HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS RULING BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE.

THOUSANDS ARE HEADING TO WASHINGTON, D.C., NEXT WEEK TO DEMAND WORK PERMITS FOR LONGTIME UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

FOLLOWING WEEKS OF ADVOCACY IN CHICAGO.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS STARTED GRANTING CAMPUSES.

I GOT HERE.

I START WORKING.

>> I HAVE BEEN PAYING MY TAXES.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN TRY TO LEAVE BY THE LAW.

BUT THAT'S NOT AN ALL OR MAKE THE GAMES THAT IS IN THE COUNTRY.

LATINO WORKERS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAVE ACCIDENTS, DEBTS.

HOW ABOUT THE HAPPENED THIS PERMIT?

THAT'S WHAT PROTECTIONS THAT WE CAN DO.

BROTHERS WORKERS.

>> THIS PUSH COMES AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS STARTED GRANTING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO ALMOST 500,000 VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS WERE READY IN THE COUNTRY QUICKLY MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE TO WORK.

JUST TODAY, THE WHITE HOUSE, THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE STATE LAUNCHED A PILOT PROGRAM TO HELP MIGRANTS APPLY FOR THOSE PERMITS.

MEANWHILE, ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING FOR WORK PERMITS FOR MORE THAN 180,000 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN CHICAGO.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE.

IN IT ON VICE PRESIDENT OF IMMIGRANT IN JUSTICE WITH THE REST ARE WRECKED RESURRECTION PROJECT SUSAN PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AN ATTORNEY WITH HUGHES SLOW CALL PEERS REST TO CONDEMN AND YOU LAND THAT THAT I'M FOUNDER OF DIRECTOR OF AND GRAHAM, A NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON STRAIGHTENING FAMILY UNITS LOCATED IN THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US NOW.

LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO DAY TO TELL US ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S SMART.

WHY THE NEW PUSH FOR THIS AND WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN?

YEAH, WELL, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BROAD AUTHORITY TO GRANT WORK PERMITS TO A PROGRAM CALLED PAROLE.

>> HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR 2 YEARS NOW FOR CERTAIN OUT FOLKS FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND ALL FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS.

ON TOP OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED, WHICH IS TPS FOR VENEZUELANS.

THOSE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS FOR US.

WE BELIEVE EVERY IMMIGRANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A WORK PERMIT.

BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS INTENTIONALLY IGNORING THE UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, NOW AVERAGE OF 20 YEARS IN THE U.S.

WORKING WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION WORKING UNDER THE SHADOWS.

>> AND WE KNOW MEXICANS HAVE MADE UP A LARGE POPULATION OF UNDER COMMITTEE COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.

SUSAN, BREAK IT DOWN FOR WHY HAVEN'T WE SEEN FOR THE REFORM?

WELL, IT GOES BACK A LONG WAY AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU 150 YEARS OF HISTORY, BUT BASICALLY THE ATTITUDE OF THE CONGRESS IN FORMULATING U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW HAS LARGELY BEEN TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO, BUT THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME HERE TO WORK.

BUT THEY'RE NOT SO SURE THEY WANT THEM TO BE FUTURE CITIZENS.

SO JUST TO GO BACK TO 1965, CONGRESS SET UP THE JEMEZ SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH THAT SOME PEOPLE COME BECAUSE IF CERTAIN RELATIVES WHO ARE PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR CITIZENS, OTHER PEOPLE COME BECAUSE THEY HAVE WORK NEEDED IN IN THE ECONOMY.

BUT THAT WERE CATEGORY HAS NEVER INCLUDED MOST OF THE SECTORS IN WHICH YOU FIND A LOT OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS.

BUT FROM 65 TO 76, YOU HAVE THE LEGALIZATION OF UP TO 100,000 MIGRANTS YEAR FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE AND IT WASN'T LIMITED PER COUNTRY AND MEXICANS DURING THAT PERIOD WERE USING 80,000 OF THOSE 100,000 SLOT.

BUT 1976, SOME FORCES IN CONGRESS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF MEXICANS WHO COULD BECOME LEGAL AND COME IN LEGALLY AND BECOME FUTURE CITIZENS.

SO THEY DROPPED THE NUMBER.

THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FAIR.

THE COUNTRIES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE COULD GO UP.

THEY HAVE HIGH.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT MEXICO ON THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE HEMISPHERE, WHICH WAS TRUE FOR COUNTRIES IN THE EAST OR NOT.

MISTER.

20,000 MAXIMUM A YEAR.

SO OVERNIGHT THEY TRANSFORMED FOR FLOW OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN LARGELY LEGAL TO A FLOW OF PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE STILL COMING FOR THE SAME REASONS OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION.

ECONOMY IN MEXICO, THINGS THAT HAVE ONLY INTENSIFIED LIST NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THEY CHANGED THE NATURE OF THAT STATUS FROM LEGAL TO ILLEGAL.

AND MY MY FAMILY WAS ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES HONESTLY KNOW.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT TO WEIGH IN HERE.

>> THAT MORE THAN 20,000 MIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN CHICAGO SINCE LAST YEAR.

THE MAJORITY FROM VENEZUELA.

WHAT RECOURSE WOULD YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN?

WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WORK FOR OF THEM AS WHAT THAT WAS MENTIONED, MANY OF THEM AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BIG IMMIGRATION, SENT THE AMNESTY PROGRAM AND MANY OF THEM AS HEAR THIS IS THAT THEY BECAME LEGAL AND THEN THEIR FAMILY JOINED THEM AND MANY OF THEM THROUGH THEIR BROTHERS OR SISTER THAT BECAME CITIZENS A PRO APPLY AND THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR.

THAT OUT WITH WESTAR TO THE MOST.

YES.

CONTINUING TO HEAR THE SAME STORY YOU WOULD SAY EXACTLY EXACTLY THE SAME STORY BROTHERS TAKE 21 YEARS BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN START THE PROCESS.

AND AS LONG AS IT'S HAPPENING, IT IS ALSO NOW THAT IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THAT BROTHER THAT APPLY FOR YOU, BUT YOU NOW HAVE A CHILD.

THAT'S 21 YEARS OLD.

>> YOU NOW HAVE TO ASK FOR A WAY FOR BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY AND THERE IS A RULE THAT SAYS IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR LONGER THAN 180 DAYS, YOU COULD BE PUNISHED FROM 3 YEARS TO 10 YEARS AND IT CAN BE WHAT THIS IS ABOUT THIS, THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH THE WAITING IMMIGRATE THROUGH THEIR RELATIVES BECAUSE OF THEIR LAWFUL STATUS.

WHILE THEY'VE BEEN HERE THAT IS GOING TO FORCE HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

SO THROUGH THE SAME PAROLE POWER THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS ABLE TO EXERCISE TO BRING UKRAINIANS CUBANS, HAITIANS, NICARAGUANS VENEZUELANS INTO THE COUNTRY SO THAT THEIR ENTRIES LEGAL.

THERE'S ALSO A PAROLE IN PLACE.

SO IF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IN OTHER WORDS, THE WHITE HOUSE WANTED TO SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THESE LONG WAITING LISTS COULD BE GRANTED PAROLE IN PLACE.

THEN THEY COULD ALSO GET WORK AUTHORIZATION AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO FEAR BEING DEPORTED BEFORE THEIR NUMBER FINALLY CAME UPON THESE LONG LIST AND THEY STATUS WILL BE REGULAR.

I WANT TO BRING YOU AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT SHE'S SAYING?

I MEAN, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE AN UNDOCUMENTED PERSON, YOU SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THE ODDS ARE SET AGAINST TO MY PARENTS CAME MY DAD CAME 1986, JUST AMNESTY.

MY MOM.

>> AND MY SIBLINGS AND I CAME IN 1990.

I GOT MY WORK PERMIT THROUGH DACA.

NOW, 12 YEARS AGO, 11 YEARS AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR A WORK PERMIT, THEY DO.

WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST WORK PERMIT.

A WORKSHOP TODAY.

200 PEOPLE APPLIED.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN POLICIES THAT HAVE LEFT, PARTICULARLY THE MEXICAN UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY IN THIS SITUATION.

AND WE'RE STUCK IN IT.

WE CAN ADJUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE 10 YEAR BARS AND WE REALLY NEED NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS LISTENING AND IGNORING PARTICULARLY THE MEXICAN ON UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

YOU ALONG THE TALKING ABOUT THE LEGAL SYSTEM WILL KIND OF DELAYS ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING IN THEIR PAST TO RESIDENCY.

AND IT'S ABOUT THE PROBLEM IS LIKE YOU SAID, YOUR FIRST FIRST YOU GET APPROVED BY YOUR FAMILY MEMBER WHO APPLY FOR YOU.

>> AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO DATA IS AVAILABLE.

AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW THAT DATE HOW THAT THEY DO THAT THEY COULD BE ALMOST 20 YEARS OF THROUGH A BROTHER TOWARD TO AN ARMED RESIDENT WHO TAKE A LITTLE LESS.

EVEN IF YOU'RE U.S. CITIZEN, IT STILL TAKES A LOT YEARS.

AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND PART, THE WAIVER.

IT TAKES ABOUT 5 YEARS TO TO CLASS 5 YEARS.

AND I WAITED 21 YEARS TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS.

5 YEARS TO WAIT FOR THE WAIVER SO THAT YOU DON'T GET PUNISHED OR KNEW WHAT HE AND THE AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE FILE THEIR TAXES TO WHAT THEY CALL A TAX BENEFIT.

KAISHA NUMBER AND I HAVE FOUND PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN BECOME A CITY OF A AND THEIR FOR THEIR FAMILY.

>> THEIR FILES IT'S HEARTBREAKING.

OF THE THINGS WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM AS IT IS, AND I'M 72 YEARS OLD.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING I CARE ABOUT.

>> IT'S REALLY BEING SUPPORTED BY MONEY PAID BY UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WHO ARE NEVER GOING TO GET IT OUT TO THE TUNE OF 6, 7 BILLION YEAR.

AND SO ALLOWING PEOPLE TO RECOUP THEIR SHIP.

WHAT THEY PAID INTO SOCIAL SECURITY SEEMS LIKE A IT'S TIME IMPORTANT JUSTICE ISSUES.

LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT DO YOU ALL HOPING?

WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH IN DC NEXT WEEK OR YOU HOPE WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL RESPOND?

THINK WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO START LOOKING TO THE POLLS THAT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING WERE TELLING HIM THE SOLUTION.

>> TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE