CHICAGO (WLS) -- For the first time since Operation Midway Blitz began, a large group of Chicago's business, civic and faith leaders jointed together Friday to call for an end to the ICE raids.

They say it's having a big impact on the city's workforce and economy.

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From downtown businesses to retail corridors in Latino neighborhoods, the economic repercussions of the Trump administration's ICE enforcement has brought together a diverse group of business and civic leaders.

"The point is to shock and to scare not to enforce immigration laws," Chicago CRED Founder and Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan said. "It is an attempt to create learned helplessness in our communities."

In an attempt to help, Duncan brought together the g

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