>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, WITH INVOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALLSTATE AND THE GENERAL FUND AT THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST.

[MUSIC] >> GOOD EVENING.

CHICAGO TONIGHT WITH INVOICES.

I'M ALEX AT THE DISTANCE IN THE SUN WE CHERISH EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT FIVE AND SIX.

THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

>>HOST: ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, THE CITY REJECTS A PERMIT FOR THE METAL SHREDDING OPERATION ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF INDUSTRY IN CHICAGO.

WHEN ITO WALLACE HIGH SCHOOL WAS ONE OF FIVE CPS HIGH SCHOOLS WHOSE ENTIRE STUDENT BODIES WERE AWARDED FREE COLLEGE TUITION.

YOU WILL HAVE A REACTION.

CHICAGO'S MEXICAN NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN I WAS MEXICAN.

TALK WITH THE AUTHOR OF A NEW BOOK INVESTIGATE HOW THOSE COMMUNITIES WERE FORMED.

A NEW IMMERSIVE EFFECT SHOWCASES JUSTICE [INDISCERNIBLE] >> CONSIDER THE FEELINGS YOU VERY MUCH LIKE THAT IN THE COLOMBIAN JUSTICE [INDISCERNIBLE] >>HOST: FOR FAT TUESDAY, FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POLAND'S MOST FAMOUS PASTRY MEETS THE MOST POPULAR COLOMBIAN FLAVORS.

FIRST ALTERNATE, CHICAGO'S PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECENTLY REJECTED A PERMIT FOR THE METAL SHREDDING AND OPERATION ON THE CITY'S SOUTHEAST SIDE.

CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER DOCTOR ALLISON ALBURY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S DECISION.

>> WE FOUND THAT IN AN ALREADY OVERBURDENED COMMUNITY, THERE WERE INCREASED RISK TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR TO HUMAN HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

AS WELL AS HISTORY OF SOME PROBLEMS WITH EXISTING RELATIONS.IN THAT SETTING, WE FELT THAT THE APPROPRIATE COURSE WAS TO NOT APPROVE THE PERMIT.

>> IN THE WAKE OF THAT DECISION, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES CITE NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE CITY AND INDUSTRIAL LEADERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND CORPORATIONS.

THINGS NOW WITH MORE ARE JUST AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURER AND RENAISSANCE.

AND GINA TO MEET US.

AN ACTIVIST MEET WITH AT WHICH MANAGEMENT WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU ALL OF US FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I WAS THERE WITH YOU GINA.

YOU THINK THE CITY SHOULD SIMPLY REJECT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES FROM OPERATING INSIDE THE LIMITS?

>>GINA RAMIREZ: I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

WHICH THEY ARE THE BRUNT OR BURDEN OF POLLUTION.

AND SO, I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE THEIR TIME.

DUE TO HEALTH IMPACT ANALYSIS LIKE THEY DID THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

AND REALLY CONSIDER COMMUNITY INPUT WHEN MAKING SUCH HUGE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND QUALITY OF HEALTH OF THESE PRESIDENTS.

>>HOST: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PERMANENT DENIAL INDICATES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY ON BOTH THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AND THE REST OF CHICAGO?

>> IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH JUSTICE FOR ONE, THE INDUSTRY AND THE INDUSTRY SHOULD NOT BE CONCENTRATED.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE START THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR GUEST IN MANUFACTURING AND ONE IS OUR POLICY GOING TO BE STITCHED [INDISCERNIBLE] WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THIS INSTANCE, WHERE THE CONDITIONS WERE RIGHT FOR THE DENIAL TO EXPEND THAT MORE AND MORE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED IN AN AREA THAT WAS ALREADY POTENT.

AND LESS AND LESS INDUSTRIES JUSTICE AND LESS AND LESS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IN MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES.

