EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOINED THAT AND THEN THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

CHICAGO PREPARES FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WITH SECURITY PLANS.

LOOK LIKE.

WE ARE JUST SEEING THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH NUMBERS OF PEOPLE COMING AROUND THE END OF THE MONTH.

WILL CHICAGO SEE A SURGE IN MIGRANTS AHEAD OF THE DNC?

A LOOK AT HOW LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CITY OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING WE'RE FILING A HISTORIC LAWSUIT.

AND A LABOR SAY THEY'RE BEING ABUSED BY OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS AT HOME DEPOT.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

JEWISH LEADERS ARE VOICING CONCERNS OVER PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS EXPECTED DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THEY SAY PAST DEMONSTRATIONS FROM THESE GROUPS INCLUDE INCLUDE ANTISEMITIC RHETORIC, LEADING TO FEAR IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND COULD RAISE SAFETY CONCERNS AT THE CONVENTION.

LEADERS ARE CALLING ON CITY OFFICIALS TO CONDEMN PROTESTERS.

ACTIONS.

WE NEED LEADERSHIP FROM THE TOP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS SAFE DURING THE DNC.

I CALL ON MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE HEAD ON.

HE AND THE REST OF OUR CITY AND STATE LEADERSHIP SHOULD PUBLICLY CONDEMN THE VIOLENT.

THE ANTI AMERICAN RHETORIC.

THAT HAS BEEN PLAGUING OUR NATION AND HE MUST COMMIT THE POLICE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE.

THE U.S. PELLA CITY COMMUNITY NETWORK IS REJECTING DEALS CLAIMS OF VIOLENCE.

ORGANIZERS WITH THE GROUP ARE PLANNING FOR THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS DURING THE DNC.

SAY THE CITY SHOULD SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO GATHER NEAR THE CONVENTION SITE.

WHATEVER THE ADL AND JAY UF ARE IMAGINING IS NOT BASED IN REALITY.

IT'S AGAIN BASED IN FEAR MONGERING, ITS BASE, AN ANTI-ARAB RACISM, FRANKLY, WE BELIEVE A A A LONGER ROUTE THAT IS ON MAIN STREETS THAT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO BE WITHIN SIGHT AND SOUND.

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.

THE GROUP IS STILL NEGOTIATING THE PROTEST ROUTE WITH THE CITY.

AND THE WHITE SOX ARE GIVING THE MANAGER OF THE THAT TEAM ANNOUNCES ITS FIRES, CLUB MANAGER, PETROGLYPH OLD AND 3 OTHER COACHES.

IT COMES 2 DAYS AFTER THE TEAM ENDED A 21 GAME LOSING STREAK THAT TIED THE AMERICAN LEAGUE RECORD RUFFLED WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS SECOND SEASON AS MANAGER MAJORLY COACH GRADY SIZEMORE WILL TAKE OVER AS INTERIOR MANAGER.

AND NEARLY 1000 PEOPLE BECAME CITIZENS TODAY AT A NATURALIZATION CEREMONY AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

981 PEOPLE FROM ROUGHLY 100 COUNTRIES GOT THEIR CITIZENSHIP AT THE FRIENDLY CONFINES.

SENATOR DURBIN NOTED THE STRONG HIM AND GET HIM A GRIM PRESENTS ON THE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM AND HIS OWN STORY AS THE SON OF AN IMMIGRANT.

ONE OUT OF EVERY 10 MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES IS EITHER IMMIGRANT FOR THE CHILD OF AN IMMIGRANT.

I'M PROUD TO BE THE SON OF AN IMMIGRANT.

I SUPPORT IMMIGRATION.

IS UNITED STATES SEN.

I WELCOME YOU BECAUSE WE NEED YOU.

WE NEED YOU IN AMERICA TO MAKE US AND EVEN GREATER NATION.

AND I'M SURE YOU WILL.

AND ILLINOIS STATE FAIR IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER.

ANOTHER OFFICIALS WARN THE HAND TO CUT THE RIBBON ON THIS YEAR'S EVENT.

THIS IS 170ST ILLINOIS STATE.

FAIR AND FEATURES A VARIETY OF MUSICAL ACTS, INCLUDING KEITH URBAN LITTLE WAYNE AND MIRANDA LAMBERT.

PLUS, THE FAMOUS BUTTER COW AND MONSTER TRUCKS.

RODEOS IN MORE OFFICIALS SAY LAST YEAR'S FAIR ATTRACTED A RECORD ATTENDANCE WITH MORE THAN 700,000 VISITORS GENERATING MORE THAN 7 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE.

AND UP NEXT, THE CITY SECURITY PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IS LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AWAY.

CHICAGO IS PREPARING TO HOST A MAJOR EVENT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.

LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN ORGANIZING ITS SECURITY DETAIL SINCE APRIL.

JOINING US NOW TO BREAK DOWN ALL THE DETAILS ARE DEREK THERE, DEPUTY SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE UNITED STATES.

SECRET SERVICE, CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE AND LARRY SNELLING CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY TIME.

SUPERINTENDENT WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THE DNC IS A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT A WEEK AWAY.

ARE YOU READY?

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.

3 WORDS.

NOW WE ARE READY.

AND ERIC, OF THE QUESTION FOR YOU THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE NOW THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE SECURITY PLAN FOR OVER A YEAR.

HOW IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CPD IN A SECRET SERVICE?

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT?

I TELL PEOPLE THIS ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BETTER LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY THAT CITY OF CHICAGO.

NOT ONLY ARE WE PARTNERS WERE FRIENDS SEE WHAT CHANGES CHICAGO HAVE OF STORM AND HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S ONLY STRENGTHENED BY THE PLANNING OF THE DNC AND SUPERINTENDENT.

HOW WOULD YOU SEE THE CPD PLANTS RESPOND TO SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT ESCALATE DURING THE DNC?

WELL, THERE WE'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS FOR OVER A YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THE SECRET SERVICE.

A MAN IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER ON PLANS TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE OUR EXPECTATIONS IS THAT PEOPLE COME HERE TO PROTEST PROTEST PEACEFULLY AND WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS TO DO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED.

PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY CIVIL UNREST IN THE VANDALISM OR VIOLENCE WILL BE TIGHT AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WHAT STEPS HAVE YOU TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T SEE CLASHES BETWEEN OFFICERS AND PROTESTERS LIKE WE SAW BACK IN 2020?

WELL, 2020 WAS A THEN NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT TWENTY-TWENTY A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE USE THE WORD PROTESTERS THERE.

THAT WAS RIGHT.

THERE WAS THERE WAS ARSON.

PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.

THAT WAS NOT PROTESTS.

THOSE WEREN'T PROTEST.

SOME OF THEM WERE.

WE SAW A LARGE SCALE CIVIL UNREST.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PREPARE FOR THIS TIME WHEN THAT WAS MORE SPONTANEOUS AT THE TIME IT OCCURRED.

SO WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED 2020 AND FOR THAT MATTER ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE'VE PREPARED FOR THAT.

WE'VE DEALT WITH OVER 100 PROTEST HERE IN THE SINCE THE END THE YEAR.

AND WE'VE DONE QUITE DEALING WITH THOSE PROTESTS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND OUR OFFICERS HAVE GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE TRAINING TO GET THE JOB DONE.

CAN YOU UPDATE ME ABOUT THE NEW MASS ARREST POLICY?

ACCORD MULTIPLE ARRESTS OF POLICY IS FOR SEVERAL SEVERAL THINGS IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ARRESTS AND ARE WE TAKE PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY THAT IS DONE IN A WAY THAT'S WRAPPED AROUND THE POLICY IT FOCUSES ON THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE THAT WE DON'T WANT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE TAKE SOMEONE INTO CUSTODY, THAT WE'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY THAT EVERYONE IS ACCOUNTED FOR.

THE OFFICERS WHO MAKE THE ARRESTS ARE RIGHT NARRATIVES MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED IN ANY ARRESTS, SITUATION.

THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE.

WE'VE LOOKED AT PAST PRACTICES.

WE LOOKED AT WHERE MISTAKES WERE MADE AND WE'VE CORRECTED LAST STEPS IN TALKING ABOUT SAFETY WITH SO MANY OFFICERS WORKING THIS EVENT.

