For years, the Festival Independencia de México on Lake Street has been a vibrant, bustling celebration of Mexican life in the Twin Cities and a boon for many of the street’s independent businesses.
This year, however, that was not as much the case.
Multiple sources said crowds at last Sunday’s festival in Minneapolis, sponsored by local radio station El Rey and held two days prior to the official celebration of Mexican Independence Day on Tuesday, were noticeably thinner due to concerns about immigration enforcement…