Return of immigration raids brings fear to ‘Mexican Capital of the Midwest’

Return of immigration raids brings fear to ‘Mexican Capital of the Midwest’

By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Allyson Lopez was hoping business would return to her dress shop in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, which specializes in ballgowns for quinceaneras, a coming-of-age ritual in many Latino communities that celebrate a girl’s 15th birthday. Instead, this week brought back the federal immigration raids that emptied the … Read more