US government considers ending deportation protections for Somalis

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.

“TPS is a program that was always meant to be temporary. It’s a program that was put in place, and I believe, for Somalia over 30 years ago, and will need to be evaluated,”…