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Ilhan Omar: “Carmel Mall is home to more than 100 small businesses and…”

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Published January 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:42

This is one of the places I recommend to visitors who come into our town because it showcases our vibrant Somali community. Carmel Mall is home to more than 100 small businesses and the owners here have seen a significant decline in business since Trump's Operation Metro Search began. Community members are afraid to go out as a result of the occupation in our city by ice. (00:42–00:57)

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Asserts that over 100 small businesses at Carmel Mall have experienced a decline due to Operation Metro Search.

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