伊洛恩·奥马尔最近现身的明尼阿波利斯枢纽引发对索马里移民文化同化问题的质疑
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发布时间：美国东部时间2026年11月1日 上午6:00
明尼阿波利斯索马里购物中心店主向福克斯新闻数字平台提供该物业独家参观权限
福克斯新闻数字平台获得许可，可进入位于明尼阿波利斯的索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心拍摄，店主称这里是全球最大的索马里主题购物中心。
明尼阿波利斯电——联邦调查局突袭众议员伊洛恩·奥马尔位于华盛顿特区的住宅后，她首次公开露面的次日，福克斯新闻数字平台获准参观她在其家乡州重新现身的这家购物中心。
这段视频展现了美国境内一个由索马里人和索马里文化主导的飞地，也让人们得以窥见奥马尔在美国众议院所代表的这个社群的面貌。
该购物中心不仅是人们购买服饰、食品和享受服务的场所，更是”社区中心”——一家女性店主介绍称，这里大多是女性创业者。
“今天我们和巴希姆兄弟一起来到卡尔梅尔购物中心，来逛逛这个精彩的社区和布满出色女性的区域。”她向福克斯新闻数字平台说道，她指的是提供此次参观机会的索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心店主巴希姆·萨布里。
「想要弹劾特朗普的激进左翼疯狂法官」接手伊洛恩·奥马尔搜查令之争
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（中间）明尼苏达州民主党籍众议员伊洛恩·奥马尔；（右侧）索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心店主巴希姆·萨布里在购物中心的餐饮区合影。（拉希德·奥马尔·阿巴西/福克斯新闻数字平台）
萨布里是出生于加沙的移民，他来到明尼阿波利斯学习，在此期间成为房地产投资者，此后多年稳步拓展业务。如今，他是当地的行业巨头，拥有庞大的房地产帝国，其中包括这家购物中心以及该区域的数座公寓楼，这些公寓楼里住着索马里人。他在地方和州各级政坛都有关系，与奥马尔是朋友，还曾与这位出生于索马里的国会议员的父亲相识。
福克斯新闻数字平台在正式参观购物中心的前几天，对他进行了单独采访。
对于大多数人来说，英语是这家购物中心的第二语言。这里挤满了售卖海外电子SIM卡的店铺、外汇兑换点以及安排前往中东和东非旅行的旅行社。小贩们还出售黄金、香水和传统索马里服饰，大多面向女性顾客。
购物中心内设有索马里理发店、咖啡馆、传统索马里食品摊位以及指甲彩绘店。萨布里给出的店铺数量说法不一，先说有900家，后又称是750家。
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这家购物中心设有美食广场，天花板上绘有一面巨型索马里国旗，墙上还挂着索马里、巴勒斯坦和美国国旗。萨布里解释称，许多政客都选择在这个空间举行新闻发布会。
这里也是奥马尔在福克斯新闻数字平台进入购物中心期间，与朋友、支持者以及明尼苏达州总检察长基思·埃里森共进午餐的地方——当时这位议员在为自己的连任提前投票后重新出现在这里。
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明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心内售卖服装的女性。（拉希德·奥马尔·阿巴西/福克斯新闻数字平台）
卡尔梅尔购物中心还设有一所面向儿童的伊斯兰周末学校，孩子们在这里学习《古兰经》并参与休闲活动。
虽然这家购物中心并非仅供索马里人使用，但福克斯新闻数字平台参观时，索马里社群之外的人寥寥无几。未经萨布里允许，福克斯新闻数字平台最初进入购物中心拍摄时遭到了安保人员的阻挠。
2024年2月，明尼阿波利斯民主党市长雅各布·弗雷 veto 了市议会通过的以色列-加沙停火决议后，这家购物中心的店主曾将其禁止进入该场所。
奥马尔的中期选举对手在对这位陷入困境的国会议员的移民调查中揭露「恶毒」索马里帮派
“这里有点像一个孵化器，许多企业在这里起步，之后会有很多成功发展壮大，然后搬去更大的地方。”萨布里向福克斯新闻数字平台解释道。
他声称，这家购物中心是索马里人学习融入社区的空间。
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明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心内，一名女性正在做指甲彩绘。（拉希德·奥马尔·阿巴西/福克斯新闻数字平台）
“你可以看到索马里人不仅在融入社区，而且还在发展壮大。”他说，”索马里人都是非常精明的商业人士。”
但这家购物中心的名字——索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心，以及内部占主导地位的索马里文化，引发了一个疑问：这个群体是否真正在融入美国社会。
工薪阶层美国人称他们的城镇是下一个迪尔伯恩——他们已经受够了
史蒂文·卡梅罗塔是移民研究中心（CIS）的研究主管。他向福克斯新闻数字平台指出了该中心去年12月发布的一份报告，该报告将索马里人描述为「挣扎的群体」。
报告显示，明尼苏达州出生于索马里的移民家庭中，超过一半的儿童生活在贫困线以下，而在明尼苏达州本土出生的家庭中，这一比例仅为8%。在美国居住超过十年的索马里移民中，有一半人英语「说得不好」。报告还指出，89%的索马里家庭领取某种形式的福利，39%的人没有高中文凭，而本土居民的这一比例仅为8%。
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明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心的招牌。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字平台）