WAS AVAILABLE JUSTICE [INDISCERNIBLE] >> ERIKA, DO YOU THINK THE COMMUNITY RESISTANCE LIKE THAT PERCENTAGE WITH THE GENERAL CLIENT MAKES THOSE COMMUNITIES LESS ATTRACTIVE LOCATIONS FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES, EVEN CLEAN INDUSTRIES?

>> I HOPE NOT.

I THINK IN A BIG METROPOLITAN AREA, LIKE CHICAGO, MEANS OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS.

WE NEED GOOD JOBS.

WE NEED WEALTH BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS IS WHY I THINK THIS EPISODE AND THE APPROPRIATE DENIAL OF THE PERMIT JUSTICE CREATES THE CONDITIONS NOT FOR LET'S BE PROACTIVE AS A COMMUNITY AND CITY.

INDUSTRIAL AND BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS WHO ACTUALLY PLAN THIS OUT.

I THINK THIS POLICY IDEA THIS THE TIME HAS COME.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO?

STEP INTO A LEADERSHIP POSITION AND SAY HEY, LET'S FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

THE NEED FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

OF STAFF AND FOLKS LIVE IN THESE AND ACTUALLY WORK IN THESE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO INCENTIVIZE TO COME TO ANY COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO.

I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

>> RIGHT.

THERE ARE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.

WHETHER ANY MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS IN CHICAGO GINA THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE ARE EXAMPLES OF GOOD ACTORS?

>> YES.

I THINK IT'S ALWAYS AN EXAMPLE THAT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE USES AND INSPIRES TO HAVE IN OUR BACKYARD JUSTICE IT'S A GOOD QUALITY JOB.

DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF YOU KNOW FROM OUTPUTS THAT IMPACT QUALITY OF LIFE AND HUMAN HEALTH.

AND SO, REALLY WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY.

I DO.

AND WE DO OUR JOBS.

WHEN WE DON'T WANT JOBS TO BE EXPENSIVE TO HER HEALTH.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A AT THE TABLE.

WE'RE TALKING TO THE INDUSTRY AND MAKING PLANS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO REALIZE THE 21ST CENTURY VISION FOR THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

>>HOST: GOING BACK WITH YOU.

ONE OF THE RECENT ADVOCATES FOR LOCATING OPERATIONS LIKE THIS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT LOW-WAGE WORKERS NEED TO LIVE CLOSE TO THE JOB.

BUT YOUR RESEARCH INDICATED THAT ISN'T HOW IT WORKS OUT.

CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT?

>> IN THE CASE OF THE SOUTHEAST SIDE FOR EXAMPLE THERE THAT GINA IS TALKING ABOUT.

THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKERS IN THAT AREA ARE NOT LIVING IN THOSE AREAS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THESE KINDS OF INDUSTRIES AND RESPECTED JOBS, SUCH SHOWING US THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.

IN FACT, THE DATA IS ALSO SHOWING THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA RELATIVE AND LONG DISTANCES TO COME TO WORK IN THE AREA.

SO, WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS PEOPLE HAVING TO DEAL WITH HEALTH IMPACTS WITH THAT GETTING ANY EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS.

WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION, BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS THAT THOSE JUXTAPOSITIONS WITH US AND OPPOSITIONS BETWEEN JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT BETWEEN JOBS AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

I THINK IT'S GOOD TO ASSUME THAT PUBLIC HEALTH HAS TO COME JUSTICE HAS TO BE JUST AS GOOD JOBS [INDISCERNIBLE] I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE POLICIES JUST AS ERIKA POINTED OUT.

THE CHANGE THE KIND OF JOBS IS ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HAVE THOSE JOBS.

>> ERIKA, HOW CAN CHICAGO MAKE THE CITY A PLACE MANUFACTURERS WANT TO LOOK AT THE BUSINESSES?

BUT NOT CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN TO COMMUNITIES?

