New report shows the economic toll of ICE raids

A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3393x2262+0+0/resize/3393x2262!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc4%2F34%2F17b1505d4cc59148d1455d7d8606%2Fgettyimages-2195368241.jpg' alt='A poster calling on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get out of the community hangs on a door in the Little Village neighborhood on January 22, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.'/><p>A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue. </p><p>(Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5955787' />