卡梅罗塔认为，在美国各地，包括索马里人在内的外国出生群体的同化程度有所下降，尽管如今的移民数量与美国第一次移民浪潮期间大致相当。
19世纪末20世纪初，来自世界各地的移民涌入美国。当时，移民约占美国人口的15%，与如今的比例持平。第一次世界大战后，持续到20世纪60年代的限制性移民政策开始实施。卡梅罗塔表示，在近代，移民数量已攀升至每年有100万合法移民进入美国。
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“所以，现代移民有三个重大因素可以说极大地阻碍了同化，而且这与移民本身关系不大，更多是现代环境造成的。”他告诉福克斯新闻数字平台，”第一个因素是技术。如果你愿意的话，现在可以飞回家过节，这是1900年无法想象的，而且成本也低得多。”
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明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心内工作的女性。（拉希德·奥马尔·阿巴西/福克斯新闻数字平台）
卡梅罗塔指出，互联网让人们可以随时获取家乡的新闻，还能通过电话和视频通话与家人朋友保持联系。
“所以如今的技术、旅行和通信与过去有着根本不同，这可能意味着与母国的联系不会像过去那样迅速淡化。”他说。
卡梅罗塔所谓的学术界、政府、媒体和其他机构中的「精英」态度也发生了变化。他表示，如今关于美国究竟是什么的两种对立理论，可能也导致了同化不足。
前明尼苏达州州警抨击民主党人，称索马里帮派暴力让明尼苏达人人心惶惶：「伊洛恩·奥马尔在哪里？」
“美国本质上是一个关于民主、平等和共和政府的宏伟历史计划，还是说它本质上——大部分都是虚假的，实际上是一个种族主义、性别歧视、恐同和阶级歧视的社会？”他说，”移民来到的这个国家，在很多方面同时传递着这两种信息，因此这种自上而下的精英态度与上一次移民浪潮时期截然不同，几乎肯定会产生重大影响。”
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明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心内的一家理发店。（拉希德·奥马尔·阿巴西/福克斯新闻数字平台）
卡梅罗塔认为，从本质上讲，如果移民接受了美国是一个根本有缺陷的国家的说法，他们就几乎没有理由去同化。
“在很多圈子里，同化这个词本身就被视为一个贬义词。移民应该抛弃自己的旧文化成为美国人，这在某些人看来——我不想说所有人都这样，但至少对部分人来说，是不受欢迎的盎格鲁化。”他继续说道。
“我们生活在一个连自己的历史都无法真正达成共识的国家，更不用说对移民的期望了。”
在卡梅罗塔看来，影响同化的第三个重要因素是涌入美国的移民数量庞大。
令人震惊的欺诈趋势让与企业和外国政府有联系的小镇清真寺成为焦点：「我们的祖国现在」
“最后一点是数量。”他说，”所以，我们现在处于历史最高水平，对吧？15%的人口是外国出生。这与1890年至1910年的水平相当……上一次移民浪潮的最高峰。但随之而来的问题必须是，当时发生了什么？”
他表示，20世纪中期的移民限制政策必然推动了同化，因为当时移民无法像如今这样无休止地建立更多外国出生居民的飞地。
“我觉得很明显，这很可能在促进移民同化方面发挥了非常重要的作用。”他说，暗示如果现在实施类似的移民限制政策，可能会产生同样的效果。
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2026年10月20日星期二，明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市索马里卡尔梅尔购物中心的招牌。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字平台）
萨布里自己也遭遇过麻烦。
2005年，他因贿赂明尼阿波利斯市一名公职人员被判处33个月联邦监禁。他在首次接受采访时详细讲述了自己的狱中时光，其中包括曾短暂关押在臭名昭著的堪萨斯州莱文沃思联邦惩戒所。
在那次采访中，他还坚称这家购物中心面向所有人开放。
“但我的经验是，索马里人都非常非常聪明，而且极其勤奋。”他说。
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“所以我欢迎所有人来这家购物中心看看，你会发现很多人在这里做得很好，过上了好日子，追逐美国梦，创业，而这些企业最终往往会给他们带来巨大成功。”
彼得·达布罗斯卡是福克斯新闻数字平台的政治记者。
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A look inside the Somali mall where Omar reappeared after DC raid raises more failed assimilation concerns
The Minneapolis hub where Ilhan Omar recently resurfaced raises questions about cultural assimilation among Somali immigrants
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Published November 1, 2026 6:00am EST
Minneapolis Somali mall owner gives Fox News Digital exclusive tour of the property
Fox News Digital was given permission to film inside the Karmel Mall of Somalia in Minneapolis, which the owner says is the largest Somali mall in the world.