HOW DOES DEPARTMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE REST OF THE CITY?

SO WITH EVERY DISTRICT COMMANDER ACROSS THE CITY HAS A TO DEAL THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS BECAUSE EACH DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT AND THEIR DIFFERENT NEEDS THEIR DIFFERENT ISSUES, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DISTRICT COMMANDERS HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO GET THE JOB DONE IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE EXTENDED FALL OFF A SEASON.

WE HAVE THE OFT CANCELLATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES.

EACH DISTRICT COMMANDER HAS AN EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION PLAN IN CASE SOMETHING OCCURS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS AND THEY ALSO HAVE A WELLNESS PLAN FOR THE OFFICERS.

WE KNOW THAT WHEN OFFICERS ARE WORKING LONG HOURS AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH VOLATILE SITUATIONS, COGNITIVELY THEY CAN BE AFFECTED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS TAKING CARE OF AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE WILL AND ENSURE THAT WE BRING DOWN THE POSSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY IS OKAY.

BUT DO SAY THAT WILL HIGHER RATES OF VIOLENCE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YES.

SO THOSE THOSE AREAS WITH HIGH RATES OF VIOLENCE, WE'RE WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO JOBS.

THERE.

AND THERE IS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PERIMETERS OF THE MCCORMICK PLACE IN UNITED CENTER.

WHAT WORK HAS A SECRET SERVICE ON TO PREPARE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AROUND THAT AREA.

SO WE HAVE SEVERAL FLYERS.

WE PUT OUT OVER A FOUR-THOUSAND FOLLOW-UPS ARE 40,000 FLIERS, BUT MAINLY FOR THE LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN DOING A PUBLIC OUTREACH OURSELVES CPD AND OTHER LOCAL AND STATE ENTITIES WENT OUT AND MET WITH THE PUBLIC AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS WERE.

ASKED THEM.

QUESTIONS FOUND OUT WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WAR.

WE UNDERSTAND THE GARBAGE STILL NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP.

THEY'LL STILL NEED TO BE DELIVERED.

UBER EATS STILL NEED TO MAKE DELIVERIES.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT AMAZON PACKAGES STILL HAVE TO GET TO TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.

SO I PUBLIC OUTREACH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR TO YOU.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE YELLOW AND THE RED LINE?

AREAS.

SO THE YELLOW IS OUR VEHICLE SCREENING.

SO IF YOU COME IN THE YELLOW AREA, YOU WOULD NEED A VEHICLE TO GET INTO THAT INTO THAT AREA.

BUT YOUR VEHICLE WILL BE SCREENED.

THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK FREELY AND THE LA AREA BUT NOT VEHICLES WERE NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE WITH A PLACARD WITH THE BLACK WITH IT WITH A PACK OF AND THEY WOULD THERE.

WE GO THROUGH A SECURITY SCREENING VEHICLE, THE RED AREA.

YOU WOULD NEED A CREDENTIAL OR A TICKET TO GET INTO THAT RED AREA AND EVERYONE WILL BE SCRIPT SCREEN TO GET INTO RED AREA.

NOW WE KNOW THAT HENRY HORNER PARK IS IN THE RED ZONE.

WHAT COMEY, WHAT HAS COMMUNICATION BEEN LIKE WITH THOSE RESIDENTS ALMOST FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

THEY HAVE LIKE ANY SPECIAL LADY OR ANY SPECIAL ID.

NO, THEY WILL NOT.

JUST TODAY THEY WILL NEED ID TO KNOW THAT THEY LIVED IN THAT THAT THEY LIVE IN THAT AREA.

EVERYONE COMING INTO IT TO THE RED AREA WILL NEED IDENTIFICATION AND OF SUPERINTENDENT AT THE RNC.

THERE WAS CONTROVERSY OVER OHIO POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED A MILWAUKEE RESIDENTS UP PLANS TO SEE AS MANY AS 500 EXTRA OFFICERS FOR THE DNC COOL.

THEY REPORT TO.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE TO CPD REPORTING.

