Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) declared that Somalis are the “fabric of this nation” following President Trump ending their protected status.
“Somalis are not terrorizing this nation,” Omar said from the Minnesota State Capitol. “We are helping it thrive.”
“Somalis have always seen themselves as a fabric – seen themselves as a fabric of this nation,” she claimed. “So not only are we not going anywhere, we are not going to allow us to feel less Minnesotan or less American.”
Last week, President Trump announced on Truth Social that Minnesota is a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity.”
“I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota,” he wrote. “Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER!”
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) said in a response to Trump’s post, “It’s not surprising that the President has chosen to broadly target an entire community. This is what he does to change the subject.”
Discussing the Temporary Protected Status program, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem explained, “TPS was a program that was always meant to be temporary.”
“It was put in place, I believe, for Somalia over 30 years ago, and will need to be evaluated to make sure it comes and is always implemented in the process for which it was intended. So that’s something that will go forward, and I know the president wants to bring integrity to our programs and make sure they are applied appropriately to the individuals and countries that they are supposed to benefit.”
Omar previously called the United States “one of the worst countries.”
Comparing President Trump’s June military parade to a dictatorship, the Democrat said, “I grew up in a dictatorship and I don’t even remember ever witnessing anything like that.”
“This is not the country we were born in,” she added. “This is not the country our Founding Fathers imagined.” Omar further claimed that President Trump is “destroying our country” and claimed he “has hatred for the values that we have here in America.”
