EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO JOHN, THAT NON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION.

IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES REACT AS A JUDGE BLOCKS BIDEN'S PROGRAM OFFERING LEGAL STATUS TO UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES.

I STARTED WORRYING ABOUT LIVING.

TO TAKE ANOTHER TENSE.

A LOCAL ACTIVIST SHARE HIS STORY OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND HE'S ENCOURAGING OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE.

THE SCHOOLS ARE IN GREAT NEED THE COMMUNITY'S INTEGRATE NEED.

YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO RAISE THE CHILDREN TO BE BILINGUAL.

AND HOW IS CHICAGO BUSINESS OWNER IS HELPING KIDS AXES, BILINGUAL BOOKS.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO IS FACING ITS LARGEST BUDGET DEFICIT SINCE THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAYS HIS OFFICE IS PROJECTING A 982 MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL IN 2025.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE CITY'S BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IS ALSO IN THE RED 223 MILLION DOLLARS OFFICIAL SITE LOWER THAN EXPECTED CORPORATE TAX REVENUES AND CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOT MAKING A PAYMENT TO ITS EMPLOYEE PENSION FUND FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET GAP.

JOHNSON SAYS SACRIFICES WILL BE MADE BUT DECLINED TO DISCUSS SPECIFICALLY HOW HE PLANS TO FILL THE GAP.

HE DID NOT RULE OUT A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE FULL BUDGET FORECAST.

IN THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY'S ANNOUNCING A NEW GUN DETECTION SYSTEM.

PILOT.

THE CTA SAYS THE AI BASED TECHNOLOGY, 0 EYES WORKS BY USING EXISTING SECURITY CAMERAS TO IDENTIFY BRANDISHED GUNS.

YOU'RE SEEING A DEMONSTRATION VIDEO THAT NOW IS A FIREARM IS IDENTIFIED.

THE TECHNOLOGY SENDS AN IMAGE TO OPERATION CENTERS FOR HUMAN VERIFICATION.

IF VERIFIED 0, I STAFF WOULD THEN ALLURE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH A PHOTO OF THE SUSPECT GUN TYPE IN SPECIFIC LOCATION.

THE CTA SAYS A 12 MONTH CONTRACT IS PAID WITH FUNDS FROM THE ANNUAL OPERATING SECURITY BUDGET.

THE TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO CURRENTLY USED AT NAVY PIER, ACCORDING TO THE CTA.

IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO CATCH A FLIGHT TO O'HARE OR MIDWAY FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND, MAKE SURE TO ARRIVE EARLY.

THAT'S BECAUSE CHICAGO'S DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION IS DISSIPATING, A RECORD-BREAKING 1.4 MILLION TRAVELERS TO PASS THROUGH O'HARE THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND MAKING IT ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE AIRPORT HISTORY.

OFFICIALS SAY THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY AT O'HARE WILL BE MONDAY.

MEANWHILE, AT MIDWAY, OFFICIALS ARE ANTICIPATING A 3% INCREASE IN TRAVELERS OVER LAST YEAR AND SAY TOMORROW WILL BE THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY.

SO MAKE SURE TO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN IN CASE OF CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS.

AND START YOUR ENGINES THAT TODAY NASCAR STREET RACES RETURNING TO GRAND PARK FOR THE 30 YEAR NEXT JULY.

NASCAR SAYS THE COURSE WILL REMAIN THE SAME TAKING DRIVERS ON DUSABLE LAKESHORE DRIVE MICHIGAN AVENUE AND COLUMBUS DRIVE.

THIS MARKS THE FINAL YEAR OF NASCAR THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.

NO WORD ON WHETHER THE COMPANY PLANS ON EXTENDING THE CONTRACT.

SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES HAVE PUSHED BACK OVER THE YEARS SAYING THEY DON'T THINK THE MONEY GENERATED IS WORTH THE DAMAGE.

IT CAUSES 2 STREETS IN ENVIRONMENT.

UP NEXT, THE JUDGE BLOCKS A PROGRAM OFFERING LEGAL STATUS TO UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES.

WE HAVE LOCAL REACTION RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICE.

IT'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

IT'S ABOUT DOCUMENTED.

