OMAHA, Neb. —

More than 90% of South Omaha businesses say they’ve seen no improvement since the federal immigration raid at Glenn Valley Foods in June, according to a new survey from the Nebraska Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

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The group previously conducted a survey in the same area one week after the ICE raid.

Yesenia Peck, president of the NHCC, said since then, business in the area has remained stagnant. The organization’s September South Omaha Business Impact Survey gathered responses from 60 businesses — most of them non-immigrant-owned.

Among South Omaha businesses along the South 24th Street corridor are Irma and Jesus Villezcas, who have operated businesses in South Omaha since the early 2000s.

“We build up the dream, and that dream is destroyed today,”

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