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Ilhan Omar: “Community members are afraid to go out as a result of the…”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Published January 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:56

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. Not only is the federal occupation hurting businesses, the President's reprehensible rhetoric has led right wing grifters to show up here to terrorize our community. It is indefensible. (00:56–01:05)

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Asserts that ICE presence has caused fear among community members, affecting their willingness to go out.

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