>> AS WE HEARD EARLIER, BRIGHTON PARK COMMUNITY MEMBERS RALLY TODAY AGAINST MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S PLAN TO REBUILD A WINTER ICE BASE CAMP FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS VIOLATE PRIVATE.

AN CAN PRIVATELY OWN LAW IN THE AREA.

THAT'S WHERE A LOCAL ALDERWOMAN REPORTS BEING ASSAULTED.

THE MASSIVE CAMP WOULD HOUSE AT LEAST SOME OF THE MORE 3800 MIGRANTS NOW LIVING AT POLICE STATIONS IN O'HARE HEY, AHEAD OF WINTER WEATHER, SOME RESIDENTS ARE CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM THE CITY WHILE OTHERS ARE URGING A MORE PERMANENT BRICK AND MORTAR PLANT.

JOINING NOW WITH COMMUNITY REACTION ARE.

TEDDY ASIDE A BRIGHTON PARK RESIDENT IN A BUSINESS OWNER NEAR THE PROPOSED SITE.

AND ON THE DAY THE STRICTER OF ORGANIZING FOR THE BRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.

NOW WE ALSO INVITED WERE ALDERWOMAN DO THAT TO ME JOIN BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

NOW WANT TO START OFF WITH A STATEMENT FROM ALDERWOMAN ARMY DOES FOLLOWING TODAY'S EVENTS.

SHE SAID IN PART AFTER HAVING A FEW CONVERSATIONS, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT MOST OF THE PROTESTERS DIDN'T WANT TO ENGAGE.

>> IN A PEACEFUL CONVERSATION WITH ME, SHE WENT ON TO SAY I CALLED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TO EXPLORE MORE OPTIONS FOR SHEEN.

PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.

NOW AT LET'S START WITH YOU.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS GOT INTENSE TODAY, EVEN VIOLENT.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?

SEEN THIS PLAY OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> AS A SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED BRYANT PARK AND WORKS STILL IN BRIGHTON PARK.

IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO SEE ICE COMPARED TO THE CONTRAST TO WHAT WE TRUMP WAS ELECTED IN 2020 AND THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO FIGHT DEPORTATION TO DO A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, TRAININGS AND RELEASED LEE AND PROTECTING AN ADVOCATE FOR UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE CITIZENS SHIPPED HER OFF.

SO SEEING THE PEOPLE TO A SETTING MOVIE, RIGHT?

WAS REALLY DISHEARTENING.

>> AND TODAY YOU ARE NOT TOO FAR FROM THE PROPOSED SITE.

WHAT DID YOU SEE OUT THERE YEAH, MY PARTNER DEFINITELY HEARD SOME OF THE FIREWORKS THAT APPARENTLY WERE GOING I WAS NOT THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT'S AROUND THIS TOPIC.

LIKE THE BEST OF OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY REALLY NEEDS TO EMERGE BECAUSE THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS IT'S NOT JUST BRITAIN PARKING ISSUE.

IT'S A HUMAN ISSUE.

AND I THINK THE RESPONSE TO THE OLDER WOMAN TODAY RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY IN GENERAL IS NOT REPRESENTING THE BEST OF COLLECTIVE HUMANITY.

>> WHAT MORE WOULD YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM ALDERWOMAN TEDDY?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST FROM THE ALDERWOMAN.

I THINK IT'S LIKE IT'S IT GOES BEYOND THAT IT GOES TO THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE STATE.

IT'S IT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE.

AND I THINK THERE ARE 2 REALLY HEAVY SIDES TO LIKE THERE'S MANY, MANY SIDES TO.

THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED AND LAYERED ISSUE OF THIS ENCAMPMENT IN THE I THINK RECOGNITION OF BOOST IN MANY OF THESE DIFFERENT SIDES WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR.

SO I THERE'S THIS ELEMENT THAT IS VERY MUCH VERSUS THEM LIKE WE WERE IMMIGRANTS TO.

BUT WE'VE WORKED HARD TO BE HERE.

THEY'RE LEGAL A LOT OF IT IS ROOTED IN MISINFORMATION.

