{"id":33589,"date":"2026-07-02T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=33589"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:05:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:05:45","slug":"operacion-midway-blitz-jornaleros-de-chicago-impacto-aplicacion-intensificada-de-la-ley-de-inmigracion-adoptar-una-esquina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/07\/02\/operation-midway-blitz-chicago-day-laborers-impact-heightened-immigration-enforcement-adopt-a-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Una esquina de contrataci\u00f3n en Chicago, antes repleta de jornaleros, se vac\u00eda bajo la represi\u00f3n a la inmigraci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Editor\u2019s note[07\/02]: Borderless Magazine has chosen not to publish some of the interviewees\u2019 full names to protect their safety and privacy. For questions, please contact us at info@borderlessmag.org.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Almost every morning, Gualberto Olac unlocks his bike and pedals toward the corner of Belmont and Milwaukee Avenues. It is the same corner in Avondale he\u2019s been visiting for over two decades, since he was 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perched on a curb outside a Shell gas station and shaded by sunglasses and a sun hat, Olac, a Mexican immigrant, glances around the lot, eyeing every passing car. Across from him, another man with a backpack and a blue baseball cap does the same, switching between sitting and standing as he watches cars drive by.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In years prior, the scene at the station was very different. Every morning, hundreds of immigrants used to gather there. The Shell gas station has served as one of the oldest informal hiring spots<\/span> for Chicago\u2019s day laborers. General contractors and others looking for an extra set of hands would stop by, negotiate wages and take willing workers with them to work for a few hours before dropping them off at the station later.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t

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