New migrants in Chicago reopened wounds for Black residents

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New migrants in Chicago reopened wounds for Black residents

I met Karla on a Sunday afternoon last summer in Chicago, as she sat beneath an underpass in the West Loop neighborhood near the migrant shelter where she stayed. She is only using her first name for safety reasons, as she and her husband are newly arrived migrants trying to make their way in the U.S. Her husband runs a small makeshift barbershop where he earns money cutting hair. Less than a mile away, former Vice President and presidential hop…