INDIVIDUALS ARE NOW IN LIMBO AFTER A TEXAS JUDGE BLOCKS ONE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

THE PROGRAM ALLOWS UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES OF U.S. CITIZENS TO APPLY FOR A GREEN CARD AND EVENTUALLY CITIZENSHIP WITHOUT LEAVING THE COUNTRY KNOWN AS PEARL IN PLACE.

THE WHITE HOUSE ESTIMATE ABOUT 500,000 PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

HERE WITH MORE ON THE LOCAL IMPACT, OUR FOLLOW THAT RULE.

IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY, LEGAL AID VOLUNTEER SAM SANCHEZ, MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITION AND CEO OF 3RD KOHL'S, HOSPITALITY IN VIA ZOOM, ALDERMAN RAYMOND LOPEZ OF THE 15 WARD.

WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF OPPONENTS TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PROGRAM, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO JOIN.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING FALLOUT.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU WHEN THIS BLOCK WITH THE BLOCK IN THIS PROGRAM.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR FAMILIES NOW?

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, JOHN.

ON THE PROGRAM.

THIS IS A HUGE SETBACK FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES.

FAMILIES DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO FIRST OF ABLE ABLE TO AFFORD GOING BACK OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

SO I WANT TO I WANT TO KIND OF GO BACKWARD AND SAY THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED.

AND MARY, TO SPOUSES OF U.S. CITIZENS DON'T ALREADY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO.

THIS.

ALLOWS FOR PAROLE, WHICH IS A LAWFUL ADMISSION WHICH WOULD MAKE THAT PROCESS A LOT FASTER, WHICH ALLOWS FAMILIES NOT TO HAVE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM GREEN CARD HOLDERS AND IT ALLOWS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS.

ALSO NOW TO HAVE TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DO THAT AND ALSO TAKE THE RISK OF LEAVING BECAUSE SOME DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK IN.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND THE PROGRAM WAS ESTIMATED TO HELP THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS.

THOUSANDS OF JUST MENTION, CAN THEY STILL APPLY?

SO LIKE I SAID, THIS PROGRAM IS NOT A PROGRAM THAT IS IN THE SENSE THAT SPOUSES OF UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS THAT ARE U.S. CITIZENS CAN APPLY FOR STATUS.

THIS IS A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR ENTERED UNLAWFULLY.

THOSE ENTER UNLAWFULLY BASICALLY HAVE A BARRIER TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A GREEN CARD.

AND AS IT STANDS THAT BARRIER INCLUDES HAVING LEAVE THE COUNTRY AND COME BACK IN TO BE ABLE TO BECOME GREEN CARD HOLDERS.

AND THIS PROGRAM BASICALLY WAVES THAT ENTRY, THE UNLAWFUL ENTRY.

AND SO THAT MAKES FAMILY'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO STAY HERE.

JUST A LOT MORE FEASIBLE FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS AND WHAT CONSIDERS IT A LOT ON LAWFUL ENTRY BECAUSE WE KNOW MANY STORIES TOO.

PEOPLE WHO CROSS THE BORDER.

YES, SO LEGALLY, WHEN YOU ENTER IF YOU ENTER AND YOU ARE ADMITTED AND INSPECTED BY IMMIGRATION, THEN THAT'S A LAWFUL ADMISSION.

THAT'S JUST HOW IMMIGRATION THE FINES THAT.

AND SAM, I WANT TO GO TO YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN BUSINESS FOR IMMIGRATION.

COALITION HOUSES BLOCK IMPACTING BUSINESS OWNERS IN ENTREPRENEURS BEEN WORKING HERE FOR YEARS.

QUESTION THINK THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN AN DURING THE PANDEMIC HOW PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH THE LAWFUL DOCUMENTATION TOOK A THOSE YEARS OFF.

CLICK ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF UP TO $1000 A WEEK.

THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ABLE TO KEEP HER BUSINESS OPEN WHERE PEOPLE WERE UNDOCUMENTED MEAN, THERE WASN'T A LOT BACK TO WORK LOOKING BEEN SENT TO HIM BURNING OUT.

WE NEED THEM.

NEED THE WORKFORCE.

AND AND WE OWE IT TO THEM WITHIN ABOUT TOLD MILLION PRE-PANDEMIC OR ANOTHER 8 TO 10 MILLION, CAYMAN ISLANDS OTHER.

THERE ARE MANY TO AMERICAN CITIZENS, FATHERS OR MOTHERS OF CHILDREN, AMERICA WHO ARE VOTING AGE WOULD HAVE A JOB TO JUST SAY THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION.

PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE ON A COACH.

AND SO HAVE THE MASTER.

OKAY, HAVE TO WORK.

AND CHILD TO DON'T QUALIFY FOR WHAT THEY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR, WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE ARE TALENTED.

ENGINEERS ARE COLONY.

THEY HAVE SUCH A GREAT TALK, THE SKILLS THAT THEY CAN SHOW WHAT A COUNTRY YOU HEAR MANY OF THESE STORIES EVERY EVERY DAY THIS MORNING.

THEY KNOW THOSE TRYING PLAY SOME OF THAT.

THE PRESIDENT STILL THERE COULD TAKE TIME.

THINK THE FOR TOOK TO THE PUSH OF A JUDGE IN TEXAS TO DO THIS.

MEAN, TOW AND JUST BECAUSE AMERICAN PEOPLE, MAYBE 2 AMERICAN CITIZENS, OF COURSE, ALDERMAN LOPEZ GOING TO YOU, YOUR WARD HAS A LARGE POPULATION OF LATINOS.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY CITIZENSHIP MEANS FOR THESE FAMILIES?

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT JOINT A DAY THE LAST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD EATING LEGISLATION REFORM TO GIVE UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS A PATHWAY FORWARD IS WHEN THE BEARS ACTUALLY WON THE SUPER BOWL.

SO IT HAS BEEN DECADES SINCE WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN A SERIOUS ATTEMPT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS.

AND IN MANY CASES, WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL TO SAM'S POINT WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST 2 GENERATIONS.

NOW WAITING A PATH FOR HAVING FAMILIES PUTTING DOWN ROOTS.

HAVING THEIR ENTREPRENEUR SPIRIT DAMPER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PARENT TO LEGALLY DO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING AROUND THEM.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS 14 DAY STAY ON.

THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED WHILE OTHER EXECUTIVE ORDERS DEALING WITH THE LIMITING OF ASYLUM SEEKERS HAS ALLOWED TO MEANT MAINTAIN.

WE HAVE 2 DIFFERENT POLICIES TO DIFFERENT VIEWS WHEN IT COMES TO ASYLUM SEEKERS, END UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COUNTRY.

AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS BEEN DOCUMENTED SITUATION FIRST BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY MANY OF THE MEXICAN UNDOCUMENTED WHOM I REPRESENT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR DECADES FOR A CHANCE TO LEGALIZE THEIR STATUS COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS.

AND BOTH PARTIES HAVE FAILED THEM ON FRONT.

AND EARLIER WE SPOKE WITH HIS OWNER OF THE AS HER HUSBAND IS A U.S. CITIZEN AND SHE WAS PLANNING ON APPLYING FOR PAROLE IN PLACE.

BUT SHE SAYS A TEMPORARY HOLD HAS LEFT HER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HER COMMUNITY DISCOURAGE.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

BUT IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT FAMILY SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE LIKE IT?

THIS DATABASE THAT THEIR FOREVER LIKE DHAKA OR FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK WHAT ABOUT FAMILIES THAT ARE STOPPING ME SAY, LIKE WE DON'T DO ANYTHING BACK TO THEM LIKE, WHY ARE THEY THIS TO US?

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION.

FOLLOW.

WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO WHAT YOU JUST HEARD?

A I MEAN, AS A FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT MYSELF, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO IN SHOES.

I WAS UNDOCUMENTED UNTIL I WAS 15.

AND SO I GET THAT MY FAMILY MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS EYE.

I'M THANKFUL THAT I'M AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND I'M ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR MY CLIENTS.

IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE HOPES AND DREAMS AND WITH A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY.

AND YOU DO A LOT OF WORK WITH HELPING PEOPLE AS WELL.

WHAT HAS THAT?

NO FEEDBACK BEEN LIKE WHEN THE NEWS HAPPENED THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS PAUSED.

JUST SHEER DISAPPOINTMENT.

I TRYING KEEP MY CLIENTS HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS JUST A 14 DAY.

STAY NICE TO BE HEARD ON THE MERITS.

BUT WE HAVE TO AND SEE WHAT THE COURTS DECIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT ABOUT YOU WILL READ YOUR THOUGHTS OF SHE SAID?

WOULD YOU AND THE THINGS THAT I MEAN, I GOT MARRIED IN MEXICO, WHICH PEOPLE WHO LOVE IT CLOSE TO THE BORDER CLOSE TO THE BORDER.

