Minneapolis businesses and shopping malls stay empty over fears of ICE patrols

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Minneapolis businesses and shopping malls stay empty over fears of ICE patrols  In Minneapolis, fear of being arrested by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has left businesses closed and shops without customers. The Somali community is particularly afraid after having repeatedly been targeted by US president Donald Trump.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/01/19/minneapolis-businesses-and-shopping-malls-stay-empty-over-fears-of-ice-patrols  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00The streets in Minneapolis are quiet and empty, but it doesn't have anything to do with the snowy winter weather.

00:08Even inside, in this shopping mall, customers are nowhere to be seen.

00:13Recently, business owners here have said that the ice presence in town has scared away their customers.

00:19A lot of employees don't want to come to work.

00:22Some vendors don't even bother opening their shop because they don't expect any customers.

00:27People who used to have 15 to 20 customers coming in in an hour say now they're lucky to have just one.

00:35Others are struggling to make rent, having to pull together funds.

00:39Immigrants, but also U.S. citizens from minorities, are afraid of meeting the same fate as hundreds of others

00:46who have been arrested by immigration officers in recent months.

00:50The fatal shooting of Rene Good by an ICE agent in early January further increased tension and fear in the population.

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