♪ ♪ >> Cathy: TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR SOMALIS IS ENDING.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THE UPCOMING TERMINATION IS SET FOR MARCH 17TH.

LATEST IN THE PRESIDENT'S CRACKDOWN ON IMMIGRATION AS SOMALIS ARE FACING INCREASED I.C.E.

PRESENCE IN THE STATE.

JAYLANI HUSSEIN FROM THE MINNESOTA CHAPTER OF THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS, CAIR MINNESOTA JOINED US LAST WEEK AND HE'S BACK HERE AGAIN.

LET'S START WITH THIS MARCH.

THIS DEMONSTRATION THAT'S PLANNED FOR TOMORROW IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.

THIS IS A GROUP THAT IS PRO-ICE, TO SAY -- WE'LL PHRASE IT THAT WAY.

HOW WORRIED ARE YOU BOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THAT GROUP MARCHES FROM DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS?

>> FIRST OF ALL IT'S A VERY COLD DAY SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY AS WE ALWAYS AVE TO BE SAFE.

THERE IS A COUNTER-PROTEST BUT WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE BAIT.

PROTEST PEACEFULLY.

AND I THINK ANYBODY WHO CAME FROM OUT OF TOWN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAND OUT -- >> Eric: WHAT'S THE COMMUNITY MOOD?

>> I THINK WE'RE IN THE IDDLE OF A MOMENT.

I JUST CAME FROM A EETING RIGHT NOW.

PEOPLE, NEIGHBORS ARE OMING TOGETHER.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO EACH OTHER FOR WEEKS, WE'VE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER, WE ARE RESPONDING, AND THE MURDER OF RENEE GOOD HAS REALLY TAKEN US TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND I THINK MINNESOTANS ARE IN THIS MOMENT REALLY STANDING UP.

>> Cathy: I'M WONDERING HERE, COULD YOU TELL FOLKS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, WHAT IS IT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE OULD IT AFFECT HERE IN MINNESOTA?

>> SO THE NUMBERS HAVE ALWAYS VARIED, I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SAID 2500 BUT WE ANTICIPATED BETWEEN 700 TO 500 IS WHAT WE INITIALLY -- IT'S A PROGRAM MEANT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE UNITED STATES, CANNOT GO BACK TO THE COUNTRY THAT THEY CAME FROM.

>> Eric: THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED IN SOMALIA.

>> WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE EITHER KRISTI NOEM IS TELLING THE TRUTH OR RUBIO IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

BECAUSE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE SAYS SOMALIA IS CATEGORY FOUR, DO NOT TRAVEL.

KRISTI NOEM SAYS IT HAS IMPROVED.

ONE OF THEM IS TELLING THE TRUTH AND ONE OF THEM IS LYING.

THE ONE THAT'S TELLING THE TRUTH HAS NOT CHANGED, THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE.

THE GOOD NEWS -- NOT GOOD NEWS BUT MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE ON TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS HAVE ALSO SOME OTHER WAY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ACTUAL PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP AND MOST SOMALI AMERICANS HAVE CHILDREN OR SPOUSES OR OTHERS SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR MMIGRATION ATTORNEYS.

>> Cathy: HOW WORRIED ARE FOLKS?

MARCH 17TH IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY.

>> IT'S UPHEAVING FOR SOME.

SOME ARE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME.

OTHERS ARE GOING TO RELY ON THEIR EXISTING PATHWAYS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON UNDER THE TPS.

SO IN THIS TIME IT'S PAINFUL FOR EVERYBODY AND WE'RE SEEING IT RIGHT NOW WITH THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION.

BUT IT IS ONE OF THE IN FACT PERHAPS THE SMALLEST OF ALL THE TPS PROGRAMS.

WHICH AGAIN GOES BACK TO THE ROOT ISSUE.

SOMALI AMERICANS CAME TO AMERICA THROUGH LEGAL PATHWAYS.

WE ARE PREDOMINANTLY REFUGEES, 98%, LOW 95% ARE GREEN CARD HOLDERS OR U.S.

CITIZENS.

>> Eric: DO YOU THINK THE FRAUD CASES GOT THE ATTENTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THAT'S IN PART THE REASON FOR THE SURGE?

>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT AND OTHERS HAVE USED THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK TO CRIMINALIZE FLACK PEOPLE AND GET AWAY WITH IT WE ARE MINNESOTANS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FRAUD.

IT'S BEEN COVERED, ADDRESSED, IT HAS NO NAME OR COMMUNITY.

IT HAS INDIVIDUALS, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE RESPONSIBLE.

TARGETING A COMMUNITY AND CLAIMING ALL OF THEM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT THAT IS THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM.

THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IN THIS MOMENT.

>> Cathy: I THINK PEOPLE THINK OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY IN THE TWIN CITIES BUT OF COURSE LARGE SOMALI COMMUNITY IN SAY ST.

CLOUD.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE AT THE ST.

CLOUD MALL WITH THE CLASH BETWEEN SOMALI AMERICANS AND I.C.E.

AGENTS?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN WILLMAR, OTHER PARTS OF GREATER MINNESOTA, SOMALI AMERICANS ARE EVERYWHERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, AND OBVIOUSLY IN ST.

CLOUD IT WAS VERY TENSE.

I THINK THE FIRST DAY HEY BROUGHT SOME I.C.E.

AGENTS, NEXT DAY THEY BROUGHT ABOUT 100 OF THEM.

PEOPLE RESPONDED AND HERE'S THE THING, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO ARREST, THEY'RE ALL CITIZENS.

SO THIS IS THE PART THAT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP TO.

WHEN THEY COME TO SOMALI AMERICANS THEY CAN'T FIND ANYONE WHO'S UNDOCUMENTED.

I MEAN, PUT THAT TO YOURSELF.

THEY'RE SENDING AN OFFICER TO YOU WHO CANNOT TAKE YOU INTO PRISON BECAUSE YOU'RE A U.S.

CITIZEN.

THAT IS THE REALITY.

AND THAT CROWD THAT WAS STANDING THERE, BRAVE SOMALIS BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES AT ANY MOMENT IF THEY WERE CAPTURED BY I.C.E.

WOULD BE RELEASED WITHIN HOURS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL CITIZENS.

AND NOW WE'VE SEEN A PATTERN WHERE THEY'RE TARGETING LAWFUL REFUGEES, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN ST.

CLOUD AND OTHER PLACES AND WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT AND THEY ARE ALSO DENYING SAYING, OH, WE'RE NOT PICKING UP REFUGEES BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP.

THEY ARE NOT ENFORCING IMMIGRATION.

THEY ARE TARGETING COMMUNITIES, THEY ARE LITERALLY CREATING HAVOC IN O