Trump admin ends protected status for Somalis amid Minneapolis crackdown (www.politico.com)

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The Trump administration will revoke temporary protected status for thousands of Somali nationals in the United States in the face of White House claims that the diaspora community in Minnesota participated in widespread fraud, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday.

Noem told Fox News that Somalis with temporary protected status would be required to leave the country by March 17. She argued that conditions in Somalia have improved and added that “allowing Somali nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interest. We are putting Americans first.”

In a separate social media post, the Department of Homeland Security wrote: “Our message is clear. Go back to your own country, or we’ll send you back ourselves.”

The move would affect thousands of Somalis in the United States, though not the majority of the U.S. Somali community, many of which are already permanent residents or U.S. citizens. Yet the announcement comes as the federal government ramps up its immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota, the state with the largest Somali population in the United States.

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[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sorry, but that doesn't make any sense. You get more of what you measure, so if you measure diversity, you get more diversity. Any increase in quality will at best be accidental. In fact, it might very well get worse due cultural differences creating additional friction.

What do you think people should do about things like, hiring unqualified white people over qualified black people, for example?

Simply hire the best qualified candidate, regardless of skin color. No DEI needed.

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

My friend, I think you have a disconnect with how you think the world should work, and how it actually operates. People are flawed, and sometimes people will hire folks that aren't the best candidate, because of stupid things like skin color. You even said this happens yourself a while ago.

In a perfect and sensible world, we wouldn't need DEI, but we don't live there.

So we have rules to try to fix that. Make everyone's starting line a little more equal so the cream rises without being hindered.

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