SO PEOPLE IN TEXAS TRIBUNE FESTIVAL EVERY WEEK AND EVERY OTHER WEEKEND AND THE VISIT RELATIVES OF FAMILY THAT YOU MEET SOMEONE, THE U.S. FROM THE RESCUE LIKE PUTIN.

HOW IS THE AMERICAN CITIZENS CANNOT HAVE SOMEONE COME TO THIS COUNTRY STILL WITH THEM TO MAKE A LIFE TOGETHER?

I MEAN, WE MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER THAT ARE LAWYERS ENTREPRENEURS CREATE JOBS WERE 800 EMPLOYEES, PAY TAXES.

I MEAN, WE HAD NOTHING BUT PROUD OFFER TO THIS COUNTRY.

AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT THOSE 16 STATES OPPOSING THIS PROGRAM FAILED TO GRASP ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE PROGRAM?

WOULD THE QUESTION?

BECAUSE THE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN THEY WERE DENIED FEND OF NICK SAID THEY WERE DENIED HELP AND THE COVID RELIEF.

PRESIDENT TRUMP.

READ THE FINE AND JUSTICE AND MAKE SURE THEY GOT THEIR MONEY.

SO IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS RIGHT AND THEN THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT.

AND ALDERMAN LOPEZ ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON, WHO IS PART OF THE LAWSUIT PUTTING A HOLD ON THIS PROGRAM, POSTED A TWEET CELEBRATING THE TEMPORARY HOLD IN PART SAYING BIDEN'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL SCHEME WOULD HAVE FOR WARD AND OVER 1 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENSHIP AFTER BREAKING OUR COUNTRY'S LAWS.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS RESPONSE?

I THINK ATTORNEY GENERALS AND 80 TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT BOTH PARTIES HAVE BENEFIT IN ALLOWED FOR A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM TO EXIST DECADES SINCE RONALD REAGAN GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESET AND RESTRUCTURE THE LAW'S ACCORDINGLY.

IN 1987.

WE KNOW THAT BOTH PARTIES FOR THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE, FROM THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE HAVE ALLOWED US TO PERSIST.

I DID TO BENEFIT THEIR CONSTITUENCIES.

ARE THEIR CORPORATE INTERESTS?

THIS IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUAL WHO BELIEVES IN THIS COUNTRY WANTS TO SEEK THE AMERICAN DREAM AND HAD NO FUNCTIONAL FRONT DOOR TO DO IT.

AND WE SEE EVEN NOW WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE APPLYING THEMSELVES FOR PROPPING OPEN THE BACK DOOR RATHER THAN FIX THE FRONT DOOR IF THEY TRULY WANTED TO FIX IMMIGRATION, THEY WOULD ALLOW FOR EASIER WAITS TO ENTER INTO THIS COUNTRY AND STAY HERE LEGALLY WHILE ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHOM THEY OPENLY WELCOME TO WORK AND THEIR FRIENDS, FACTORIES AND OTHER THINGS TO BE HERE UNDER THE RADAR.

IT'S NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE AT STAKE AND HIS FAMILY'S ARUBA TO HEAR THAT WE NOW HAVE TO ACT LIKE STATESMEN AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE ONCE AND FOR ALL.

AND NOW AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.

WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS.

BELLA, THE THE HOLD IS 14 DAYS THEY EXTEND THAT.

WHAT CAN HAPPEN MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY EXPAND.

THAT HOLDS.

IT'S UP TO THE JUDGE AT THIS POINT TO DECIDE.

I THINK THEY'RE TRYING.

THE ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO HAVE A HEARING ON THAT ON THE MERITS OF IT, BUT THEY CAN DECIDE TO EXTEND IT AS LONG AS THEY AS THEY WANT.

THEY THEY GOVERNMENT.

THE JUDGE HAS GIVEN BOTH SIZE TOO, I SOME TIME IN SEPTEMBER TO RESPOND.

AND WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT.

I DO IT ONE.

AND ONE THING, THOUGH, THAT YOU CANNOT SAY THAT ONE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS LEGAL IN THE OTHER ONE ILLEGAL.

THEY BOTH DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM.

WELL, THANK YOU AND HAVE CAKE AND IT.