>> SO, THE FIRST THING I WILL ALWAYS SAY IN REGARDS TO HAVING THAT IS EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

WE JUSTICE WE CANNOT JUST RELY ON JUST THE ENTREPRENEURIAL INDUSTRIALIST DICK JUSTICE IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

INDUSTRIAL PLANNING IS SO CRITICAL.

WE KNOW THAT WHEN IT'S KNOWN AS INDUSTRY FOR.0.

INDUSTRIES.

THE INDUSTRY SECTOR OF THE FUTURE.

JUST NOW.

ANY DEVELOPMENT MOVING FORWARD HAS TO BE IN CONTACT WITH THE BRAND-NEW DEAL.

CHANGES IS HERE AND WE NEED TO ADJUST OUR DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES.

AND SO, THAT IS WHY, IF WE INVEST AND MAKE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CROSS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND K-12.

MASTERS AND PHD'S TO GET PEOPLE INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY LEARN THOSE SKILLS AND GET THE EDUCATION TO THE LEADERS AND STANFIELD ESPECIALLY RELATES TO GREEN TECHNOLOGIES, MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING INCENTIVIZE COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO UPDATE THE TECHNOLOGY IS SUCH THAT THEY ARE CLEANER AND LESS IMPACTFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

IN ADDITION TAX AND MAKING A PRODUCT THAT GOES INTO THINGS LIKE WINTER FUNDS AND SOLAR PANELS.

MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS.

WE CAN MAKE THESE CHOICES.

WE CAN CHOOSE TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THE PLAN.

>> WE HAVE LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.

AFTER GOOD ERIKA WITH THIS ONE.

AND HOW THEY CAN HELP COMMUNITIES.

HARMFUL INDUSTRIES OPERATING IN THE AREA?

WE LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.

>> I WOULD JUST ADVISE TO SAY LET'S WORK WITH THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS.

ENGAGE WITH THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY.>>ERICA SWINNEY: INDUSTRY PARTNERS.

LOCAL SCHOOLS, LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.

GET TO THE TABLE AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.

AND MAKE A CASE FOR WHAT WE WANT TO USE THE TAX DOLLARS TO ATTRACT ENOUGH, THE KINDS OF INCENTIVIZE AND SUBSIDIZED INITIATIVES THAT WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF IN OUR CITIES.

BUT IN LINE WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS AND VALUES.

>>HOST: I WANT TO THANK ALL THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THIS VERY INTERESTING TOPIC AND THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

[INDISCERNIBLE] ERIKA AND GINA.

GINA AND ERICA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>HOST: THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY OF BENITO WALLACE SUPPRESSED WITH SOME VERY GOOD NEWS.

ON TUESDAY, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HELP CHICAGO TO HELP STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE RECIPIENTS OF FULLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS AFTER A CHOICE OF 20 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

AND OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS ACROSS ILLINOIS.

ONE PARENT OF EACH STUDENT'S FAMILY ALSO QUALIFIES FOR A SCHOLARSHIP.

WHICH SPOKE WITH WALLACE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND SENIOR DIEGO GARCIA ON WHAT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS TO THEM.

>> THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH THIS DISH THAT STOPPED ME IN THE HALL WERE ONE.

JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ENORMITY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

TO ASK ME QUESTIONS.

SOME OF THEM FULLY PREDICTING AND MANAGING IT.

AND STUDENTS WHO DO NOT THINK THAT COLLEGE OR POSTSECONDARY WAS A PLACE FOR THEM AT THIS TIME ARE FLOODING OUR COUNSELING.

WE'RE STOPPING THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO ASK IF IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR THEM TO BEGIN APPLYING.

>> INITIALLY THIS DISH I TOLD MYSELF OKAY, GREAT.

THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS.

I'M GOING APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

I'M GOING TO DO THIS.

BUT, THIS TEST IS [INDISCERNIBLE] THANK YOU.

INITIALLY I'M GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL AND I FIGURE IT'S GOING TO GO TO.