THERE WILL BE REPORTING TO THE LEADERSHIP AND CPD, HOWEVER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROTECT, PROTECTING INFRASTRUCTURE SO THEY WILL NOT BE PATROLLING NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT BEEN I I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MILWAUKEE DURING THE RNC.

HOWEVER, HERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIBERATE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ANY OUTSIDE AGENCIES ARE NOT PLACING ANY COMPROMISING POSITION AS THEY ALSO RECEIVING SIMILAR TRAINING AS THE CPD OFFICERS.

SO THEY WILL BE GETTING 8 TO 12 HOURS OF TREE THE WEEKEND PRIOR TO THE START OF THE DNC.

SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT POLICIES AND FOR THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROTECTED AND WILL TO CALIBRATE THE COLLAB BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BEEN LIKE BEEN GREAT.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY NEWS IN THIS CITY OF CHICAGO, MAYOR OF CHICAGO IS IS SOME OF THE BEST YOU'LL SEE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

SO THE SECRET SERVICE IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE PARTNERS LIKE LARRY SNELLING IN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY SAY YOUR FRIENDS JUST AND HOW WOULD YOU SAY?

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALK ABOUT OF THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP FOR THE SECRET SERVICE AFFECTED ANY OF THE PLANNING OR PREPARATION, WOULD YOU SAY IT DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OF THE PREPARATION FOR FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION?

SO YOU'RE WITH US.

HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED YES, WE DO.

DERRICK'S.

I'M SELLING.

IN RECENT NEWS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE SECRET SERVICE.

YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION PROTEST ORGANIZERS.

WHAT WERE THE MAIN TALKING POINTS BETWEEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS?

ALL TALKING WERE WRAPPED AROUND EXPECTATIONS WHAT ARE THEY EXPECTING AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE EXPECT FROM THEM?

AND WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE GONE?

WELL, THEY'VE GONE PAST BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE MET WITH ALL YEAR LONG.

AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN FRUITFUL.

WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZERS ABOUT SELF-POLICING WE'VE SEEN FROM A LOT OF THE THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF.

I'M SORRY, I'M FINE.

POLICING THEMSELVES AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OUR INTERACTION HAS TO BE ONE OF PARTNERSHIP AND ONE WAY THE PROTESTERS, PEOPLE WHO COME HERE TO PROTEST JUST WANT TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR MESSAGE.

DO YOU HOPE HAPPENS THERE, WE'RE GOING LEAVE IT AT BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TROUBLE FOR INPUT.

THANK YOU, JAY.

UP NEXT, A COLLEGE PREPARATIONS FOR A NEW HOST OF MIGRANTS.

AS THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION APPROACHES IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS.

THE PRESSING QUESTION REMAINS, WELL, THE CITY EXPERIENCED A SURGE OF NEW MIGRANT ARRIVALS.

TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT HAS MADE THREATS TO RAMP UP SENDING ASYLUM SEEKERS TO CHICAGO WHILE THE CITY IS IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT FOR THE DNC, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE PREPPING AND PREPARING FOR THAT POSSIBILITY.

AS THE CITY MARKS 2 YEARS THIS MONTH SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST BUS IN CHICAGO.

IT ILLEGAL.

IT'S BEEN 18 MONTHS SINCE EDWARD SANCHEZ AND HIS FAMILY MADE CHICAGO THEIR NEW HOME.

A MEMO.

AND HIS WIFE, DE SOTO SCHOOL HAVE OBTAINED THEIR WORK PERMITS AND R NOW SETTLED INTO THEIR OWN HOME IN LITTLE VILLAGE, LIVING WITH 2 OF THEIR SONS, A DAUGHTER IN LAW IN OKAY, NEWARK, THE LICKING BUT A SEAL IT WITH GUN IN A LETTER OUT THE FATHER OF 3 SAYS THEY LEFT VENEZUELA IN SEARCH OF BETTER FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY SPENT 8 YEARS AND BEEN A MOM BEFORE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE UNITED STATES.

THE THINGS I'M GOING TO FEDERAL LESS THAN A MONTH, THAT IS MANY THAT DO HAVE MAYBE BEFORE AND VICE.

FOR MONTHS.

