Small business owners in some of Chicago’s predominantly Latino neighborhoods say business hasn’t bounced back since Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and his team of agents left Chicago last week.
Even though Bovino’s departure from the area signals a scaled back deportation campaign, business owners say members of their communities still feel scared to leave their homes.
Melissa Quintana, the founder of the Hermosa Belmont Cragin Chamber of Commerce, said months of low foot traffic brought about by the ICE raids have forced at least one restaurant on the Northwest Side to shutter, and others to lay off staff. Just this week, Quintana said, a local grocery store laid off seven of its employees…