Somalia one of four countries to get TPS extensions from DHS

The Trump administration will extend Temporary Protected Status for 500 Somali nationals for another 18 months, making it the fourth out of 12 countries to benefit from an extension, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

“After carefully reviewing conditions in Somalia with interagency partners, Secretary [Kirstjen] Nielsen determined the ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions that support Somalia’s current designation for TPS continue to exist,” the DHS Office of Public Affairs said in a statement released Thursday evening. “Therefore, pursuant to the statute, she has extended Somalia’s TPS designation for 18 months.”