This year Sueños Music Festival took place after Chicago saw one of its largest immigration enforcement operations in recent history.
But at Sueños on Sunday, Chicagoans showed up showcasing their Latino identity, waving flags, sporting cowboy boots and hats and singing along to songs in Spanish. Several said the weekend music event — one of the largest Latino music festivals in the country — offered them an opportunity to “show up and show out” and celebrate in hopes of something better.
Last fall, Chicago and its surrounding suburbs were the target of immigration officials in a campaign the feds named “Operation Midway Blitz.”…