WERE GOING LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, MEET A LOCAL ACTIVISTS WHO TOOK THE STAGE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

IT WASN'T JUST POLITICIANS AND CELEBRITIES TO TOOK THE STAGE AT LAST WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WERE ALSO AMONG THE SPOTLIGHT AT SPEAKERS ADVOCATES SHARED THEIR STORIES GUN VIOLENCE HAS IMPACTED THEIR LIVES AND INSPIRE THEM TO TAKE ACTION.

OUR NEXT GUEST WAS ONE OF THOSE SPEAKERS WHO NOW USES HIS VOICE TO CHEAT OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHICAGO, HOW TO INFLUENCE CHANGE.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN MY CARS MAKE A SHOT.

IT CHANGED MY STORY.

INSTEAD ABOUT WORRYING ABOUT TAKING IT.

S I STARTED WORRYING LIVING.

TO TAKE ANOTHER TENNIS.

THEY SAY SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING.

AND I DID LEARN A LOT THAT DAY.

I LEARNED HOW TO RUN.

HOW TO HIDE AND DROP.

THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEWS CAN HAPPEN TO ME.

BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE, TOO.

THAT WE CAN WRITE AND MUST WRITE A NEW STORY.

WE CHOOSE TO.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS AT OUR BELT IS SE YOUNG COUNCILMEMBER AT PROJECT UNLOADED.

CONGRATS ON BEING ON THE BIG STAGE.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE TO BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

JUST COMPLETELY POWERED.

STILL PROCESSING AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU WATCHING YOUR VIDEO BACK FOR SO TELL ME WHY SHARE YOUR STORY WITH THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE.

I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITIONS HERE IN CHICAGO AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND, YOU KNOW, LIVING HERE IS A COAL MINE.

19 YEARS OF BEING HERE.

I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF MY CITY.

ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUTH AND THEIR EXPENSES VIOLENCE.

FORGET THAT YOU'RE ONLY 19 YEARS OLD TO BE AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.

YOU GREW UP IN CHICAGO IN WITNESS GUN VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL.

REMIND US WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?

YEAH.

GIVE SO RECALLING THE MOMENTS HERE IS THAT I WAS IN JUNIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT'S LIKE 3 AGO FROM KNOW IN THAT SITUATION HAPPENED, WHICH I WITNESSED ONE OF THE STUDENTS GET SHOT IT SPECIFICALLY HEARING GUNSHOTS AND THEN HAVING ONE OF THE STAFF COME HERE LIKE RUN LIKE EVERYBODY GET INSIDE AND, YOU KNOW, KNOCKING ON DOORS OF BACK TO SCHOOL TO LIKE LETTUCE AND LIKE PLEASE.

AND THEN STUDENTS BE UNDIVIDED.

IT WAS A WHOLE SITUATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PRETTY TRAUMATIZING FOR ME BECAUSE FOR ME, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, YOU HEAR ON THE NEWS SO MANY TIMES THAT GUNS ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT NOW THEY'RE IN MY LIFE.

FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING THAT TRIGGERED ON ME.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT INSPIRED YOU TO TALK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION?

WHAT WAS THAT AFTER THAT?

THE YOU DECIDED I WANT TO JOIN IN AND RAISE MY VOICE.

I FEEL LIKE THE MAJORITY OF ME IS LIKE WHERE HAPPENS IN THE STREET THAT I WALK ON TO GO TO SCHOOL.

AND IF IT WASN'T INDIVIDUAL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME THAT THEY ARE ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS.

AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE SEE SITUATIONS ALREADY, A CURRENT OCCUR ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE REALLY HAVE TO START THINKING THAT'S LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO CHANGE THAT CYCLE BREAK THE SYSTEM?

AND YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE INTERNING FOR THE DNC COMMITTEE.

WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

IT WAS WHAT LIKE ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE WORKING AT THE NCI WAS THE POLITICAL COALITIONS TEAM AND WHICH WE WORK WITH OUR ALI GOOD, SOME PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE DNC.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF WHERE, YOU KNOW DEMOCRACIES, IT AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS LIKE THE ORDERS THAT I AM PART OF AND THEN WORKING WITH OTHER.

I SOME YOUNG INDIVIDUALS DOING THE VIGILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

15 OF US, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING OVER THE STATES HERE FOR MISSION AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A VOICE BE IN THE STATE, IT'S AWESOME AND GOING BACK TO SPEAK ENDED BY SAYING WE CAN WRITE IN MUST WRITE A NEW STORY IF WE CHOOSE TO.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR STORY?

