A chilling new reality for Somali Americans in the US

The World

The Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia. That means hundreds, possibly thousands of Somalis living in the US will have just two months to leave the US or face deportation. At the same time, US federal agents are investigating fraud allegedly perpetrated by — among others — individuals of Somali descent in Minnesota. The World’s Host Marco Werman talks with Abdi Nor Iftin, author of the memoir, “Call Me American,” about what it’s like to be Somali American today. 

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