Border Patrol Chicago, today: Little Village business concerned amid immigration arrests, Greg Bovino returns to area
Several people in federal custody on Wednesday morning after Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino made his return to the Chicago area.
Little Village is just one of the neighborhoods where federal agents have made their presence known.
Responders are standing by, patrolling the neighborhood to be on the lookout for federal immigration agents.
One business owner told ABC7 they started locking their doors, again, in an effort to protect their customers.
Some tables have stood empty at Nuevo León, since "Operation Midway Blitz" began, the owner says.
Although there was a glimmer of hope, of a possible return to normalcy when Bovino seemingly left the area in November, customers never quite fully returned.
"This fear continued. I still haven't seen customers that from October," business owner Laura Gutierrez Ramos said. "We are numb. We don't know whether to go forward, not forward."
The video in the player above is from a previous report.
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Multiple videos shows arrests taking place across the Chicago area on Tuesday .
A man was taken into custody near 26th and Kedvale. ABC7 blurred his face, since it is unknown if he's been charged with a crime.
Bovino was also seen at a picket line during a union strike at Mauser Packaging Solutions on Chicago's southwest side.
Community groups say at least 15 people were arrested, including an alleged undocumented immigrant, who the Department of Homeland Security says has a criminal history and damaged a Border Patrol vehicle with a rock.
And a tamale vendor, seen on surveillance video being taken into custody, seconds after arriving at 47th and Hermitage.
" [ Bovino is ] not going after criminals he's going after people picking up their check from work, people taking their kids to school, people selling tamales," Baltazar Enríquez with the Little Village Community Council said.
Business owners say it's heartbreaking what this is doing to the community, just ahead of the holidays.
