There was a noticeable decline in Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations over the weekend in and around Chicago due to heightened immigration enforcement actions, NPR reported.
At least one Halloween parade was canceled.
This followed Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s request that federal agents pause immigration enforcement during the holiday so that “our children should not be victims,” which was rejected by the Trump administration.
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