Ethiopia Loses Temporary Protected Status in US

 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published on 12 December 2025 an announcement titled "DHS Announces the Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopia."

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security concluded that conditions in Ethiopia no longer pose a serious threat to the personal safety of Ethiopian nationals.  Consequently, Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation of Ethiopia.  Ethiopian nationals with no other lawful basis for remaining in the United States have 60 days to voluntarily self deport.

VisaHQ.com posted on 13 December 2025 an announcement titled "U.S. Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians, Affecting 30,700 Residents."

Comment:  This is part of the Trump administration's policy to remove from the country as many non-Americans as possible.  Reporting on the number of Ethiopians affected varies.  Some accounts place the number holding TPS as low as 5,000.

Trump Now Turns Against Somalis in Minnesota

 The Washington Post published on 22 November 2025 an article titled "Trump Says He Will Cancel Temporary Protected Status of Somalis in Minnesota" by Frances Vinall.  

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said, without evidence and without providing further explanation, that "Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of dollars are missing."  As a result, he was terminating effective immediately temporary protected status (TPS) for Somali immigrants living in Minnesota.  

The Minnesota Attorney General pointed out that you cannot terminate TPS for just one state.  There are more than 75,000 persons with Somali heritage living in Minnesota.  Few of them reside there with TPS; the vast majority are US citizens.  According to the Library of Congress, nationwide there were only 705 Somalis with TPS as of August.