MORE IMMIGRATION MOVES. On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the government is ending Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Somalis living in the United States. Fox News reported that the action will apply to the 2,471 Somalis currently residing in the U.S. with TPS designation, plus 1,383 more who have pending applications, for a total of 3,854.

According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States can grant TPS to residents of a country “due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country’s nationals from returning safely.” Some of those conditions are “ongoing armed conflict (such as civil war); an environmental disaster (such as earthquake or hurricane) or an epidemic; [and] other extraordinary and temporary conditions.” TPS allows residents of those countries to stay in the United States until conditions improve in their own country, but the U.S. government stresses that “TPS is a temporary benefit that does not lead to lawful permanent resident status or give any other immigration status.”