Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Jan. 11, 2024 - Full Show
1/11/2024 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Joanna Hernandez hosts the Jan. 11, 2024, episode of "Latino Voices."
Hundreds of migrants are using CTA buses as shelters at the city’s landing zone. Should citizenship be reserved for only those born here? And a community business hub is coming to Little Village.
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Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Jan. 11, 2024 - Full Show
1/11/2024 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Hundreds of migrants are using CTA buses as shelters at the city’s landing zone. Should citizenship be reserved for only those born here? And a community business hub is coming to Little Village.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.
I'M JOHN, THAT MAN THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.
WELL, LOOK AT CHICAGO'S LANDING ZONE WHERE HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS ARE USING CTA BUSES AS TEMPORARY SHELTERS.
WHO SHOULD HAVE CITIZENSHIP.
RENEWED CALLS FOR A BAN ON BIRTHRIGHT >> LITTLE VILLAGE PARTY HAS THAT STRONG ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, BUT THEY GETTING.
>> THE SAFE ACCESS TO SAME RESOURCES.
>> AND A COMMUNITY BUSINESS HUB IS COMING TO LITTLE VILLAGE.
AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
IT MAY FINALLY BE TIME TO BRING UP THAT SHOVEL AND SALT BECAUSE THERE'S AN EXPECTED WINTER STORM HEADING OUR WAY.
>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING FOR CHICAGO AND THE SURROUNDING REGION IN EFFECT FOR IT TAKES EFFECT FRIDAY THROUGH NOON ON SATURDAY.
THE NWS SAYS CHICAGO IS EXPECTED TO SEE 2 ROUNDS OF SNOW, ONE HITTING TOMORROW MORNING AND THE OTHER LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON, COOK COUNTY COULD BE HIT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN TOTAL.
AND AFTER THE SNOW PREPARE FOR THE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET THIS WEEKEND, WE KNOW CHICAGO GETS COLD.
FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN IS CHICAGO TODAY TALKING ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH, THE FIRST LADY AMONG WITH ACTRESS HALLE BERRY VISITED THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO TO TOUT THE WHITE HOUSE'S INITIATIVE ON WOMAN'S HEALTH RESEARCH, WHICH LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER.
IN SPEECH, THE FIRST LADY HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF MORE RESEARCH OF MENOPAUSE IN WOMEN'S HEALTH AT LARGE.
>> EVERY WOMAN WILL BE AFFECTED BY MINUTE.
YET THERE'S A STUNNING LACK OF INFORMATION.
>> WE WILL BUILD A FUTURE WHERE WOMEN LEAVE DOCTORS, OFFICES.
>> WITH MORE ANSWERS THAN QUESTIONS MEDICINE MEETS THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE.
WHERE NO WOMAN OR GIRL HAST A YEAR.
IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS INITIATIVE MEMBERS WILL RECOMMEND CONCRETE ACTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE TO IMPROVE RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT IN WOMEN'S HEALTH.
VOLUNTEERS HELPING THE VENEZUELAN PARENTS WAS 5 YEAR-OLD SON DIED ARE ASKING FOR HELP.
JEAN MIGHT BE IN WAS LIVING AT A MIGRANT SHELTER IN PILSEN WHEN HE SUFFERED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND DIED LAST MONTH.
VOLUNTEERS HAVE STARTED A GOFUNDME PAGE TO RAISE MONEY TO HELP THE BOY'S FAMILY AND FIND A STABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
ORGANIZERS SAY THE FUNDS WILL PAY FOR RENT, UTILITIES, FOOD AND OTHER EXPENSIVE FOR THE BOY'S PARENTS AND 2 YEAR-OLD BROTHER.
YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.
THE CITY'S TOP TOURISM OFFICIAL ANNOUNCES SHE'S STEPPING DOWN AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
LYNN MEANT SERVE DASH TO CHICAGO'S PRESIDENT AND CEO LESS THAN 2 YEARS UNDER OSMAN'S TEN-YEAR CITY TOURISM GRADUALLY RECOVERED FROM THE PANDEMIC AND CHICAGO SECURED HOSTING THIS SUMMER'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
IN A STATEMENT, SAYS SHE'S STEPPING ASIDE BECAUSE OF A FAMILY.
HEALTH MATTERS.
THE GROUP SAYS IN THE MEANTIME, RICH CAMPBELL WILL SERVE AS CEO.
