Jennifer Aguilar

And this isn't just about deportations. Chloe says secure communities likely also had a chilling effect. You know, people would have stopped working, didn't want to leave their homes or maybe even left the U.S. completely. All of that would be a hit to the local economy and would cause a drop in jobs for U.S.-born workers.

This is exactly what we saw happening in the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago.

This is exactly what we saw happening in the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago.

This is exactly what we saw happening in the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago.

She means complementary in the economic sense. Complements are goods or services that are used together, as opposed to substitutes, which essentially compete with each other.

She means complementary in the economic sense. Complements are goods or services that are used together, as opposed to substitutes, which essentially compete with each other.

She means complementary in the economic sense. Complements are goods or services that are used together, as opposed to substitutes, which essentially compete with each other.

Or take a restaurant. If a restaurant can't find anyone to bus tables, they will hire fewer waiters and waitresses.

Or take a restaurant. If a restaurant can't find anyone to bus tables, they will hire fewer waiters and waitresses.

Or take a restaurant. If a restaurant can't find anyone to bus tables, they will hire fewer waiters and waitresses.

After the break, how all of this economic theory is playing out in the real world. Right now, the chilling effect in action. Here in Chicago's little village, there's this restaurant that's been around since the 70s. It's one of those places that everyone says to check out. Nuevo Leon. The best Mexican food. It was opened by an immigrant. Always a scene.

After the break, how all of this economic theory is playing out in the real world. Right now, the chilling effect in action. Here in Chicago's little village, there's this restaurant that's been around since the 70s. It's one of those places that everyone says to check out. Nuevo Leon. The best Mexican food. It was opened by an immigrant. Always a scene.

After the break, how all of this economic theory is playing out in the real world. Right now, the chilling effect in action. Here in Chicago's little village, there's this restaurant that's been around since the 70s. It's one of those places that everyone says to check out. Nuevo Leon. The best Mexican food. It was opened by an immigrant. Always a scene.

We got there, and it was this big, beautiful mural building. It sounded wild. Yeah. It had this big marquee sign out front with these light bulbs that sounded like they were about to explode. Here we go.

We got there, and it was this big, beautiful mural building. It sounded wild. Yeah. It had this big marquee sign out front with these light bulbs that sounded like they were about to explode. Here we go.

We got there, and it was this big, beautiful mural building. It sounded wild. Yeah. It had this big marquee sign out front with these light bulbs that sounded like they were about to explode. Here we go.

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So we went in and it quickly became clear to us that this one restaurant is a microcosm of all the things that economist Chloe East had described.