Dancers perform in the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade, Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Celebrations started Saturday night in downtown Chicago and continue Sunday with parades in advance of Mexican Independence Day, Sept. 16, 2025. This year’s celebrations come in the midst of increased immigration enforcement, “Operation Midway Blitz.”
Ana Lopez smiles as she watches the annual Mexican Independence Day parade on Commercial Avenue on the southeast side of Chicago on Sept. 14, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)People drive south on Commercial Avenue in the annual Mexican Independence Day parade on the southeast side of Chicago, Sept. 14, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
People drive south on Commercial Avenue in the annual Mexican Independence Day parade in the southeast side of Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)A woman waves a Mexican flag as she stands in a truck in the annual Mexican Independence Day parade on Commercial Avenue in the southeast side of Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)People celebrate Mexican Independence Day on East Wacker Drive, Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
A woman watches from a window during the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A woman holds a large flag while watching the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A man flies a large flag while watching the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People watch the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A child strikes an ICE piñata during the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Aztec dancers lead the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People watch the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A skateboarder carries a flag in the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People watch and cheer during the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People watch and cheer during the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People watch and cheer during the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A woman holds a sign while watching the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Elizabeth Rivera, 9, watches the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People watch and cheer during the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Employees step out of a store to watch the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Chicago police monitor the 54th annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Óscar Gómez and his 5-month-old daughter, Ailini Celeste Gómez, get a bracelet while watching the 54th annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Dancers perform in the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade, Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A man watches from a rooftop during the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People celebrating Mexican Independence Day confront Chicago Police while they stop a vehicle with a Mexican flag near Michigan Avenue as people and vehicles gather while celebrating Mexican Independence Day Saturday Sept. 13, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)A person removes a Mexican flag from their vehicle, Sept. 13, 2025, after being stopped by Chicago police as people and vehicles gather while celebrating Mexican Independence Day. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
Chicago Police stop a vehicle with a Mexican flag near Michigan Avenue as people and vehicles gather while celebrating Mexican Independence Day Saturday Sept. 13, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Chicago Police ask 20-year-old Noel to remove the wooden rod attached to his Mexican flag near Michigan Avenue as people and vehicles gather while celebrating Mexican Independence Day Saturday Sept. 13, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Chicago Police superintendent Larry Snelling walks near Michigan Avenue while officers stop vehicles with Mexican flags mounted on wooden poles in vehicles as people gather while celebrating Mexican Independence Day Saturday Sept. 13, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
