(9 Sep 2025)
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Chicago – 9 September 2025
1. Various exterior of St. Paul Catholic Church in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Teresa Fraga, Mexican Cultural Committee of Chicago:
"We are committed to celebrating our history. This is the Fourth of July of los mexicanos.
3. Various of Mexican flags in neighborhood.
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Teresa Fraga, Mexican Cultural Committee of Chicago:
"Canceling is not an option. We would only be open to it if there is imminent danger. But we are in the best place to have it, because it will be held in the street, our stage will be there. But we have a church if that danger becomes imminent. We have a beautiful garden, because we are committed to celebrating our history."
5. Exterior of church
6. People walking in church garden
7. Event space behind church
8. Church congregant opening door to inside of church
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Emma Lozano, Community Activist:
"The border crossed us. We didn’t cross the border. We didn’t cross the border, and still and still today we rise. We celebrate our history, our resilience and our contributions. Today some people in power try to criminalize us. They send ICE. They send threats. They spread fear, but we know the truth. Crime in Chicago is at an all time low, because our programs are working."
10. Various murals in neighborhood.
11. Lozano doing a ‘Si se puede’ chant with crowd
12. More various murals
STORYLINE:
El Grito Chicago, a downtown Mexican Independence Day festival which had been postponed by organizers in order to protect people after threats from President Donald Trump to dispatch immigration agents to the city, is back on.
The festival will take place on the street outside St. Paul Catholic Church in the neighborhood of Pilsen, on the evening of Monday, September 15.
President Donald Trump’s plan to dispatch National Guard troops and immigration agents into Chicago has put many Latino residents on edge, prompting some to carry their U.S. passports while giving others pause about openly celebrating the upcoming Mexican Independence Day.
Though the holiday falls on Sept. 16, celebrations in Chicago span more than a week and draw hundreds of thousands of participants. Festivities kicked off with a Saturday parade through the heavily Mexican Pilsen neighborhood and will continue with car caravans and lively street parties.
But this year, the typically joyful period coincides with Trump’s threats to add Chicago to the list of other Democratic-led cities he has targeted for expanded federal enforcement.
His administration has said it will step up immigration enforcement in Chicago, as it did in Los Angeles, and would deploy National Guard troops. In addition to sending troops to Los Angeles in June, Trump deployed them last month in Washington, D.C., as part of his unprecedented law enforcement takeover of the nation’s capital.
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