The Chicago Tribune reports:
The specter of Trump-era immigration enforcement has dimmed the energy of Little Village, where streets no longer bustle with commerce and conversation, residents say.
News of last week's immigration raids, coupled with rumors that federal agents were asking people for their documents on sidewalks and at businesses, have kept immigrants from leaving their homes unnecessarily.
Some have stopped going to work and are keeping their children home from school — fearful that the family will get separated should the parents be arrested. The result is a slowed economy in the neighborhood known as the "Mexican Capital of the Midwest," one that relies on visitors from the suburbs and Indiana to fuel its businesses and immigrants without legal status to work in its restaurants.
"Everybody is talking about how ICE is catching people," said dress shop owner Kocoy Malagon.
There's more:
The neighborhood is home to one of the largest populations of immigrants without legal status in Chicago. About 20,000 immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally reside in Little Village, according to an analysis of U.S. census data from 2010 to 2011.
Illegals who fear their luck may have run out.
