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ILIA CALDERÓN: Good evening. We begin the newscast in Chicago, where it was announced today that Mexican independence celebrations have been postponed due to the possibility of immigration enforcement and the deployment of the National Guard. This festival usually draws nearly 25,000 people to Grant Park. Viviana Avila is in Chicago with the details of this announcement. Viviana.
VIVIANA AVILA: That’s right, Ilia. The organizers of this iconic two-day event in downtown Chicago- they said they made this decision with great regret, with a broken heart, but they did it for the well-being and safety of community members.
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Emphasis on Mexican Independence Day keeps the community looking backward, and never forward to the fullness of the American experience. In fact, both Univision and Telemundo are set to air the Mexican Shout (Grito), which consists of the Mexican president ringing the bell at the presidential palace in front of a packed Zocalo Square and shouting “Viva Mexico” on multiple occasions.
Our long-held thesis about Spanish-language TV depending on a constant migrant flow in order to survive is proven yet again, as is the idea that Latino identity is little more than a political construct intended to keep individuals forever separate and alien from the American mainstream.
* Original Article:
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/jorge-bonilla/2025/09/07/univision-whines-over-canceled-mexican-independence-day