THE FAMILY STAYED IN SEPARATE SHELTERS IN CHICAGO UNTIL THEY CONNECTED WITH THE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION.

NEW LIFE CENTERS.

A LOT ANOTHER SAID THE GROUP WILLING PLACE ANIMALS THAT YOU'RE GOING PICK I YOU KNOW, IN THESE AND WE'VE NEW LIFE CENTERS IS 80 NEW ARRIVALS BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN ASSESSING RESOURCES, HOUSING IN FOOD, FOOD PANTRY COORDINATOR DIANA FRANKEL SAYS MORE THAN 40% OF THE PANTRIES CLIENTS MIGRANTS.

SOME OF THEM ARE REGULARS AND YOU HAVE IT.

THANKS TO GOD HAVE FOUND APARTMENT WHERE CAN TAKE THE FOOD AND WE DO CONTINUE TO SEE NEW FACES.

SCHOOL ARE STILL IN AS REPORTS CIRCULATE ABOUT A NEW WAVE OF NEW ARRIVALS BEING SENT TO CHICAGO AHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THE CITY SAYS IT'S PREPARING.

WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

AND IT WAS INTENTIONAL TO KEEP THE SYSTEM AT A CERTAIN SIZE IN CASE WE NEEDED A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, LARGE NUMBER OF BEDS WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING WITH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS.

OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 5,600 PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY STAYING IN ONE OF THE CITY'S 17 SHELTER LOCATIONS.

THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE SOME SHELTERS NOW AS THE NUMBERS OF SHELTER, RESIDENTS HAS GONE UP AND DOWN I THINK THAT WE WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY CREATED A STRATEGY FOR A LONGER-TERM PLAN.

AND WHILE THERE HASN'T BEEN A SURGE IN NEW ARRIVALS YET, EDWARD SANCHEZ SAYS THE TEAM HE WORKS WITH A NEW LIFE IS PREPARED TO WELCOME THEM.

THAT SAID NATALIE LOOKED DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT GOT A BITE EAT AND MANTLE BODY THAT IT'S A 2 AT IT.

IS THAT I SOMETHING OVER 46,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE ARRIVED IN CHICAGO SINCE AUGUST 2022, WE'VE HIRED ACTION.

PEOPLE WHO BEEN IN SHELTERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GOTTEN THEIR WORK PERMIT AND HIGHER DEMAND.

NOW THEY WORK AT A WAREHOUSE.

NOW THEY WORK AT THE LANDINGS ON THEIR WORK AT A SHELTER IS THE MAHDI SOTO SCHOOL SAYS HER FAMILY HAS BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES MORE QUICKLY THAN IN VENEZUELA.

I THINK THEY HAD AT THE FINE.

HE'S GOING TO THAT DEBACLE THAT THAT THE SCHOOL NOW WORKS AT THE CHURCH AT NEW LIFE AND SANCHIS AS THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT MEMBER WITH THE ORGANIZATION.

HAND IT YOU IT GAVE THE FEES EMPLOYED IN BEEN GOOD.

YOU'VE GOT ME LIVE, BUT IT POSSIBLE.

BUT THINK THAT BOTH TIMES IT GOT TO THE EAST COMMUNITY DOING THIS.

IF DOES, YOU BUT ONLY TO PULL YOU OUT.

BUNNY MAN, POLICE EVEN LEGALLY THEY DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ON THE AND NEW LIFE CENTERS HAS OPENED A SECOND FOOD PANTRY IN MIDWAY AIRPORT.

THE GROUP ALSO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO 3 STATE RUN SHELTERS.

A GROUP OF DAY LABORERS SAY THEY'RE BEING ABUSED BY OFF-DUTY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS AT A LOCAL HOME DEPOT.

THE GROUP IS SUING THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY AND HOME DEPOT, CITING MONTHS OF ALLEGED HARASSMENT AT A SOUTHWEST SIDE STORE.

ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT FILED IN FEDERAL COURT THIS WEEK, THE 5 PLAINTIFFS CLAIM THEY WERE UNFAIRLY TARGETED BY OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS WHO WORK AT THE HOME DEPOT AS SECURITY GUARDS.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR KEVIN OUT LEGAL DIRECTOR AT RISE.

