>> ELECTED >> OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE DEMANDING FEDERAL AID TO HELP ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CHICAGO MIGRANTS.

THE PLEA FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF 5 YEAR-OLD JOHN GOGGLES AT THE BETHEL WHO WAS LIVING AT A MIGRANT SHELTER IN PILSEN.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF CROWDING ILLNESS, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND OTHER UNSAFE CONDITIONS AT THE VERY SHELTER.

AND ADVOCATES SAY THESE PROBLEMS ARE PREVENTABLE.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE ANY GOMBERG AT LEAD ORGANIZER WITH THE POLICE STATION RESPONSE TEAM IN ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ OF THE 25TH WARD.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

ALDERMAN, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THE PILSEN SHELTER WHERE THE 5 YEAR-OLD JOHN LITTLE BOY DIED IS IN YOUR WARD FOR THOSE DON'T KNOW.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

>> SO KIND OF MY THING IS OF MANY CHILDREN HAVE ARRIVED AND CHICAGO, WE HAVE IN THESE PARTICULAR SHELTER, ALMOST 2500 PEOPLE.

WAS A SHELTER THAT SET FOR 1000 PEOPLE.

SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY MANY NON EST ANTI IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT SINCE IN A PHOBIA.

SHOWDOWN MANY DOORS FOR 2 MEN AND YOUNG COUPLES.

MARTINEZ HIS FAMILY WHEN MOURNING THE DEATH.

THAT IS PREVENTABLE.

BECAUSE OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS I KNOW COLLABORATING INCORPORATING WE'RE INVESTING IN SAVING LIVES.

AND WHAT WE SEE NOW WITH MORE CONCERN WAS HAPPENING IN TEXAS ON THE BORDER, THE CONDITIONS OF THE BORDER WE'VE SEEN ON BACKYARD IS URGENT CALL FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

YOU KNOW, EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES, IT IS CRITICAL TO INVEST IN HOUSING TO INVEST IN THAT EDUCATION, TO INVEST IN HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY HELP PEOPLE DURING ALDERMAN TALKING ABOUT THAT, WHO NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDITIONS.

>> SO WE ARE HAVING AN INVESTIGATION.

YOU KNOW, WE WILL DETERMINE WHAT I'M GOING TO SPECULATE AND HAVE RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY.

BUT TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN SEE THESE TRAGEDIES AND WE SEE GOVERNORS LIKE I AND NOT ONLY NOT EVEN WILLING TO COLLABORATE BUT DOUBLING DOWN COMMITTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WHEN WE HAVE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND YOU CAN GET WAY WE INVESTING.

JUST JUST RECENTLY, THERE'S A PROPOSAL 416 BILLION DOLLARS.

FOR MORE, WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU MORE BRIDGES HERE.

WE TALK ABOUT THE UKRAINE REFUGEES.

29,000 REFUGEES NOW HAVE A NEW HOME HERE IN CHICAGO.

WHEN WE GOT FROM DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY MORE PERMITS AND DON'T SUPPORT US WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

ABSOLUTE THEN YOU WANT TO GO TO YOU.

WHAT ARE CONDITIONS REALLY LIKE AT THE SHELTERS?

>> WE'VE BEEN HEARING FOR MONTHS.

THE CONDITIONS ARE AT THE SHELTERS ARE VERY POOR.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS UP FOR DEBATE.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS FURTHER CONFIRMATION BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SUBMITTING REPORTS ALL THE TIME TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND TO DFS US ALL ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AT SHELTERS.

THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT FOOD.

THERE'S NOT WATER IS OFTEN RATIONED CHILDREN WHO SHOULD BE EATING EVERY 2 TO 3 HOURS ARE GETTING 3 MEALS A DAY AND NOT SUFFICIENT CALORIES TO GROVER.

JUST SAY THESE CONDITIONS WORSEN MEDICAL CONDITIONS CHILDREN ALREADY EXPERIENCING.

WE ALREADY WE KNOW THAT WE I WE HAVE TO AGREE WITH MAYOR JOHNSON.

WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING SICK, BUT THEY'RE WRITING ALIVE.

>> AND THEN THEY'RE PUT INTO CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOT LIVABLE, NOT ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD WANT FOR OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN.

AND AND I THINK WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHY IS IT OK FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN?

ARE THERE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE THOSE WHO BEEN STAYING IN POLICE STATIONS AND THE SHELTERS?

I'M NOT SURE WHEN WE HAD FOLKS, THE POLICE THEY WERE COMING AFTER THEY HAD BEEN IN THE SHELTER FOR A FEW DAYS.

THEY REPORTED THAT THINGS WERE OK.