AND WHAT JOB CAN I GET TO ACCOMMODATE MY STUDIES?

TO FIND MY TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION.

NONE OF THAT.

WITH A MEAL PLAN AND ALL THAT.

THE PLAN IS DRASTICALLY CHANGE.

CAN DEDICATE MY ENTIRE LIFE TO WHAT I'M GOING TO STUDY.

I'M GETTING DEDICATE ALL MY TIME AND EFFORTS NOW.

>> DIEGO GARCIA'S MOTHER MARIA GARCIA SAYS SHE ALSO PLANS TO USE THE SCHOLARSHIP TO RESUME HER STUDIES.

FOR OTHER CPSI SCHOOLS RECEIVED THE NEW THIS WEEK.

MORGAN PARK, OUR BABY, JOHNSON PREP AND TARGET.

MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINA VOICES.

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[MUSIC] >>HOST: TODAY, THE OCTOBER 26 STREET WITH EVERYBODY WHO PASSES THROUGH KNOW THAT THERE ARE MEXICAN ENTRY.

THIS JUST LARGELY CHECK NEIGHBORHOOD.

SIMPLY NOT AS SOFT LONG THOUGH.

THAT POPULATION SHIFT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.

THE STORY OF HOW LOBBY GITA OR LITTLE VILLAGE AND CHICAGO'S OTHER MEXICAN VILLAGE DEVELOPED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW BOOK.

STOP MAKING MEXICAN CHICAGO.

FROM POSTWAR SETTLEMENT TO THE AGE OF GENTRIFICATION.

AND IT WALKS THE STREETS OF THE CITY'S MEXICAN COMMUNITIES AND EXPLORES THE HISTORY OF THE FORCES THAT SHAPED THEM.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS THE BOOK'S AUTHOR.

MICAH MESKILL, WHO IS ALSO A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.

MIKE, THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AND I WANT TO START WITH GETTING TO KNOW WHAT BROUGHT THE FIRST MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS TO CHICAGO WITH THE SETTLE?

>> ALEX, THINK IT'S SO GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.

THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO TO CHICAGO CAME BECAUSE OF THE KINDS OF INDUSTRIES THAT EXISTED IN THE MIDWEST AND IN CHICAGO IN PARTICULAR.

SUCH AS RAILROADS, AND THE RAILROAD NETWORK WITH STEEL AND STEEL PLANTS AND SOUTH CHICAGO.

AS WELL AS MEATPACKING AND PACKINGHOUSES IN THE BACKYARD.

MANY OF THE ORIGINAL FIRST WAVE OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS SETTLED IN SOUTH SICK CHICAGO.

>>HOST: THE BOOK INTRODUCES US TO PIVOTAL FIGURE IN CHICAGO'S EARLY MEXICAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

WOMAN NAMED ANITA.

HE TELLS WHO SHE WAS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK SHE WAS A TREMENDOUS AND IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE SHAPING AND BUILDING OF MEXICAN CHICAGO.

LIKE MANY MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, SHE TESTED MOVED AROUND WITH HER FAMILY AND WAS BORN IN KANSAS.

TO MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS.

PARENTS.

DEBRIS SETTLED IN CHICAGO.SHE GREW UP THERE WHOLE HOUSE IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE IMMUNITY.

SHE WAS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP ATTENDING THE WHOLE HOUSE SPENT LEARNING FROM THE FIGURES LIKE JANE ADDAMS.

ANOTHER REPORTERS OF THE TIME.

LIKE MANY MEXICAN FAMILIES LIVING IN THE 40S AND 50S IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE, AND IT WAS ALREADY HAD A LARGE FAMILY OF HER OWN.

AND WAS DISPLACED BY URBAN RENEWAL.

THIS MOMENT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN CITIES.

MANY DISHES MUCH OF THIS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT CAME AT THE COST OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT LIVED AND SETTLED IN THE COURT OF THE CENTRAL CITY.

AND SO I NEEDED WAS DISPLACED WITH A LOT OF OTHER MEXICAN FAMILIES.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT HER FAMILY AND ALSO MAKE A PROFIT.

SHE WAS AN EARLY LATINA REAL ESTATE AGENT.

ONE OF THE FIRST IN CHICAGO.

SHE CUT HER REAL ESTATE LICENSE IN THE 1950S.

AND UPON BEING DISPLACED, SHE BEGAN TO CONSIDER HOW SHE COULD GROW HER BUSINESS AND COMMUNITIES LIKE PILSEN AND SOUTH LAWNDALE.THESE WERE COMMUNITIES THAT WHILE WE OFTEN THINK OF THEM NOW AS THE END OF MEXICAN CHICAGO, WE ARE NOT VERY MEXICAN.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY, AS YOU SAID, OF CZECH AND POLISH.

CHARACTER.THERE WAS A LOT OF EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS THAT LIVED AND SHAKE THESE COMMUNITIES IN A TIME BEFORE SKINS.

BUT ANITA BEGAN TO BUY AND SELL PROPERTY THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

NOT ONLY THEM, SHE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SELL A HOME TO MEXICAN IMMIGRANT AND OFTEN THAT INVOLVED BUILDING UP THE COMMERCIAL THOROUGHFARE OF 18TH STREET AND 26TH STREET IN WAYS THAT WOULD BE HOSPITABLE AND FAMILIAR TO MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS BUT SO THAT THEY COULD BUY THE GROCERIES.

AND BY THE BUNDLE SAY.

AND IN THOSE WAYS, ANITA CAME TO SHIP TOLSON AND EVITA.

BY OPENING UP NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROPERTIES.

>> MIKE, I WANT TO GET TO MORE TOPICS.

LIKE THE TERM WET BACK.

WHICH IN SPANISH, TRANSLATES TO THE HOLLOW.

MAKING REFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE USING THE RIVER TO GET TO THE UNITED STATES.

HENCE THE WORK WENT BACKWARD THIS IS CONSIDERED A SLOW NOW PREFERRED TIME IT WAS USED COMMONLY IN THE NEWS AND BY THE GOVERNMENT.

IN YOUR BOOK, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THE USE OF THOSE TERMS REPRESENTED SHIFT IMMIGRANTS CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST AS WE ARE SHORT ON TIME MIKE.

>> SURE.

THE SHIFT WAS BECAUSE PRIOR TO 1950S, MEXICANS ARE COMING IN.

THIS DISH THEY'RE COMING IN.

THE FRAMING OF THEIR MIGRATION IS BECAUSE THEY ARE HELPING THE UNITED STATES WITH THE SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER IN THE FIELDS.

BUT IN THE 1950S WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR AND FEARS OF IMMIGRATION AND COMMUNISM THE WORD WET BECAME MUCH MORE UTILIZED IN WEAPON ICED AGAINST MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS.ALLUDING TO THE OPERATION OF 1954.

WHICH IS A NASTY DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN THAT INITIATED IN CALIFORNIA.

AND MADE ITS WAY TO CHICAGO.

IN THE BOOK, I DETAIL HOW THIS AFFECTED MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND ASKING IMMIGRANTS.

ONE OF THE PIVOTAL MOMENTS OF THIS DEPORTATION REGIME WAS THAT THEY USED OLD WAREHOUSES NEAR MIDWAY AIRPORT TO CAGE MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS AND THEN TO FLY THEM OUT OF MIDWAY INTO MEXICO.

>> AN INTERESTING TOPIC.

AND WE WOULD NEED A WHOLE HOUR TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK.

IT'S JUST SO INTERESTING.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AND OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK.

BECAUSE OF TIME, I COULD NOT GET TO THEM.

AT EXACTLY, A BOOK CAME ABOUT.