I FEEL LIKE MY STORY IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD THOSE EXPERIENCES IN MY CASE, YOU KNOW, HEARING THOSE GUNSHOTS, SEEN THE BLOOD OF SOMEONE OF MY CLASSMATES GET SHOT.

AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, TIME TO BE BY THE STORY OF ADVOCACY OF CHANGE THAT IT'S LIKE A GUN TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S STORY ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE.

ADVOCATING TO CHANGE YOU KNOW, BEING ON STAGE WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH CONGRESSWOMAN LUCY MCBATH TO PEOPLE FROM THE ABOUT THE SHOOTING IS THAT THEIR STORIES WERE CHANGED.

BUT NOW ADVOCATING IN OUR STORY IS JUST BEGINNING, WHICH IS SAY THAT INSPIRED YOU EVEN MORE.

THAT INSPIRE ME HEARING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SURVIVORS ON STAGE THAT WE'RE NOT ALONE.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT WHERE STORIES ARE HURT, BUT WE NEED TO CREATE THE CHANGE AND THAT CHANGE IS TO DO SOMETHING AND ACTUALLY BEFORE WITH THE ORGANIZATION PROJECT UNLOADED TALK.

TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU CONNECT WITH STUDENTS WITH THE ORGANIZATION FIELD WITH A LOT OF WHAT WE DO.

A PART OF THE NOTED IS THAT WE TAKE ASIDE FROM THE POLITICS AND WE BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE INTO THE ARENA OF TARGETING GUN VIOLENCE FOR AND I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK IN DIFFERENT PLATFORMS IN ORDER TO PURSUE A MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES MAKE US LESS SAFE OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME STARTING HERE BECAUSE WE HEAR THE PHRASE WE ARE THE FUTURE.

WE ARE THE NOW IT'S TIME TO CHANGE AND YOU WERE ACTUALLY A JUDGE FOR A CONTEST.

SUMMER STUDENTS CREATE A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.

WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE IN?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

YOU LEARN THE MOST.

I FEEL LIKE WHAT I LEARNED THE MOST THAT WAS A COW COULD BRING TO THE TABLE.

SEEING CUTE THAT I WAS LEAVING THE SCENE LIKE STEPS FEW YEARS BACK, SEEING HOW THEY'RE NOT DOING THE THAT I WAS CONTINUE TO DO SEE YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, FROM THE AGES OF 13 TO 18 COMING WITH CAMPAIGNS THAT I WAS LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT.

AND THEY'RE CREATING POETRY.

THEY'RE CREATING CAMP IS A PART OF NOTICE.

CONTINUE TO IMPROVISE.

AND I'M LIKE WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BEING IN IT CHICAGO.

THE SHERIFF OUT TO THE COUNTRY.

WOULD YOU SAY SOMETIMES IT BOTHERS YOU HOW MUCH CHICAGO SPOTLIGHTED FOR ITS VIOLENCE?

I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES WE GET THAT LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT, OH, YES, A COMB IT THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY.

BUT WE HAVE TO STATE, YOU KNOW, TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALIZE WHAT'S MAKING IT DANGEROUS IS TO REALLY THAT DANGEROUS.

WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT THE STATES AROUND HOW CAN WE CHANGE THEM?

MESSAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, CHICAGO IS DANGEROUS, BUT, YOU TARGETING TO SHOW THE REAL COST AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

YOU HOPE THE STUDENTS TAKE AWAY FROM THEIR STORY WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECT UNLOADED.

I FEEL THE MAIN THING IS I YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY WE HAVE COMPANIES IN THE PAST WHICH WE USE HASHTAG NOT GUNS, NOT, YOU KNOW, CAN STILL MAKE A SAFE.

THE NO NEW CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE CONTINUE TO LAUNCH IN CHICAGO IS GOING TO CHANGE STORY AND NOT INCLUDING THAT ON MY SECOND AT THE DNC BECAUSE IT SEEMS MY STORY.