AND ARE YOU TIRED OF WAIT TIMES AT THE DMV?
ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE ALEX GIULIANA SAYS YOU SHOULD DITCH THE IN-PERSON VISIT IN A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY.
HE ENCOURAGED COD, WANTS TO EXPLORE THE SKIP THE LINE.
DO IT ONLINE PROGRAM.
HAS HIS OFFICE EXPANDS ONLINE SERVICES.
THE EXPANSION INCLUDES A WEBSITE PORTAL TO HELP CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS PHONE LINES AND TEXTING SYSTEMS TO HELP SENIORS AND TEEN DRIVERS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS ITS PART OF HIS OFFICE EFFORTS TO REDUCE WAIT TIMES FOR SERVICES.
>> MORE THAN 2.2 5 MILLION ILLINOISANS WILL NEED THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
RENEWED IN 2024.
MORE THAN 1 MILLION OR NEARLY HALF.
HAVE THE ABILITY TO RENEW ONLINE OR BY MAIL.
MORE OVER THE PHONE.
>> UP NEXT, HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS ARE USING CTA BUSES AS TEMPORARY SHELTERS AT THE CITY'S LANDING ZONE.
WE SHARE THE LATEST DETAILS RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICE HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.
>> AS >> WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CITY IS BRACING FOR A WINTER STORM BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING OF THE MORE THAN 30,000 MIGRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO CHICAGO FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
MORE THAN 200 LIVING AT THE CITY'S LANDING ZONE USING CTA BUSES AS TEMPORARY SHELTERS.
VOLUNTEERS SAY THEY ARE NOW SCRAMBLING TO FIND WAYS TO GET MIGRANTS, THE SUPPLIES NEED.
JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE MELISSA DEMING VOLUNTEER WITH THE POLICE STATION RESPONSE TEAM AND FOUNDER OF SEA EAGLES.
THEY ONLY GOT A VOLUNTEER WITH THE POLICE STATION RESPONSE TEAM AND ALDERMAN JASON IRVING OF THE 20TH WARD, WHICH INCLUDES THE LANDING ZONE.
NOW WE DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION AND NEW LIFE CENTERS.
SCHOOL ORGANIZES A LANDING ZONE AND BOTH DECLINED OUR IN OUR INVITATION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
I'M ALYSSA.
I WANT TO START WITH YOU.
TAKE ME TO THE LANDING ZONES.
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS LIKE FOR THE MIGRANTS WERE LIVING THERE AND STAYING THERE?
THE CONDITIONS ARE TERRIBLE.
>> FIRST OF WE WEREN'T INVITED IN AND WE HEARD A VOICE AUDIO THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MORE THAN 4 DAYS.
BUT 500 PEOPLE ONLY BARELY GETTING ONE MEAL A SO WE STEPPED IN THIS WEDNESDAY AND BROUGHT LOTS OF SUPPLIES.
PEOPLE NEED GLOVES THEY NEEDED THEY NEEDED NEW THEY BEAT JACKETS.
THEY HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE AT NIGHT WITH THEIR KIDS.
AND SO IT'S.
REALLY IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A PLACE WHERE THEY SLEEP, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BECOME.
WE THE STATIONS WERE BAD.
THIS IS MUCH WORSE.
IT'S MUCH MORE AS I WAS ABOUT TO ASK BROUGHT YOU GUYS.
I'M GETTING WAS WORK TOGETHER.
>> WE WORKED A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.
SO I WAS A VOLUNTEER LEAD AT DISTRICT 7.
VERONICA DISTRICT 12, 12 RIGHT?
SO TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE STAYING AT THE POLICE STATIONS AND THEN PEOPLE STAYING AT THESE BUSES.
IT'S MADE REALLY BECAUSE AT LEAST POLICE STATIONS, WE HAD SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR VOLUNTEERS.
>> WERE THERE OR ON CALL BE READY TO RECEIVE THEM AND BRING THEM ALL OF BASIC NECESSITIES YOU KNOW, SCREEN THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
WE MAKE SURE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THAT FOR THEM.
AND IT'S JUST NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL.
>> YOU KNOW, AS HUMANS, YOU KNOW, AS WHAT WOULD YOU SAY BOTHERED YOU THE WHEN YOU WENT TO THESE LANDING ZONES AND YOU STARTED TO WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
DID YOU >> STEPPED FOOT ONE OF THE BUSES ON MONDAY AND IMMEDIATELY I MIGHT BE A MOM AND HER CHILD SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR AND THERE ARE PEOPLE JUST THE BUS TO SCHOOL.
OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SITTING DOWN PEOPLE IN THE BACK SLEEPING ON THE BUS AND I START TALKING TO PEOPLE ASKING THEM QUESTIONS, ASKING THEM HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN THERE.
WAS GETTING 3, 4, 5, DAYS.
ASKED THEY'VE GOTTEN ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION.
THEY SAID NO ASKING, YOU KNOW, HALF AND THEY'RE EATING.
THEY'RE SAYING ONCE I SAID, HAVE YOU GOTTEN SHOWERS AND ACTUALLY I DIDN'T EVEN GET THE CHANCE TO ASK IF YOU'VE SHOWERS.
THEY WERE ASKING ME WHERE THEY COULD SHOWER BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 5 DAYS WITHOUT SHOWERING.
CAN IMAGINE.
YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
ALDERMAN URBAN GOING TO THE LENDING DO LANDING ZONE IS IN YOUR WARD.
IS A CITY COMMUNICATING WITH YOU?
>> AS WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE LANDING ZONE IN WHAT CAN BE DONE TO BETTER THE CONDITIONS.
I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE STATE IS IN THE PROCESS OF ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MORE OVER.
I WILL CALL IT A PERMANENT FACILITY WAS SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER THAN HAVING SOMEONE ON THE BUS FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE WAITING TO BE PLACED AGAINST.
WHAT IS YOUR MINDSET WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LANDING ZONE AND >> YOU'RE READING THESE ARTICLES IN YOUR READING, YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES THERE.
WHAT IS YOUR IT'S JUST IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
COORDINATION DOES NOT EXIST BETWEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
>> IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, IN THE AREAS, I MEAN, TO SEE PEOPLE JUST GET DROPPED OFF THE METRO STATIONS FIND A WAY TO THIS POINT WHO IS DISHEARTENING.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE TALK IT TREATMENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT BIT OF WE LOOK AT THE STORY.
WE'VE GOT 30,000 MIGRANTS FROM UKRAINE AND YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THEY WERE HERE AND TO ROUGHLY THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE COME FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER TO CHICAGO.
AND YOU HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE BOTTOM IS FALLING OUT OF EVERYTHING.
SO WE REALLY NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP DO WITH THE SITUATION SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DONE WITH UKRAINIANS HAVE BEEN THE ONGOING MESSAGE TO KNOW HOW LONG PEOPLE ARE IX.
THE ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY THERE AT THE LANDING ZONE.
>> INITIALLY, THE IT'S IT'S IT'S A LANDING ZONE AS WASN'T GO THERE SERVICE, GET PLACE TO MOVE FOR.
BUT THE CHALLENGES WITHOUT THE RESOURCES FINDING LOCATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS IS IS TOUGH.
>> THAT THAT 10, 0, YOU KNOW, 5 TON OUR STATE MAY BECOME A DAY OR 2.
AND THEN SOME IN SOME EXTREME CASES HAS BEEN 40.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE 60 DAY LIMIT THE CITY HAS IMPOSES PEOPLE.
WHAT YOU GET TO WANT TO GET INTO SHELTER ME, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO BO, YOU KNOW, GIVE PEOPLE STABILIZE THE MOVE THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
SOME PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND IT'S NOT PROVIDING THE NECESSARY MOTIVATION TO MOVE PEOPLE TO SOME SENSE APARTMENTS.
>> GOING BACK TO YOU ARE MENTIONING YOU WERE AT THE SHELTER YESTERDAY TO HELP ORGANIZE SHOWERS.
HOW DID THAT GO?
>> IT DIDN'T GO VERY WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES TELLING PERSON ABOUT THE PLANS I WAS WE WERE TRYING TO COORDINATE DONATIONS ALONG WITH THE SHOWERS WE SHOWED UP AND HE SAID, OH, I WAS WE HAVE NO PERMISSION TO BE HERE.
SO AT FIRST IT WASN'T ABOUT AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT WAS THE HOOKUP.
SO ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES NOT TO TREAT OUR NEW NEIGHBORS WITH DIGNITY.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SHOWER.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BEST MEAL OF THE DAY.
THIS IS JUST SO THEY CAN BE CLEANED AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF BEING THERE AND THE CITY'S RESPONSE INITIATIVES THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, RIGHT?
