The Aurora community held its first Fiestas Patrias parade in six years this weekend. However, turnout was lower than anticipated due to fears of ramped-up immigration enforcement in Aurora and surrounding communities.

"To me it was a little unfortunate," paradegoer Jazmine Garcia said. "I did have some family members that had fears coming out, so even with attendance today, it was not very well attended. That was a little sad, but you know, we made it what it was. It was honestly still very special."

Recently-elected Aurora Mayor John Laesch addressed those concerns and said that based on the crowd levels, the city did not add additional security measures.

"There's clearly increased anxiety and a lot of social media chatter," he said. "Quite a few people and emails were going out ask

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