Threat of Immigration Raid Turns Chicago Hub Into Ghost Town
The second busiest retail corridor in Chicago is typically a bustling area dotted with taquerias and Mexican grocery stores ...
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.
Fear grips Chicago as immigration raids continue, affecting local businesses
Images of immigration raids around the country and people being deported in shackles on military planes is stoking fear and ...
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Chicago's immigrant communities brace for immigration crackdowns
President Donald Trump has said immigration crackdowns will begin soon. It's not clear where, but in recent days Chicago has ...
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 ...