SO THE CITY KNOWS THAT THESE ARE VOLUNTEER LEAD GROUPS.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION HERE?
DID YOU MENTION THAT?
>> I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WERE IN THE BUS, BUT WHEN YOU WERE THERE FOR THE SHOWERS, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO GOAL AND?
>> WELL, WE COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE.
WE WERE TOLD MOMENT I STEPPED IN, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEER MEET SAID, OH, WE TOLD NOT TO GO IN THE BUSES AND HE SAID, OK, THEN MORE ORGANIZE, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDEWALK.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US NOT TO BE.
I MEAN, I'M ONE OF THEM SEND THEM A GRANT TO SO I I DID, YOU KNOW, GOING AND AND AND AND CHATTED WITH THEM.
I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THEM TO STEP OUT IN THE COLD SO I CAN GIVE THEM GLOVES.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE A NEW OF RESTRICTIONS.
I MEAN, THEY THEY FINALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S YOU CAN BE IN THE PUBLIC AREAS SO WE CAN BE ON THE SIDEWALK.
BUT ISSUE IS WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH CITY OFFICIALS.
WE'VE GONE TO THEIR MEETINGS AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE TO BE TOLD THINGS THAT COULD BE MENTION IN EMAIL.
SO WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE.
SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WE'VE WE REALLY PARTNER A LOT OF US WITH OFFICERS THAT REALIZE PARTNERING WITH US MAKE SENSE TO THEM.
YEAH, IT MADE THEIR JOB EAST HERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WELCOME THEM.
THAT WAS IT AND WANT TO CAME IN.
WE SPOKE SPANISH TO THEM.
WE GAVE THEM BLANKETS WITH EVERYTHING IN FOR FREE.
THESE EXACTLY INTERIOR GOING TO RUN WAYS.
WHY DO YOU DECIDE TO VOLUNTEER WAYS IS PERSONAL FOR YOU?
>> COME FROM A FAMILY OF YOU KNOW, MY MY GRANDPARENTS MIGRATED HERE IN THE 40'S.
WILSON THEN WAS MAINLY EUROPEAN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN IT CHANGE OVER TIME IT STILL MAY HOME.
AND SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO HELP TO GO AND ALL MEN ARE BEING SO MANY VOLUNTEERS.
IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO USE?
>> THEIR HELP?
I KNOW WORKING WITH THE WILLIAM C TRYING TO COORDINATE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON TODAY IS DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE COORDINATION, WHICH IS SEES JOB.
>> TO HEAR THE POINTS THAT THAT WOULD BE A WASTED DAY, OF COURSE, A DISHEARTENING.
AND THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE BETTER COORDINATION.
AGAIN.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO RESOURCES AND WE'RE TAKING THIS ON THIS DOES BURN OIL, WHICH IS A VERY HEAVY IN BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF WOULD DO IN A SHUNT.
LOOKS LIKE.
WELL, SHOULD LOOK LIKE OR NATION WILL LOOK LIKE ON THE COMMUNICATION WITH OUTSIDE INTO TEAMS IN REGARDS TO AND GET SUMMIT CITIES THAT ARE PAID TO WORK THROUGH SO PEOPLE OUT OF THE KINDS OF THE HEART TUNE FOR THIS ONE A HARNESS, ALL OF THE RESOURCES BECAUSE TODAY WANT TO HELP MAKE THIS EXPERIENCE POSITIVE POSSIBLE.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S SO HARD TO CONNECT BOTH TO GIVE THE CITY AND VOLUNTEER?
YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN'T COME TOGETHER?
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE GET WORRIED ABOUT LIABILITY AND SAFETY AND THEY THINK THAT IF WE GET TOO CLOSE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T SEE.
THE REALITY IS WE ARE ALREADY CLOSE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL US WHERE THE GAPS ARE.
KNOW THEM.
SO IT'S BEST TO JUST PARK IT WITH US.
WE KNOW IT'S A CRISIS.
WE THINGS AREN'T PERFECT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THAT ARE CURRENTLY LISTED THE ONES THAT HELP.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IS NOT THERE ON THE WEEKEND.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP ON THE WEEKEND AND THERE SAYING?
BUT WE NEED TO WAIT SO CURRENTLY WE TRY TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM MAKES A REALLY HARD SO FOR.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A SHOW LIKE US TO FIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE ARE VOLUNTEERS TO FIND OUT WHEN YOUR RIVALS ARE.
WE HAVE TO LEARN THAT FROM NEW NEIGHBORS.
