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Illegal Immigrants, Reparations Concern Locals at Chicago Vivek Ramaswamy Event

Illegal Immigrants, Reparations Concern Locals at Chicago Vivek Ramaswamy Event
Vivek Ramaswamy sits in a South Shore, Chicago, barbershop on May 19, 2023. Nathan Worcester/The Epoch Times
Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
5/19/2023|Updated: 5/20/2023
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CHICAGO—On a rainy Friday in South Shore, presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy listened as a group of mostly black Chicagoans voiced concerns about incoming illegal immigrants, reparations for slavery, and more.

He showed up after locals objected to the planned placement of those illegal immigrants at a shuttered high school nearby.

Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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