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A bustling shopping district in Chicago known as the “Mexico of the Midwest” has seen foot traffic plummet by 50% — as residents say they fear the immigration raids promised by President Trump.
Tom Homan, who was chosen by Trump to lead border policy, told a gathering of Republicans in Chicago last month that the midwestern city would be "ground zero" for mass deportations.
Census Bureau estimates as of 2023 put the Mexican population of the Chicago metropolitan area at 1,702,582. [ 9 ] 2018-2022 ACS 5-year Estimates show the mean income for Chicagoland Mexicans was $44,024 and the mean $35,072, on par with other major Mexican hubs such as Los Angeles, Dallas, and Phoenix. [ 8 ]
In October 2004, the Border Patrol announced that 325 people had died crossing the entire border during the previous 12 months. [135] Between 1998 and 2004, 1,954 persons are officially reported to have died along the Mexico–U.S. border. Since 2004, the bodies of 1,086 migrants have been recovered in the southern Arizona desert. [136]
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -Even before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were ...
The increase of border security throughout the years has progressively made crossings at the U.S.–Mexico border more dangerous, which has developed a human rights crisis at the border. The number of migrant deaths occurring along the U.S.–Mexico border has dramatically increased since the implementation of the funnel effect. [83]
Road/Highway City and State Mexican Port of Entry Mexican Road/Highway City and State Status Otay Mesa East: SR 11 Toll: East Otay Mesa, California: Mesa de Otay II: Tijuana, Baja California: This is expected to be the first toll-based border crossing on the US-Mexico border. It is planned to open in 2024. [3]
The costs of spiking migration for a key Mexican border state due to a sharp downturn in U.S.-bound cargo trucks total nearly $1 billion over about two weeks, state officials said Tuesday, as ...