WE HAVE LONG WE'RE NOT TOLD WHAT COOL IS NEW.
SO SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF GUESSED HE HAVE ENOUGH.
SO THEY JUST TOLD US, LOOK, THERE'S A NEW ARRIVAL.
WE WOULD BE THERE WITH A WELCOME KIDS.
JUST LIKE WE DID AT THE STATIONS WILL JUST TOLD THEM WHAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL OF FOR JOINING US.
IS THAT INFORMATION IN THE UPDATE?
>> UP NEXT, RENEWED CALLS FOR A BAN ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
WE SHARE THE LATEST.
>> SOME REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SAY THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH BERT WRITES, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE U.S.
UNLAWFULLY TO BE CLEAR RIGHT NOW, ANYONE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES A U.S. CITIZEN.
THE ISSUE HAS BECOME A PART OF A LARGER BEDROCK OF CONSERVATIVE PRIORITIES.
ENDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS ARE GLAD CONSCIOUS.
INCOMING 35TH WAR GOP COMMITTEE MAN AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM STEVENS.
I MEET US LAW PROFESSOR AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
THANK YOU, BILL, FOR JOINING US.
I WANT TO START WITH YOU.
WHY IS THERE A PUSH FOR THIS AMONG REPUBLICANS?
>> I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF INFLUX OF MIGRANTS COMING IN.
THE SITUATION NOW IS JUST BECOMING, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR FACE NOW THERE THERE'S A PUSH FOR.
FOR RIGHTS FOR.
FOR PEOPLE NOT HAVE SO MANY ENTITLEMENTS.
AND AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN IT'S NOT.
THE WHEN MY PARENTS CAME ARE THEIR PARENTS.
AS YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LOT THAT PEOPLE AND END RIGHT CITIZENSHIP SHOULD NOT BE.
HERE.
YEAH.
AND EVEN GOING TO YOU.
>> THE DEBATE OVER BIRTH RIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
ISN'T ANYTHING NEW.
IN 2018, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE PLANNED TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD END THE AUTOMATIC GRANT OF CITIZENSHIP TO THOSE BORN IN THE TOWN IN THE COUNTRY TO NONCITIZENS GOING TO YOU.
DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER?
>> NO, THIS SHOULD BE PART OF THE LAWLESSNESS OF DONALD TRUMP.
HE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION.
HE'S PROMISED TO BE A DICTATOR AND A WANT.
I THINK WE ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT.
SAID WANT TO MAYBE DAY TO HE'S GOING TO GET RID OF BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
HE DOES NOT HAVE THAT POWER.
AND I I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THE SUPREME COURT SAID OTHERWISE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION BUT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
>> AND TALKING ABOUT THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LEGAL PROCESS BE LIKE?
>> WELL, TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION, YOU NEED TO FIRST GET TWO-THIRDS OF CHARLES TO CONCUR AND THEN IT'S GOT TO GO TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION IN NEED THREE-QUARTERS OF THE STATES.
THAT'S THE LAW.
THAT'S THE LAW.
AND DONALD TRUMP.
>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW LAW.
SHOULD HE BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH HE MAY DECLARE THEMSELVES TO BE DICTATOR ON DAY ONE AS PROMISED.
>> IN GLASGOW INTO HOW HOPEFUL ARE YOU THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN?
GIVEN PAST PRESIDENTS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO.
I HOPE I HOPE IT PASSES CAUSE WE NEED TO GET IN CHECK.
YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT REWARD.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
IT JUST ENCOURAGES MORE LAWLESSNESS.
IN MY OPINION.
I UNDERSTAND HE THANKS.
DONALD TRUMP AS A DICTATOR IS THAT IT'S NOT THAT WAY AT I THINK OPEN BORDERS THAT THIS HAS JUST COME TO THE FOREFRONT.
AND EVERYONE SAYING THAT IN EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE UPSET.
LEASE HERE IN CHICAGO.
GUY THAT YOU SAID YOU ALSO TOLD LITTLE BIT OF RESTORE YOUR PARENTS.
THEY COME HERE.
MY DAD CAME HERE BEFORE MY MOM, DAD AND HE GOT HE BECAME A CITIZEN AND MY MOM CAME HERE AFTERWARDS.
SHIPPING CITIZEN HAD ME AND MY BROTHER AT THE TWIN BROTHER.
YOU KNOW, THEY DID IT THE RIGHT WAY.