A LOT OF IT IS RESISTANCE ENOUGH THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS THIS IS A MILITARY CAMP VIRTUALLY A DETENTION CENTER THAT WE WOULD BE KEEPING PEOPLE IN IN THE COLD IN CHICAGO.

AND I THINK IT THAT IS WHERE REALLY THE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE COMES.

IT IS NOT SAFE CONDITIONS.

IT'S NOT LIKE HAVING THIS ENCAMPMENT.

THERE IS SUDDENLY A SOLUTION.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S LAYERS TO THIS.

THERE'S ISSUES AND WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GO WHAT IS GOING HAPPEN BECAUSE THE CITY AND THE OLDER PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH, RIGHT, LIKE THERE'S NOT BREAKING WE'RE PLAYING LIKE HE >> AND ANDREA, YOU JUST MENTIONED YOU WERE BORN IN RAISED IN BRIGHTON PARKING.

JUST QUICKLY.

TELL ME SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE COMMUNITY DEALS WITH AND ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY BRINGING YOU KNOW THIS?

WHAT YOU SAY?

SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE POSSIBLY WITH THE CAMP TENSE BEING THERE?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, AS AN ORGANIZATION AND AS A RESIDENT OF BIDEN PARK THAT WE'VE BEEN THEY FROM AND COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO ACT.

THE MAN SORRY, MORE EQUITY AROUND THE WAY THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE BEING FUNDED, THE JOBS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WHAT REALLY MEANS.

AND THAT MEANS I FULLY FUNDING OUR COMMUNITIES AND OFFERING THESE RESOURCES TO FOLKS.

SO HAS, I THINK AS FOLKS ARE COMING IN TO THE COMMUNITY AND MY RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE INTO THAT MAY ARISE.

BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT ANGER IS BEING MISTER DIRECTED AND TAKE A LOT OF THAT IMPACTS AND DISINVESTMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY COME FROM YEARS OF DISINVESTMENT FROM THE CITY, FROM THE STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND I THINK THE TERM ART IN THAT YOU DON'T TO BE CAREFUL TO DISMISS PEOPLE'S CONCERNS FEELING BUT ALSO AT THE TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMAND FOR MORE RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE YES, WE WELCOME OUR NEW NEIGHBORS AND WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.

WE NEED MORE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A LOT TO BLAME FOR THIS AND NEED STEP UP AND MEET THE MOMENT IN CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN NOW.

>> AND TODAY, AS WE KNOW, CHICAGO GETS REALLY COLD DURING WINTER, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR OPINION, YOU KNOW, OF ASKED THIS QUESTION MANY TIMES, WHAT IS THE RIGHT IMMEDIATE SOLUTION YOU SEE RIGHT NOW?

>> I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT CLEAR.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE EXIT ONE FINAL SOLUTION.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH A TENSE SITUATION LIKE AND I THINK FROM FOR I DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL.

NOT TOO FAR.

I'M THINKING OF THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE OUT IN THE COLD.

SO I THINK FOR US WHAT WE CAN DO, IT'S NOT LIKE WHAT THE ONE SOLUTION IS FOR EVERY SINGLE JUST DANCE TRIP.

BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER AND WHAT WE CAN DO LIKE ACTIVITY IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY TOGETHER, RESOURCES, FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE NOT JUST LIKE BEING A BOX TOSS STAFF AND A BUNCH OF TENSE THAT YOU SEE LIKE IT NEEDS TO LIKE REALLY INTENTIONAL.

GIVING JACKETS, BLANKETS, THINGS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED HELPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THESE SITES TO COOK YOUR OWN FOOD AND HAVE FOOD.

AND I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO DO THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE AS A AS A PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT FOR FAMILIES SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

HOW IS IT ACTUALLY GOING AFFECT OUR RESOURCES AND OUR COMMUNITY KIND OF LIKE WHAT ARE THEY THERE'S ALREADY OVER.

SETHI IS ALL TEACHERS.

THERE'S ALREADY UNDER SLICK OVER SETH PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN.

AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN HAVING MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY?

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CRIMINALS BECAUSE THAT'S JUST NOT.

THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY WHAT'S SO IF FIND WAYS TOGETHER, FIND WAYS TO TO CREATE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE SOLUTION.

