<h1>Somalia Temporary Protected Status termination ends TPS protections March 17, 2026, exposing beneficiaries to removal and lost work authorization</h1> DHS has terminated the Temporary Protected Status designation for Somalia, ending the TPS designation effective March 17, 2026; as a legal consequence, Somali beneficiaries of TPS will no longer be protected from removal or entitled to TPS-based employment authorization after that date and must depart or pursue alternative immigration relief. The termination revokes the prior executive renewal of Somalia's TPS and places affected individuals subject to standard immigration enforcement; they remain able to seek asylum or other non-TPS immigration avenues, though those pathways have been subject to tightened enforcement.