THE FLORA LIONS AND BEGAN OF IT AS A LITTLE THE THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE LETTING UNION OF CHICAGO.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING KEVIN, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

WALK US THROUGH THE LAW.

SO THAT WAS FILED ON TUESDAY.

SURE.

SO THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT A LITANY OF ABUSES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY A GROUP THAT ARE NAMED AS DEFENDANTS.

THE FIRST BEING A SET OF INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT AS PRIVATE SECURITY ON HOME DEPOT'S PROPERTY AS WELL AS HOME DEPOT ITSELF AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO IN CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THE SUPERVISORS OF THESE OFF-DUTY POLICE ARE ALLEGATIONS ARE CLEAR BASED ON WHAT OUR PLAINTIFFS HAVE SAID TO US.

WHAT ABOUT THE EXPERIENCED, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THAT OFFICERS NEAR THE HOME DEPOT.

HANDCUFFED THEM.

PUNCH THEM, SLAPPED THEM, KICK THEM, INSULTED THEM BASED ON PRESUMPTIONS ABOUT WHO THEY WHETHER IT WAS NATIONAL ORIGIN AS VENEZUELANS OR BASED ON THEIR RACE AND ETHNICITY.

AND THEN THOSE FOLKS WERE HELD IN A PRIVATE BACK ROOM IN THE HOME DEPOT, SOMETIMES FOR AS MANY AS SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE BEING ARRESTED AND THEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS.

THIS VIOLATES SEVERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, INCLUDING THE CONSTITUTION, AS WELL AS ILLINOIS STATE LAWS.

AND MIGUEL, THE COMPLAINT CLAIMS OF HARASSMENT AGAINST DAY LABORERS IS NOTHING NEW.

WHAT TYPES OF PATTERNS ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY.

BACK IN 2008, THERE WAS A SIMILAR SITUATION OF FOR WHICH A LAWSUIT WAS FILED.

ALTHOUGH BACK THEN THE THE WERE WE'RE NOT NEW MIGRANTS WHERE THEY WERE.

A LOT OF THEM ARE MEXICAN.

THEY WERE CENTRAL AMERICA AND I WOULD EVEN GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND SINCE 2003, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DAY LABORERS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT, NOT JUST AT HOME DEPOT'S, BUT ALSO ON THE PART OF OF POLICE AND SECURITY FORCES.

WOULD YOU SAY COME IN?

THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THESE PLAINTIFFS TO STAND UP FOR WHAT FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM USE THEIR VOICE TO SHARE WHAT HAPPENED.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY A BIG DEAL, RIGHT?

IT TAKES A LOT OF BRAVERY FOR SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD AND SAY.

I MIGHT BE IN A VULNERABLE POSITION BASED ON MY ECONOMIC STATUS BASED ON MY RACE OR ETHNICITY, MY GENDER OR MY IMMIGRATION STATUS.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STAND ASIDE WHILE MY RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED.

AND SO IT'S HUGE THAT UNION HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THESE WORKERS BECAUSE HONESTLY, I THINK THAT THE IDEA THAT THEY HAD ACCESS TO RIGHT AND COULD STAND UP WAS NEW TO THEM IN SOME CASES.

BUT THEN FOR THEM THEMSELVES TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WILL STEP UP THE CHALLENGE, POWERFUL PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE MY HUMANITY AND VIOLATE MY RIGHTS.

IT'S TREMENDOUS.

AND I WANT TO PUT SOMETHING UP.

W TT NEWS DID REACH OUT TO THE HOME DEPOT ABOUT THE LAWSUIT WAS PROVIDED WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

I'VE WHICH I'M GOING TO READ RIGHT NOW.

WE TAKE ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENCE VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE.

WE BELIEVE IN RESPECTING ALL PEOPLE.

WE DON'T TOLERATE VIOLENCE OR DISCRIMINATION.

MIGUEL, HOW DO YOU PEOPLE IS HELP HANDLING THIS ALLEGATIONS?

LOOK, I WOULD BE CONCERNED IF THEY TOLERATE DEFIANCE.

THE REALITY IS THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO CAN DO SOMETHING IN ORDER TO CREATE THE SPACE THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT TYPE OF VIOLENCE.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING.

