Francisco Arriaga offers a weekly dinner in the basement of his Chicago church — but he doesn’t put out many tables these days as worshippers stay away, fearful of anti-migrant sweeps.

“Everyone is scared, not just the undocumented,” said Arriaga, music director of St Paul’s Catholic Church in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood, a hub for Latinos.

“I’d normally have double the amount of tables set up, but only three people showed up at our last meeting,” he told AFP.

Foot traffic on Cermak Road, the neighborhood’s main artery and home to businesses and restaurants, has slumped in recent weeks as President Donald Trump vows raids and threatens to send in National Guard troops.

“If people think it will stop with the immigrant community, it will allow the Trump regime to normalize this, and a

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