Happy Cinco de Mayo? Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo amid immigration uncertainty

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Happy Cinco de Mayo?  The Detroit Free Press notes that there is a damper on Cinco de Mayo celebrations this year: 

“Chicago and Philadelphia canceled Cinco de Mayo festivities this year amid fear over immigration crackdowns.

`There is nothing to celebrate,’ Hector Escobar, president of Casa Puebla and the Cermak Road Chamber of Commerce told the Chicago Sun-Times. `People are afraid. They’re afraid to even go to work.’ . . . .

Detroit’s parade went on, despite the political climate and rainy weather.”

KJ