Trepidation, Defiance and Déjà Vu Mark Mexican Independence Day in Chicago
Introduction
As ICE activity intensifies, some Mexican Independence Day 🇲🇽 celebrations were canceled—but many pushed forward with courage and community support. ✨
"As in decades past, our nation’s broken immigration system is revealing its dysfunction. It relies on vulnerable immigrants to sustain our economy and maximize profits, exploits that labor when needed, then just as readily expels it on demand."— Lilia Fernández
Read the full article @In These Times by historian Lilia Fernández: go.uic.edu/lilia-fernandez-in-these-times
Lilia Fernández is also featured in the following articles:
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune