New Research Shows ‘Past, Present, And Power’ Of Chicago Mexicans

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

The University of Illinois at Chicago has published an in-depth report studying impact of Mexican Chicagoans, a group that has been historically overlooked as its own data set versus under the umbrella of Chicago Latinos as a whole. According to researchers’ findings, Mexicans are the largest population of Latinos in Chicago and subsequently play a pivotal role in Chicago’s economy. Reset sat down with Teresa Cordova and Juan Gonzalez, two of the scholars who wrote the report to break down their team’s findings and the importance Mexicans have on informing policies. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.