The Little Village Arch in Chicago in September 2025. Trump's immigration crackdown has frozen the local economy. Talia Sprague/Bloomberg/Getty Images New York —

In Chicago’s Little Village, the Trump administration’s sweeping deportation push has paralyzed the economy.

Business owners in Little Village , which is 81% Hispanic , said customers are too frightened to walk the streets of Chicago’s second busiest commercial corridor. Sales have plunged, employees are staying home, and stores have temporarily closed since the administration’s deportation push in Chicago began on September 8. More than 1,000 people have been arrested in the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”

The economic fallout from deportations is typically focused on the impact to indus

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