IF YOU TELL US IN 15 SECONDS.

>> JUST THROUGH STORIES FROM MY MOTHER ABOUT HER OWN GRANDMOTHER BEING BORN IN CHICAGO, BUT THEN BEING DEPORTED, I GREW UP HEARING THESE STORIES.

AND WANTED TO KNOW WHY SHE WAS DEPORTED AND LIVED IN CHICAGO.

I WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE CITY WOULD HAVE LIVED IN AND ENJOYED.

HAD SHE BEEN ARE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU ALEX.

>> THE BOOK IS CALLED MAKING MEXICAN CHICAGO PROPOSED WORK SETTLEMENT AT THE AGE OF GENTRIFICATION.

YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A POLISH PASTRY MEETS TROPICAL COLOMBIAN FLAVORS?

FIND OUT NEXT.

[MUSIC].

>>HOST: THE LAST DAY BEFORE LENT HAS MANY NAMES.

SHERIFF TUESDAY, FED TUESDAY, MARDI GRAS.

ALSO KNOWN AS SKI DAY.

WHEN CHICAGOANS PREPARE BY INDULGING IN AS MANY OF THE TRADITIONAL JIM TOLD DONUTS AS THEY CAN.

A LOCAL COUPLE HAS BROUGHT UP TROPICAL PUNCH TO PUNCH PETE WITH THE FOOD INFUSION CONCEPT WITH ERICA GUNDERSON VISITED THE LAND OF COLUMBIA FOR THE SOURCE.

>> WE ARE GONNA GRAB HER BEAUTIFUL THIS DISH FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN.

>> IN THE TIMEOUT MARKET DEMO CUSHION.

MARY RESTAURANT TAURUS, RUBIO AND POLICE SAVANT PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES.

>> I DID IT RIGHT THERE.

WHERE THEY CAN GO IN.

>> ON THEIR VERSION OF A FAT TUESDAY TRADITION.

>> TICKETS EVERY LITTLE CORNER HERE.THIS IS THE WHILE COOKING.

WE WILL HAVE A NICE COCONUT SHAVING ALL WAY AROUND.

>> THE SMELL OF IT IN THE AIR IS THE FIRST SIGN THAT SPRING IS IN THE AIR IN CHICAGO.

WHILE EVERYBODY OF THE CLASSIC VERSIONS OF THESE SWEET TREATS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE TROPICAL FLAVORED THIS TIME OF YEAR, COLOMBIA IS THE PLACE.

EXPOSED RESULTS ARE NOT VERY, VERY SWEET.

COLOMBIANS ARE.

BUT I CAME TO REALIZE THAT WHAT WE CAN HAVE MATURE THE BOTH OF THEM RESONATING WITH EACH OF OTHERS STRUGGLE TO EXCLUDE,, PINEAPPLE, WHILE VERY POTENTIALLY SEPARATE ESPECIALLY, AS WELL.

IT'S VERY BIG COMPONENT LIKE WHAT IS COLOMBIAN DESSERTS.

>> INSTANT NATIVE, A NUTRITIONIST, MOBILE FINISHED SECOND 2019.

SHE MAXIMUM, WELL-TRAINED SHAFT AT A PARTY.

>> IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

AS CYNTHIA WILL TAPER.>> I BEG TO DIFFER.

[LAUGHTER] >> NOT LONG AFTER THE RELATIONSHIP BLOSSOMED, PANDEMIC HIT.

>> I GOT LAID OFF FROM A JOB.

WE JUST BOTH STARTED COOKING A LOT FROM HOME JUST LIKE AND WHAT ELSE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> THE SEAT OF THEIR CULINARY COLLABORATION PLAINTIFF WENT SAVANT ADDED COLOMBIAN TOPICS TO A POLISH JUSTICE IN THE SUN THE PICKLE LIKE SNACK.

>> THIS COULD BE A REALLY GOOD CONCERT.

POSTPONED INFUSION.

