Families of Uvalde Shooting Victims Attend ‘Bittersweet’ School Opening

Three years after one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, a new campus in the city will welcome 600 new elementary students.

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New Race-Day Worry for the Chicago Marathon: Immigration Enforcement

Tensions over the federal intervention in the city have many runners worried about what to expect during the race, which passes through immigrant neighborhoods and draws many participants from abroad.

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In a Chicago Neighborhood, Fear and Anger Over Trump’s ICE ‘Blitz’

Pilsen, a part of the city long home to Chicagoans of Mexican heritage, has grown quieter since the Trump administration announced an operation against illegal immigration.

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Adidas Apologizes After Mexico Criticizes Oaxacan-Inspired Shoe

Willy Chavarria, the designer of the shoe, also apologized after Mexican officials leveled accusations of cultural appropriation.

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Judges Keep Restrictions on Los Angeles Immigration Arrests

An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on race and other factors, such as speaking Spanish, in making arrests.

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They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t excited.

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Living ‘A Day Without a Mexican’ in L.A., 21 Years Later

The 2004 indie film imagined an absurd, Latino-less California. As fears of immigration raids empty out parts of Los Angeles, the film’s premise feels all too real, its creators say.

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L.A. Students Graduating Amid ICE Raids Experience Joy and Fear

Nearly three-fourths of the students in L.A. public schools are Latino. Some families, and a few graduates, stayed away from graduation ceremonies out of fear of federal raids.

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Deployed to Meet an ‘Invasion,’ Marines Were Once Invaders of Mexico

Many Mexican Americans remember that California became part of the United States after a 19th century war that cost Mexico more than half its territory.

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Mexico’s President Calls Image of Flag in Protests a ‘Provocation’

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said that images of her country’s banner at violent protests in the United States were a “provocation.”

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