ICE’s ‘Midway Blitz’ operation cost Chicago businesses $1.2 billion: Study

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Chicago-area operation cost local businesses more than $1.2 billion last year, according to a new study. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago’s Great Cities Institute, found that residents of Cook County’s Latino-heavy neighborhoods made “substantially fewer” visits to restaurants and retail businesses in neighborhoods without…

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