Folklórico dancer Josefina Rodriguez marched down and danced in Pilsen’s 24th annual Mexican Independence Day parade, undeterred by the Trump administration’s plans to ramp up immigration enforcement in Chicago.

“I don’t feel scared,” Rodriguez, 80, told the Sun-Times. “I’m very happy to participate. I hope this tradition will never end. I hope people won’t be scared.

“We’re here, and we’re not leaving,” she added.

G. Mejia, 4, plays under a Mexican flag near West 16th Street in Pilsen before the Mexican Independence Day Parade kicked off Saturday.

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Itzlasiwal Gamboa holds her baby Venus Gamboa, who is two and a half months old, during the Mexican Independence Day Parade on West 18th Street in Pilsen on Saturday.

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Paradegoers march on West 18th Street during the

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