MINNEAPOLIS — The day after Rep. Ilhan Omar’s first public appearance since the raid on her home, Fox News Digital was given a tour of the mall where she reemerged in her home state.
The footage provides a glimpse inside an enclave within America that is dominated by Somalis and Somali culture, and a gives a peak into the community that Omar represents in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The mall isn’t just a place for people to buy clothing, food and receive services, but is a “community hub” of mostly women entrepreneurs, as described by a female shop owner.
“We’re here today are Karmel Mall with brother Basim, to kind of browse through this amazing community, corridor that is full of amazing women,” she told Fox News Digital, referring the Karmel Mall of Somalia’s owner, Basim Sabri, who provided the tour.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. (C) and Karmel Mall of Somalia owner Basim Sabri inside the dining area in the mall.(Rashid Umar Abbasi/Fox News Digital)
Sabri, a Gaza-born immigrant, came to the United States to study in Minneapolis. During that time, he became a real-estate investor and steadily grew his business in the years to come. Now, he’s a local titan of industry and owns a vast real estate empire, which includes the mall and several apartment complexes in the area that house Somalis. He has political ties at all levels of local and state politics, and is friends with Omar. He also knew the Somali-born congresswoman’s father.
Fox News Digital interviewed him separately, days before the official tour of the mall.
For most inside, English is the mall’s second language. It’s packed with stores offering electronic SIM cards to call overseas, foreign money exchanges and travel agencies arranging trips to the Middle East and East Africa. Vendors also sell gold, fragrances and traditional Somali fashion items, mostly for women.
There are Somali barber shops, cafes, traditional Somali food vendors and henna tattoo shops. Sabri gave conflicting figures on the exact number of stores, once saying 900, and later 750.
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It sports a food court with a giant Somali flag painted on the ceiling, as well as Somali, Palestinian and American flags hanging from the walls. Many politicians use that space for press conferences, Sabri explained.
It’s also where Omar ate lunch with friends, supporters and state Attorney General Keith Ellison during Fox News Digital’s foray into the mall when the lawmaker reemerged after casting an early ballot in her own reelection.
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Women selling clothes inside the Karmel Mall of Somalia in Minneapolis, Minnesota.(Rashid Umar Abbasi/Fox News Digital)
Karmel Mall also has an Islamic weekend school for children, where they’re taught the Quran and engage in recreational activities.
While the mall isn’t strictly for Somalis, few outside the Somali community were present when Fox News Digital toured. Fox News Digital was initially bucked by security upon attempting to enter and film inside the mall without Sabri’s permission.
The owner once banned Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey from the premises in February 2024 after he vetoed an Israel-Gaza ceasefire resolution passed by the City Council.
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“It is kind of an incubator setting where many businesses start in here, and then many succeed and grow and move somewhere else, to a bigger space,” Sabri explained to Fox News Digital.
He claims that the mall is a space where Somalis learn to integrate into the community.
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A woman receives a henna tattoo inside the Karmel Mall of Somalia in Minneapolis, Minnesota.(Rashid Umar Abbasi/Fox News Digital)
“You can see [the] Somalis not only integrating in the community, but also prospering,” he said. “Somalis are very smart business individuals.”