I'M I THINK SPECIFICALLY THE NON CONGREGATE SHOUT SHELTERS WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT SLEEPING IN JUST ONE ROOM CAUGHT TO CAUGHT SEEM TO MORE LIVABLE SOLUTION.

BUT MANY OF THE SHELTERS, THOSE 27 SHELTERS IN THE CITY ARE THOSE CONGREGATE SHELTERS WHERE HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN QUICKLY RETROFITTED TO HOUSE PEOPLE.

AND SO I THINK WE ARE SEEING AND HEARING THOSE CONDITIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING AND FOR A LONG TIME.

AND AND I WANT TO PLAY US OFFER MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

HE JOINED US LAST NIGHT AT ADDRESSING THIS RESPONSE TO THE NEW ARRIVALS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> WHEN FAMILIES ARRIVE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ON SITE MEDICAL CARE, WE PROVIDE VACCINATIONS INFECTION PREVENTION AGAIN.

COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE AS WELL.

AND WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FAMILIES MAKE THEIR POINTS COME IN.

THIS SHELTER IS SAFE, THOUGH.

THIS PILLS UNSHELTERED.

WELL, EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THESE FOR 7 MONTHS IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL OF THE MIGRANTS TO DERIVE THE NEW YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED.

THESE ARE NEW CONCERNS.

>> AND NOW THE MEN THERE HAS BEEN MANY OPINIONS AND MANY GAME PLANS FROM THE CITY TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION AT THIS POINT.

WHAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THIS?

>> THE COMPRESSING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE COLLABORATION JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE FOR 2 SHELTERS.

WE STILL WAITING FOR THOSE SHELTERS AND AND IN JULIE HAD WE HAD A PROPOSAL FOR 2000 RESIDENTS BE RELOCATED.

THAT PROPOSAL WAS COUNCIL OPEN.

WE JUST TALKING 20 NOW THEY WANT SHUT DOWN SHELTERS.

WELL, NEXT YEAR.

SO WHEN WE SEE NOT ONLY SHUTTING DOWN DOORS BUT ALSO SEE THE FAITH ARE GOING TO LOOK BLOOD.

WE'VE GOT TO WONDER.

WHERE IS THE SUPPORT WAYS TO HELP?

AND WE GOT A LOOK AT THE STATE.

IT'S A BATTLE IS A BATTLE A BATTLE BECAUSE WE'RE NOW IS ABOUT FOR SURVIVAL.

WE HAVE COMMITTED TO HAVE AN IMPACT THAT THE COVID INPUT PARTY.

AND NOW WE HAVE 26 NOSE AND YOUR NEIGHBORS OR COMMUNITY THAT RAN TO HELP.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS WILLING TO HELP, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

I ASKING STATE TO FULFILL THE COMMITMENTS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP US COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE AND STOP THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE CANNOT JUST SIT AND WATCH AS WE SEE THE TRUST OF PROBLEMS ANY.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

YOU HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE GROUPS BEEN MOBILIZING THIS.

>> ARE YOU GUYS ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE SHELTERS?

NO, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE SHELTERS.

VOLUNTEERS NO OUTSIDE EVEN THE ALDER.

HAVE YOU HAVE YOU DRIVE?

WHAT BADLY?

>> I WAS THERE YESTERDAY.

>> AND I WAS SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS AND I WAS HANDING OUT WHICH DISAPPEARED IN ABOUT A MINUTE.

THE BLANKETS THAT I HAD BROUGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE THIS WAS THE CAUSE AND SHELTER AND PEOPLE ARE COLD AND I WAS THERE FOR NOT MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES BEFORE PRIVATE SECURITY CAME IN.

HASSLED ME TO BELIEVE A MAN TO STOP SPEAKING.

EVEN JUST SPEAKING TO THE RESIDENT.

YOU SAID BEFORE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE CITY TO TRY TO GET TO HAVE ACCESS.

ASKED OVER AND OVER 2, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS IS THAT THERE'S SO MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE ALDERMEN MENTIONED THE PEOPLE, PEOPLE DEEPLY CARE.

WE HAVE SO MUCH COMPASSION.

CHICAGO IS READY AND MYSELF AND JUST HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ARE WILLING TO DO THIS TO TO DO THE TO DO SOME OF THIS ON THE GROUND WORK.

BUT WE HAVE HAD NO ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY OR LEADERSHIP.

AND WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS.

ALDERMAN USE OF THE LAST QUESTION WENT TO CHICAGO WEDNESDAY TO KNOW RIGHT NOW FOR FRUSTRATED OR SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> THIS ON THIS ONGOING CRISIS.

>> WE'VE GOT BE WE HAVE A FLAT.

WE WON'T HAVE A CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM THIS YEAR IS A SIGN OF THE TIMES AND IS A TIME FOR OUR CITY TO COME TOGETHER AND INVESTMENT