May 5 in Chicago will be canceled this year due to fear of a strict application of immigration, said a local event organizer.
According to the reports, the Cermak Road Chamber of Commerce, which announced Thursday that they are canceling the event, said the Mexican community in Chicago is concerned about the immigration and customs control of the United States (ICE).
“Our people are afraid,” said Héctor Escobar, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Casa Puebla and Cermak Road, to an ABC local affiliate.
The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, and others, the federal legislators who supported the sanctuary city were pressed by federal legislators to explain their policies last month. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg through Getty Images/Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service through Getty Images)
Escobar is used to say: “Look, some of them, do not want to go to work and some of them, have high -risk tasks. And, it is not much to celebrate.”
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May five is a hero annually on the southwest side of Chicago, which involves a parade with musical performances and activities that celebrate Mexican culture.
ICE made raids throughout the city, attacked to the records of suspended criminal migrants, as well as stopping undocumented immigrants if they were caught in the sites of raids.
The Immigration and Customs Control agents of the United States (ICE) hold a trial as part of the broad immigration repression of US President Donald Trump in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on January 26, 2025, in a fixed image of the video. (Immigration and Customs Control/Brochure through Reuters)
Shortly after President Donald Trump was elected in office, ICE made hundreds of illegal immigrants judgments, including those with criminal records include sexual aggression, domestic violence and drugs and weapons crimes.
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The Trump border tsum, Tom Homan, promised to chase Chicago with a strict application, promising to verify the status of asylum seekers and the trial that anyone who provides sanctuary to illegal immigrants.
The incoming border tsar also warned that the mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson would be prosecuted if it obstructs ICE mass deportation efforts.
“Our community is very displaced due to the raids and the threat that ICE has imposed on families who work tirelessly to provide a better future for their children,” said Escobar in a statement obtained by CBS. “Our community has faced bullying and prosecution and are not indulgence in community activities, therefore, we believe there is nothing to celebrate.”
Escobar did not promote a comment request.
The Trump border tsum, Tom Homan, promised to chase Chicago with a strict application, promising to verify the status of asylum seekers and the trial that anyone who provides sanctuary to illegal immigrants. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
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In addition, federal legislators pressed Johnson and others, federal legislators who supported the city and other sanctuary to explain their policies last month.
Immigration has been a hot issue in the city after several residents criticized the mayor for their management of the large influx of migrants who have reached the last two years.