For weeks, all eyes have been on Minneapolis where the anger at the killing of two US citizens by federal immigration agents has turned the Midwestern city into a sea of unrest.
President Donald Trump has pledged to "de-escalate" the situation and the new man in charge on the ground, Tom Homan, said on Thursday there will eventually be a "drawdown" in numbers.
A few hundred miles away, Chicago has already seen a surge of immigration agents, and a crackdown on its streets, ease off somewhat.
Operation Midway Blitz was launched in September with the aim, it said, of targeting "criminal illegal aliens" and it peaked in the weeks that followed.
Since then, Chicago and specifically its Hispanic neighbourhoods have had to adjust to a new normal.
