Busy Chicago district known as ‘Mexico of the Midwest’ turns into ghost town as fears of ICE raids loom
Fears over possible ICE raids have heightened across the U.S., causing Chicago’s Mexican-American community Little Village to ...
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Little Village’s 26th Street A Ghost Town As Deportation Threats Loom: ‘People Are Worried And Scared’
Business owners saw a drop in activity along the typically-bustling 26th Street corridor amid reports of immigration ...
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Immigration arrests have quieted Chicago's Latino neighborhoods
In East Chicago, a neighborhood that is about 80% Mexican, the typically bustling commercial corridor was eerily still on ...
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Pritzker says feds targeting 2,000 in Chicago for deportation
The governor today noted the threat of immigration raids already is having an impact in Pilsen and Little Village.
Immigrant rights groups in Chicago sue Trump administration, seek to block mass deportation efforts
Activist groups argued planned immigration raids are retaliatory in nature because of Chicago's sanctuary city status.
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Chicago's immigrant communities brace for immigration crackdowns
The last few days have been freezing cold in Chicago, even by local standards ... "This corridor is always busy with ...
Chicago prepares for deportation arrests targeting hundreds next week after Trump takes office
A U.S. official says immigration officers will target more than 300 people with histories of egregious, violent crimes next ...
Threat of immigration raids turns Chicago hub into ghost town
Restaurants and other businesses in Little Village, the city's second-busiest retail corridor, are seeing heavy worker ...
Tears, fears — but few details — in wake of immigration sweeps across Chicago area
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released little information about the people who were detained or why they were ...