YOU BELIEVE THOSE MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

IT WILL BE CONTINUE TO BE TO MILLIONS AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUTH DON'T PAY ATTENTION A LOT TO THE NEWS, BUT WE ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WERE SCROLLING ON TIKTOK AND YOU SEE AN AD DOES POP POP UP THAT IT'S LIKE GUNS CHANGE STORY AND WILL PAY AND THAT TRIGGER SENT SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT AND AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING BACK TO COLLEGE OR GOING BACK TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

WHEN YOU GO BACK, GO BACK NEXT WEEK AS THEY CONTINUE TO STUDY GOVERNMENT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UP NEXT, SPRING BILINGUAL BOOKS TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE FACED CHALLENGES IN PROVIDING BILINGUAL PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS ALONG WITH ACCESS TO BOOKS IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE.

CURRENTLY AROUND 40 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFER DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS WE SPOKE WITH THE TEACHER TURNED BUSINESS OWNER WAS WORKING TO BRIDGE THIS GAP AND ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO BILINGUAL MATERIALS.

NOTICE WHEN NINA BE A MOTHER, BUMBLE GETTING MUST CONFESS NOW MONEY SAYS AS A CHILD, SHE FELT MOST AT HOME WHEN SURROUNDED BY BOOKS.

WE WENT TO THE VIRUS IT WAS LIKE OUR SAFE SPACE WHERE WE KICK IT HELP FROM THE LIBRARIANS FOR HOMER ACCUSE THE COMPUTERS.

NOW SHE'S OPENING HER OWN BOOK EVENT.

WILL SOME EAGLES BOOKS IS A BILINGUAL BOOK STORE IN THE BUCKTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR BUILDING WILL BOOKS ARE WRITTEN BY LATINO AUTHORS AND THAT THEY SPEAK TO OUR EXPERIENCES.

SO OBVIOUSLY SUN A SONICALLY THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MOM USED TO TELL US.

LISA GET HURT BEFORE OWNING A BUSINESS FOR MONEY SPENT 5 YEARS AS A DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER INSTRUCTING STUDENTS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AS A TEACHER, WE I NOTICED THE NEED.

BUT THEN I SAW THAT SAME PROBLEM A NEED FOR MYSELF.

WHEN I BECAME A MOM AND I HAD THOSE GOALS OF HAVING MY SON KNOW HOW TO SPEAK SPANISH READ SPANISH.

SO YEAH, HE'S A BIG INSPIRATION FOR FOR THE SPACE.

HER PASSION FOR BOOKS ALSO LED HER TO STUDY TO BECOME A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN WHERE SHE LEARNED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING THE MAINE ASSIGNMENT IN THE COURSE WAS TO GO DOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR AND WEATHER DATA AND BOOKS FOR CUSTOMER THAT MAY BE IN NEED AND LUCKILY, MY CUSTOMER WAS OUR SCHOOL'S LIBRARIAN AND WE WERE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.

SO I ASKED HER WHAT SHE NEEDED.

I WENT AND I SOURCED IN AND BROUGHT IT BACK.

SO BAD EXPERIENCE REALLY LEFT A MARK ON ME.

THE LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE SET HER ON A NEW PATH WITH HER BACKGROUND IN PURCHASING BOOKS.

FOR MONEY NOW SERVES AS A VENDOR FOR CHICAGO.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO BILINGUAL BOOKS.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FINALLY REALIZING WHAT WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT BILINGUALISM IS OUR GREATEST ASSET.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OF HELPING US DEVELOP.

SO WE ARE SEEING THAT SHIFT.

WITH THAT SHIFT COMES A GREATER NEED FOR THE RESOURCES.

GERMANY SAYS SHE WANTS CHILDREN TO FEEL REPRESENTED BY THE BOOKS IN HER STORE.

OUR LOGO MEET HIM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BOOKING A LITTLE HEART BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL DONE WITH THE MINDSET THAT IT'S FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION, LIKE MY SHE RUNS THE BOOKSTORE WITH HER HUSBAND JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM HER HUSBAND'S CHILDHOOD HOME IN LOGAN SQUARE, A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE HOPES TO MAKE HER MARK.

FEELS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE A SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE UP SPACE TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE HERE THAT WE BELONG HERE AND THAT OUR EXPERIENCES IN DARLING, WHICH MATTER THE STORE OFFERS A SELECTION OF SPANISH AND BILINGUAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS AS WELL AS BOOKS FOR ADULTS.

WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

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NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE, CHICAGO TONIGHT, THAT THING AWAY SAYS I'M JOHN AT 9 THIS STAY HEALTHY.

STAY SAFE.

WHEN AS MUCH WOES CAPTION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT, WHO RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE ILLINOIS BY SUPER LAWYERS