AND DON'T POINT A SINGER AT THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE.

IT'S THE POLICIES AND IT'S THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE LIVING IN THAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE.

>> AND I WANT TO TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT ONE OF TODAY'S PROTESTERS HAD TO SAY.

>> THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY.

POLITICIANS BEFORE HAD REPRESENTED CHICAGO IN A WAY BENEFITED THEM INITIALLY AND THE WEALTHY I GET FATHER WAS RUNNING FLOOR.

THEY'RE TRYING TO RUN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

>> AND YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WILL WOULD YOU SAY THE CITY COULD PROVIDE THAT COULD HELP SOME OF THE TENSION AND FEARS THAT RESIDENTS ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW.

>> I THINK PEOPLE JUST WANT TO PLAN B WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S AND TEDDY HAD MENTIONED LIKE THESE ENCAMPMENTS ARE NOT A SOLUTION AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THERE TO BE WHAT IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH PEOPLE IF YOU'RE PUTTING THEM EVEN CAN'T OK, UNDERSTAND IT CAN BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION WHAT'S THE PLAN TO GET OUT OF.

WAS THE PLANS AROUND SERVICES ALSO LIKE HOPEFULLY THIS IS NOT FOREVER.

WHAT'S THE PLAN TO USE?

SPACE EMPTY LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY PROCESSES FOR THEM TO I WOULD LOVE FOR THERE TO BE A GROCERY STORE HERE OR PART.

THERE'S NO PARKS AND BIDEN PART.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WAYS THAT WE ARE LESS THE COMMUNITY.

THEIR DEMAND AND SOMETHING TO CONTINUE TO LIKE UP LED GUESS THEY'RE NOT RUNNING DEMANDING ARBY'S.

AND ALSO WHAT'S THE CITY PLANNING TO DO TO MAKE THE MOMENT?

>> AND TELL ME WHAT IMPACT COULD THIS TENT CITY HAVEN'T PARK AS A COMMUNITY.

IF THIS GOES INTO EFFECT.

>> SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN TALKING ABOUT I THINK ARE ICY.

LIKE I SAID, LIKE WE'VE KIND OF SING LIKE THOSE FEARS ARE BUT FEAR IS NOT A REASON TO TAKE ACTION ALL THE TIME.

I AND I THINK FOR US IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FEELING LIKE OUR COMMUNITY FEELS UNSAFE.

THAT, IN FACT, ANYTHING, THE UNEASINESS IN MY COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WORKS WITH CHILDREN WHO WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE MIGRANTS THAT WORKS PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE LIVING OR HAS LIVED IN THESE KINDS OF CAMPS IN CHICAGO.

I THINK IT'S THAT WEIRD OR FRIED ANTI IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT NOW RIGHTLY WERE MORE AFRAID OF.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE WALKING BY ENCAMPMENT.

THAT'S OUR SO I THINK THERE'S YEAH, THIS LEVEL OF UNEASINESS AND FEAR THAT'S VERY, VERY >> AND I THINK LITTLE BIT I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.

BUT I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ORGANIZING OF INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR RESIDENTS.

CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT?

>> YEAH, YEAH.

SO I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT WITH OUR PROGRAM AND WITH NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE NEAR US.

AND I THINK FOR US IT'S TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOW WE PEOPLE ON A PROGRAM FAMILIES HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FAMILY OR FRIENDS, AND THEY'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE VERY REAL FACT THAT A LOT OF THE SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OUR FULL PLATE THERE.

AND THERE'S NO SPACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CHICAGO RESIDENTS.

THAT'S FRUSTRATING.

I UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YES, WE NEED TO SPACES FOR FOR INDIVIDUALS.

I'M LIKE I MENTIONED ABOUT SCHOOLS LIKE CHILDREN WHO ARE COMING ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL AND HE DESERVES THAT AND THEY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION.

BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR TEACHERS?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE FUN THING IS THE FUNDING AND A CHANGE OF THOSE SCHOOLS IT'S NOT RAINING?

SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE SINKING OF, THAT OUR COMMUNITIES HOW IT'S GOING AFFECT LIKE THE BIGGER SYSTEMS, NOT NECESSARILY MEDIA TODAY.