Overview
- Organizers canceled the Little Village parade for a second straight year due to fear of immigration raids.
- Organizers scheduled a Tuesday press conference to explain the decision.
- Local reports trace the anxiety to last fall’s Operation Midway Blitz, a deportation push that brought masked agents and aggressive tactics to Latino neighborhoods.
- Families are skipping public gatherings over enforcement concerns, cutting the crowds and sales Little Village businesses count on each May.
- The Department of Homeland Security had not responded to media requests for comment.