THERE HAS BEEN A PATTERN OF HOME DEPOT, INCREASING SECURITY ON THEIR PROPERTIES, WHICH YES, IT IS THEIR RIGHT.

BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN A PEOPLE TAKING ACTIVE ACTION AGAINST THE PRESENCE OF HER NOVELS.

WE A LONG HISTORY OF THEM, RIGHT?

YES, YES.

PEOPLE OUTSIDE LOOKING FOR JOBS.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

NO.

THERE'S NOT IDOLS AND CHICAGO SINCE THERE'S BEEN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT LAST SUMMER, HOME DOWN IN THE SOUTH, CUT DOWN ITS TREES ON ON THE PARKING LOT.

AND OF COURSE, YES, THE THRONE PROPERTY, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT.

BUT THAT IS EVIDENT ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPACE UNCOMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR FOLKS ENTER REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.

AND KEVIN, THE CITY OF CHICAGO IN CHICAGO, POLICE DEPARTMENT DECLINED A REQUEST TO BE ON THE SHOW DUE TO PENDING LITIGATION.

BUT WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE 2 OFF-DUTY OFFICERS WHO ARE NAMED AS DEFENDANTS IN THE COMPLAINT?

SO WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THOSE OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN DETENTIONS AND THE ABUSES DISCRIMINATION THAT OUR CLIENTS EXPERIENCED.

WE CAN ALSO SAY THAT THOSE FOLKS WERE IDENTIFIED BOTH BY OUR CLIENTS AS WELL AS BY ORGANIZERS FROM UNION AS PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENTS.

THE LAWSUIT NAMES THE SET OF DO OFFICERS WERE NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHICH HOW MANY AND EXACTLY WHO WAS INVOLVED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT WE'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING MORE OF THAT OUT.

AND WE'RE ALSO VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE IN THIS LAWSUIT AS THE ORGANIZATION AND THE GROUP THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OFFICERS, WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE CLOCK OR ACTING AS COPS OFF THE CAR CLOCK AND WE GO.

ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THE SABRES WERE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF HOME DEPOT?

UNFORTUNATELY, NOW I'M LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE IS A HISTORICAL PATTERN OF AGGRESSION AGAINST THE PRESENCE OF OF FOLKS SEEKING WORK OUTSIDE ON THE AND WE KNOW THE LAWSUIT ALSO ADDRESSES A LARGER ISSUE OF MOONLIGHTING.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS?

ACTUALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO PASS ON TO KEVIN.

SURE, SOME LIGHTING IS WHAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

THE RIGHT.

THE SECONDARY THAT FOLKS TAKE THAT POLICE OFFICERS MIGHT TAKE ON TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY HERE IN CHICAGO IS ONE OF THE LEAST REGULATED CITIES IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO OFFICER WHO SWORN IN TO SERVE THE CITY CAN DO IN THEIR TIME AWAY.

SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN PART IN THE LAWSUIT IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO HELP REGULATE PEOPLE FROM ABUSING THEIR POWERS POLICE WHEN THEY'RE NOT WORKING FOR THE AND WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS.

LEFT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS A MESSAGE?

DO YOU WANT TO BRING OUT THERE WITH THIS LAWSUIT?

WE NEED.

WE NEED TO CREATE THE SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND HOUSING.

PEOPLE CAN FIND EMPLOYMENT AND PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO GO TO A CORNER, EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO EXTREME EXTREME COLD JUST TO MAKE A LIVING.

IT'S A CITY OF CHICAGO CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY OF TAKING CARE OF ITS PEOPLE.

WE WILL SEE LESS OF THESE ISSUES ABOUT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT THING.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5.37, IN 10 FOR THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, SOME REALLY ANY WE LEAVE YOU.

SORRY, WE LEAVE YOU WITH TONIGHT WITH SOME EARLY REHEARSALS OF THE AIR AND WATER SHOW THAT WERE UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON.

HOW COOL?

AND NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOINED ON THIS.

STAY HEALTHY.

STAY SAFE.

ONE AS MUCH CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A AND PERSONAL INJURY, LAW FIRM