Fear of deportation spreads among Chicago immigrants: ‘We are locked inside our homes’
The pastor of a church that shelters 17 undocumented migrants responds to Trump’s crackdown by saying he will only let ICE agents in if they have a warrant
The mood of residents in migrant neighborhoods on the outskirts of Chicago as a result of the Trump administration’s offensive against illegal immigration ranges from fear to dismay to paralyzing panic. In Hermosa, where the population is predominantly Hispanic, there is not a soul on the streets, not a single pedestrian — those new pariahs of civilization who lack a car in a country built for the automobile. Equally empty are the bus stop shelters, the few existing public parks, with their grass worn and scorched by the snow, and the local businesses: the taquerias and pupuserias where you can see right through the deserted storefront windows.