>> THE NAME AND NEW CONCEPT.

WHAT ELSE?

COLUMBIA.

STARTING WITH POP-UPS, WE BEGAN OFFERING FUSION FOOD LICHTY AND KIRBY.

A COMBINATION OF THE COLOMBIAN AND NOT A AND THE POST PROGRAM.

>> WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS MELTED TWO WERE THE INSIDE IS GOING TO BE MUCH LIKE A COLOMBIAN EMPANADA.YOU WILL FIND THAT FARMER'S CHEESE CARAMELIZED ONION.

BEETS AND POTATO THERE.

THE OUTSIDE LOOKS MUCH LIKE APPROPRIATE.

>> NOW, TWO YEARS AND ONE COLOMBIAN LATER, THE RESTAURANT IS GOING STRONG INSIDE THE TIMEOUT MARKET.

AS PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS BEGIN TO LIFT, RUBIO AND SIMONE SAY THEY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING CUSTOMERS FACES WHEN THEY PICK UP THE SEARS PUNCH KEY.

>> ONE OF THE THING THAT WE MISS THE MOST IS TO ACTUALLY SEE PEOPLE'S REACTIONS.RIGHT?

>> WE'RE HOPING FOR THE END OF FULL TO ALSO BE BRINGING YOU THAT.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE] FOR SUGAR TONIGHT, SIS ERICA HENDERSON.

[MUSIC] >> THAT LOOKS SO GOOD, DOESN'T IT?

>> THERE'S STILL TIME TO GET YOUR HANDS THIS SPICE PUNCH KEY.

YOU'LL FIND MORE ON COLUMBIA ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> PLANS TO CHICAGO.

THIS TIME IN A NEW IMMERSIVE SPRINT.

EXHIBIT SHOWCASES THE WORK OF THE MEXICAN BORN ARTISTS AND 360 DEGREES.

AHEAD OF THE EXHIBITS OPEN, WE SPOKE WITH COLLEGE BROWNIE AND PRINT PRINT GRANNIES.

THEY SAY, UNLIKE OTHER EXHIBITS, THIS EXPERIENCE, THE PICS, THE FREE, FINALLY NEW.

>> IMAGINE IF EACH FAMILY.

AND JUST AS MY GRANDMOTHER, EITHER MY GRANDMOTHER.

MY MOTHER I CAN EXPRESS IT.

IN THE SUN IT'S AN HONOR TO SEE MY FAMILY.

THEY DID NOT MENTION UNIT, THE PAIN POINT THE JUSTICE WHENEVER SHE'S PASSING THROUGH.

SHE WAS ONLY BORN.

SHE LIKES TO TELL JOKES.

SHE ASKED THE (THAT'S OUR FREEDOM.

OUR FREDA FAMILY.

[LAUGHTER] >> MY AUNT FREDA.

[LAUGHTER] >> YOU CAN SEE THE FULL 40 MINUTE PRODUCTION OF FREDA KAHLO AND ARTSPACE.

THERE IS MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> THAT'S GONNA BE OUR CHAUFFEUR THIS WEEKEND.

JOIN US MONDAY NIGHT FOR OUR NEXT VIRTUAL COMMUNITY CONVERSATION JOINT HERNANDEZ WILL OPERATE THE AFRO LATINO HISTORY AND NUANCES OF MULTIRACIAL IDENTITIES.

THAT IS MONDAY NIGHT AT 8 PM.

>>HOST: RSVP@WTTW.COM/EVENTS.

DO NOT FORGET TO ALSO TURN INTO PRIMAVERA IN CHICAGO EVERY WEEKDAY MONEY.

I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU NEXT WEEK ON LATINO VOICES.

WITH CBS TO CHICAGO.

WE WILL BE HERE IN THE HOST CHAIR NOT FOR ALL THE SPIRIT CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES, I'M ALEX HERNANDEZ.

THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

BYE.

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