But the mall’s very name — the Karmel Mall of Somalia — along with the overwhelmingly Somali culture inside, raise questions about whether the group is actually assimilating into American society.
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Steven Camerota is the director for research at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). He pointed Fox News Digital to a CIS report published in December of last year that describes Somalis as a “struggling group.”
The report shows that more than half of children who live in the homes of Somali-born immigrants in Minnesota live in poverty, compared to only 8% of children living in homes of native-born Minnesotans. Among Somali-born immigrants who have lived in the United States for more than a decade, half cannot speak English “very well.” The report says that 89% of Somali households receive some form of welfare, and 39% don’t have high school diplomas, compared to only 8% of the native population.
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A sign for the Karmel Mall of Somalia in Minneapolis, Minnesota.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Camerota argued that across America, assimilation among various foreign-born groups, including Somalis, has dropped, though today’s immigration numbers are about the same they were during America’s first great wave of immigration.
In the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, immigrations from across the world flooded the United States. During that time, immigrants comprised about 15% of America’s population, on par with todays numbers. After World War I, restrictive immigration policies that lasted until the 1960s took effect. In more recent history, immigration has ramped up to the tune of one million legal immigrants per year entering the United States, Camerota said.
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“So, there are three big things about modern immigration that you can argue greatly hinder assimilation, and it has much less to do with the immigrants, and a lot more to do with just modern conditions,” he told Fox News Digital. “The first is technology. You can fly home and visit home for the holidays if you want. In a way that just wouldn’t have been possible in 1900, and in terms of costs.”
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Women working inside the Karmel Mall of Somalia in Minneapolis, Minnesota.(Rashid Umar Abbasi/Fox News Digital)
Camerota noted that the internet allows people access to constant news from home, and the constant ability to stay connected with family and friends via phone and video calls.
“So this technology, travel and communications is fundamentally different today than in the past. And that likely means that the connection with the home country doesn’t become as attenuated as quickly as it would have,” he said.
The attitudes of those who Camerota characterizes as “elites,” in academia, government, media and other institutions has also changed. He said there are now dueling theories about the what exactly America is that could be contributing to a lack of assimilation.
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“So is America essentially a magnificent historical project of democracy and equality and republican government, or is it essentially — most of that’s a sham and it’s really a racist, sexist, homophobic [and] classist society?” he said. “The immigrants are arriving in a country in many ways that received both those messages, and so this elite attitude which permeates down is just so different than the world of the last great wave of immigration and almost certainly matters a great deal.”
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A barbershop inside the Karmel Mall of Somalia in Minneapolis, Minnesota.(Rashid Umar Abbasi/Fox News Digital)
Essentially, Camerota argued, if immigrants adopt the narrative that America is a fundamentally flawed nation, there is little reason for them to assimilate.
“The word assimilation itself is seen as a bad word in many circles. The idea that immigrants are supposed to shed their their old culture and become American is now seen as a kind of for some — I don’t want to say universally for all — but some fraction of it at least, as an undesirable Anglo conformity,” he continued.
“We are living in a country that can’t really agree itself about its own history, let alone agree on what it wants from the immigrants.”
The third important fact to assimilation in Camerota’s mind is the sheer number of immigrants coming to the United States.
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“The last point is numbers,” he said. “So, we’re at a record high now, right? 15% of the population is foreign born. It’s matched the levels of between 1890 and 1910 … during the last peak of the last great wave. But the one question then has to be asked, what happened then?”
He said the immigration restriction of the mid 20th-century necessarily resulted in assimilation, as immigrants could not endlessly build enclaves for more and more foreign-born residents, as is happening today.
“I think it’s pretty clear it likely played a very big role in facilitating the assimilation of the immigrants,” he said, suggesting that a similar immigration restriction could have the same effect if implemented now.
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A sign for the Karmel Mall of Somalia in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Sabri has faced troubles of his own.
In 2005, he was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for bribing a local Minneapolis public official. He told Fox News Digital in the first interview about his time in prison, which included a brief stay at the infamous Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth in Kansas, in colorful detail.
In that interview, he also insisted that the mall is for everyone.
“But my experience is that Somalis are very, very intelligent and extremely hard-working people,” he said.
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“So, I would invite anybody to come into the mall, and know that there are many people doing a great job and making a good living, and learning the American dream, and doing business, and opening businesses that eventually tend to be very successful for them.”
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.
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