The Little Village Arch in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 22rd. The neighborhood right here is predominantly Mexican and of Mexican origin. Individuals listed here are on edge after Trump’s border czar stated Chicago is on the prime of the record of locations to be focused for mass deportations.
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The Little Village Arch in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 22rd. The neighborhood right here is predominantly Mexican and of Mexican origin. Individuals listed here are on edge after Trump’s border czar stated Chicago is on the prime of the record of locations to be focused for mass deportations.
Erika Beras/NPR
After being sworn into workplace, President Trump signed an entire host of govt actions and orders that affirm his marketing campaign promise to crack down on immigration.
Trump’s border czar has stated Chicago is on the prime of the record of locations to be focused. The town is anticipating immigration raids, detentions and deportations. Within the Little Village neighborhood, the place nearly all of residents are Mexican or of Mexican descent, individuals are on edge as they await what’s subsequent.
Past the many individuals personally affected, previous analysis suggests everybody may really feel the impacts of mass deportation.
On this episode of Planet Cash, we go to Little Village to see how the brand new administration is already having an impression. After which, we hear from an economist who appears to a current chapter in mass deportation for perception into what the long run may maintain.
Immediately’s episode was hosted by Erika Beras and Amanda Aronczyk. It was produced by Willa Rubin with an help from Emma Peaslee. It was edited by Kenny Malone, engineered by Cena Loffredo and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Alex Goldmark is our govt producer.
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