Today, more than 68 million people in the United States identify as Hispanic or Latino, making up roughly 20% of the nation’s population — a figure which has nearly doubled since the year 2000. How has the Latino population boom affected regions of Chicago like Little Village? How has the statistical reality of the growing Latino populations been met by this administrations aggressive immigration enforcement policies? What can a politically and civically empowered Latino population look like in Chicago?
On this week’s episode of The Byline, a joint project between The Phoenix and WLUW 88.7, host and engagement editor Dana Prodoehl is joined by deputy opinion editor Carlos Soto-Angulo to discuss these questions and more.
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