CBS News: Chicago organizations react to Trump admins ending of Temporary Protected Status for Somali community

The Trump administration said it's ending temporary protected status for those in the program from Somalia.

It's the latest targeting of the Somali community by the White House, garnering reactions from those a part of the community in Chicago. 

The administration is ramping up its efforts to target the Somali community in the U.S.

"The Somalians should be out of here," Trump said.

"When they come out with this policy, it feels like it's more political and more in line with that demonization, rather than a national security move," said Ahmed Rehab, executive director for the Council on American–Islamic Relations in Chicago.

He said the community has been targeted as a whole following the crimes in Minneapolis. 

"There's been a lot of demonization and vilification of Somalis en masse, because of some alleged crimes committed by some community members in Minneapolis, in Minnesota, and it's just been hunting season," he said.

Rehab said the latest move by the administration is part of the wider campaign of targeting immigrant communities.

"It's really sad because it chisels away at the safety net and social structure that we have as a country of immigrants, that we've always had, turning us into something that we're not, and that's how we should see the current attack on the Somali community," he said.