Trump Immigration Crackdown Drives Tenfold Surge in Somali Deportation Orders in Minnesota

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President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is ramping up in Minnesota, where deportation orders issued to Somali nationals have increased nearly tenfold over the past year.

More than 500 Somalis living in Minnesota have been ordered deported in 2026, according to federal immigration court data analyzed by the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Meanwhile, a further thousand Somali asylum seekers have received deportation orders since February as the Trump administration moves to accelerate immigration cases that previously could languish in the system for years.

The administration terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for ...