationals from returning safely, or in certain circumstances, where the country is unable to handle the return of its nationals adequately. USCIS may grant TPS to eligible nationals of certain countries (or parts of countries), who are already in the United States. Eligible individuals without nationality who last resided in the designated country may also be granted TPS.”
“Once granted TPS, an individual also cannot be detained by DHS on the basis of his or her immigration status in the United States,” USCIS explains. “TPS is a temporary benefit that does not lead to lawful permanent resident status or give any other immigration status.”
Importantly, ICE data consistently shows that more than 4,000 Somali nationals currently have final orders of removal and are subject to deportation.
This backlog ballooned under Biden, but can now be cleared out rapidly, as TPS protections are gone and Somalia has been cooperating on repatriation flights.
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