Hundreds protest in Chicago after federal immigration raid

Antonio Oliva in the Chicago Tribune (here) reported on about 300 protesters shouting and waving signs for several hours in Little Village, Chicago on Tuesday after a federal raid inside a shopping plaza. Officials described the afternoon raid as a crackdown on a ring suspected of selling fake identification. Neighborhood residents and local activists, however, saw the action in the heart of Chicago’s Mexican community as an attempt to intimidate people in advance of a planned May 1 march in protest of recent federal raids nationwide.

KJ