CINCE DE MAYO Parade has been cancelled in Chicago amid strict immigration enforcement
Chicago’s Cinco de Mayo will be cancelled this year due to fears of strict immigration enforcement, local organizers for the event said.
The Cermak Road Chamber of Commerce, which announced it had cancelled the event on Thursday, reportedly Chicago’s Mexican community is concerned about U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“Our people are scary,” says Casapuebla and Hector Escobar, president of the Selmac Road Chamber of Commerce. I told my local ABC affiliate.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and other sanctuary cities were pressed by federal lawmakers to explain their policies last month. (Christopher Dilt/Bloomberg/Antoni O Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Escobar continues, “Look at some of them, they don’t even want to go to work, and some of them, they took a high risk, and definitely, it doesn’t have much to celebrate.”
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Cinco de Mayo is held annually on the southwest side of Chicago and includes a parade with musical performances and activities celebrating Mexican culture.
ICE raided across windy cities, targeting suspected criminal immigration records and arrested undocumented immigrants if they were captured at the attack site.
The US Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent will be arrested on January 26, 2025 for stills in video as part of President Donald Trump’s widespread immigrant crackdown in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (Immigration and customs enforcement/handout materials via Reuters)
Immediately after the president Donald Trump Ice, who took office, has arrested hundreds of illegal immigrants, including people with criminal records including sexual assault, domestic violence and drug and weapons crimes.
Trump’s border emperor Pick Tom Homan pledged to pursue Chicago with strict enforcement, verified the status of asylum seekers and arrested anyone who provides sanctuary to illegal immigrants.
The next border emperor also warned that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson would be charged if he interfered. ICE’s massive deportation efforts.
“Our community is extremely scared due to the raids and the threat the ice has placed on tired families working to provide a better future for their children,” Escobar said in a statement. Retrieved by CBS. “Our community is facing bullying and prosecution and we don’t indulge in community work, so we feel there’s nothing to celebrate.”
Escobar did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump’s border emperor Pick Tom Homan pledged to pursue Chicago with strict enforcement, verified the status of asylum seekers and arrested anyone who provides sanctuary to illegal immigrants. (Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images)
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Additionally, mayors supporting Johnson and other sanctuary cities. He was forced by a federal lawmaker We’ll explain their policies last month.
Immigration has since been a hot topic in the city. Several residents have blown up the mayor Because of handling a large influx of immigrants who have come to cities over the past two years.