The second busiest retail corridor in Chicago is typically a bustling area dotted with taquerias and Mexican grocery stores in the southwestern part of the city. By Monday afternoon it had turned into a ghost town.

The nation’s eyes are turning to Chicago this week as President Donald Trump, newly inaugurated for a second non-consecutive term, is expected to begin implementing plans for deportations with about 150 Immigration and Customs Enforcement supposedly deployed in Chicago.

President Donald Trump's administration has directed U.S. prosecutors to criminally probe local officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts, intensifying a sweeping crackdown that Trump launched the day he took office.