![]() ![]() She added that South Chicago is located close to the Lakefront Trail (it's also near the Burnham Greenway), and the presence of Divvy stations and, more recently, dockless electric scooters, has improved transportation access. Vanessa said the South Chicago community, which is home to many families who were part the first Mexican immigration wave in the 1920s, is a very bikeable neighborhood and many residents use bikes to traverse the large area, especially lower-income people who don't own cars. “No matter how many times this immigration system is set up to discriminate us and all migrants, we are here, we exist and we are beautiful.” “The first parade was because of pride and independence but a cry of, ‘We belong here too and we are present here too,’” said an organizer with Bridges/Puentes who asked to be identified as Vanessa. government's unfair treatment of Mexicans, including that forced expulsions of Americans from their own country. A goal of Sunday's caravan was to highlight and reenact the U.S. In a grave injustice, along with recent immigrants from Mexico, r oughly 60 percent of those deported were actually American citizens of Mexican ancestry. The informal raids during the Depression led to the deportation of about 1.8 million people for supposedly stealing U.S. The current government’s immigration crackdown, along with the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on Latinx communities, makes it feel like history is repeating itself. ![]() The area is home to the longest-running Mexican Independence Day parade, which began in 1939 at a time when immigrants were discriminated against and many were deported back to Mexico during the Great Depression in what was called The Great Repatriation. ![]() Local collective Bridges/Puentes: Justice Collective of the Southeast hosted the “Until We Are All Free” caravan around South Chicago, Jeffrey Manor ,and the East Side. Sunday’s sunshine and community spirit brought people on bikes and in cars, plus local DJ Barbi, to the Southeast Side to celebrate Mexican Independence Day, but to also call attention to the political system that has separated families at the border, detained children and discriminated against immigrants. ![]()
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