{"id":28212,"date":"2026-03-10T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28212"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:50:01","slug":"lawsuit-challenges-us-president-administrations-ending-of-protections-for-somalis","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/lawsuit-challenges-us-president-administrations-ending-of-protections-for-somalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit challenges US President administration&#8217;s ending of protections for Somalis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to stop United States (US) President Donald \u200bTrump&#8217;s administration from next week ending legal protections that allow nearly 1 100 Somalis to live and \u200cwork in the US.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The lawsuit brought by four Somalis and two advocacy groups, challenges the US Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants, whom Trump has derided in public remarks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The lawsuit cites a series of statements Trump has made describing Somalis as &#8220;garbage&#8221; and &#8220;low \u200bIQ people&#8221; who &#8220;contribute nothing.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The plaintiffs said the administration is ending TPS for Somalia and other countries due to unconstitutional bias against non-white immigrants, not based on objective assessments of country conditions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The termination of TPS for Somalia is racism masking as immigration policy,&#8221; Omar Farah, Executive \u200bDirector at the legal group Muslim Advocates, said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">DHS did not respond to a request for comment. It has \u200bpreviously said TPS was &#8220;never intended to be a de facto amnesty program.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>TPS is a form of humanitarian immigration protection that shields eligible \u200cmigrants \u2060from deportation and allows them to work. Under Noem, DHS has moved to end TPS for a dozen countries, sparking legal challenges.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The administration on Saturday announced plans to pursue an appeal at the US Supreme Court in order to end TPS for over 350 000 Haitians. It also wants the high court to allow it to end TPS for about 6 000 Syrians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21260,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28212","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The lawsuit cites a series of statements Trump has made describing Somalis as \"garbage\" and \"low \u200bIQ people\"","published_date":"","news_description":"The lawsuit cites a series of statements Trump has made describing Somalis as \"garbage\" and \"low \u200bIQ people\"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28222,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28212\/revisions\/28222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}