THEY BECAME PRODUCTIVE AND WHAT THEY DO LIKE NOW THEY THEY WEREN'T GIVEN ANYTHING.
THEY WEREN'T GIVEN ALL THESE BENEFITS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE EVERYONE HAVING YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE SAME ANYMORE.
EVERY RESOURCES ARE JUST DEPLETED HERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO BETTER A SYSTEM TO JUST MAKE IT FASTER FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME LEGALLY.
YOU STEPHEN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON GLASS IS SAYING?
>> THE FIRST OF ALL, THE DICTATORSHIP COMMON.
I DIDN'T MAKE THAT UP.
THAT'S DONALD TRUMP IN RESPONSE TO SEAN HANNITY ON FOX TEAMS.
THOSE WORDS HE'S GOING TO BE DICTATOR ON DAY ONE.
SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER 2 IS, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS CAME HERE AND THEY DIDN'T.
THERE WAS DIDN'T.
THERE WAS NOTHING GIVEN TO THEY CAME AT A TIME WHEN THEY HAD EARN CITIZENSHIP AND THEY DID THEIR PARENTS DID BEFORE THEM.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED ALL REFLECTING WHAT WHAT BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP MEANS FOR EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION.
THE REPUBLICANS A PROPERTY IN CONGRESS.
YOU CAN PULL IT UP ON THE INTERNET QUITE EASILY.
THEY WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE PROVE THAT.
NOT ONLY WERE THEY BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT THAT THEIR PARENTS WERE CITIZENSHIPS WORK CITIZENSHIP, TOO.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE PAPERS TO GET A PASSPORT.
YOU HAVE TO BE APPROVED.
NOT JUST THAT YOU WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ISSUE ROUTINELY.
>> YOU HAVE TO PROVE PARENTS, WE'RE ALSO U.S. CITIZENS.
NOW YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA BURDEN OF PROOF.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ON THE PRECISE ISSUE THAT THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO CHANGE BY STATUTE.
AND THAT IS THE ISSUE OF WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
DIRECTLY FROM THE 14TH AMENDMENT.
>> AND SOMETIMES EVEN TALKING ABOUT THAT, I WANT TO BRING THAT UP THE 14 AMENDMENT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
WHICH GUARANTEES BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TO PEOPLE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES SAYS ALL PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES AND SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF JURISDICTION THERE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
REPUBLICANS HAVE ARGUED CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BORN IN THE U.S. SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS BROKE THE LAW TO BE IN THE COUNTRY THAT STEPHEN, HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO THIS INTERPRETATION THAN I WANT TO GO TO >> SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ALREADY GOLD.
CONTRARY TO THAT.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS THEY'RE TRYING TO OVERTURN THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT.
AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT BY STATUTE.
AND SO AS A RESULT, THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IS BY MONDAY, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
THAT'S THE LEAST RATE WAY TO DO IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WANT TO WEASEL THIS THROUGH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS.
I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVE NOT JUST THEY WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT THAT THEIR PARENTS WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES.
WHY?
BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTRA BURDEN OF PROOF ON SOMETHING AS FUNDAMENTAL AS CITIZENSHIP.
THE RIGHT I WANT I WANT TO GO TO GLADYS GLADYS, THE PAST.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
GLADYS, I WANT TO GO TO YOU.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
HOW SHOULD A POLICY ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP BE IMPLEMENTED?
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL WAY.
IT'S JUST.
>> SIMPLE NOTION THAT THE AMNESTY I'M NOT AMNESTY MEAN, WHY SHOULD YOU BE PARDON, RIGHT?
SHOULD.
>> YOU THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR MORE THAN 30, 40 YEARS, SHOULD THEY BE GRANTED AMNESTY?
THAT'S THAT'S THE AGE OLD QUESTION.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER BE FITS.
>> AND HERE BEFORE I HAVE BEEN AND IT'S GOING TO BE HERE LATER HOW THEY GO ABOUT DOING THAT.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S MORE SO WHO IS HERE NOW?
YOU KNOW, ARE THEY BEING PRODUCTIVE?
WHAT?
WHAT ARE THEY?
YOU KNOW, PULL TAXES.
ARE WE JUST GOING TO FUND THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
BUT ARE WE DOING OR JUST LETTING THEM?
YOU KNOW, NOT ACCLIMATE AND EVERYONE NEEDS ACTIVATE.
AND THAT'S WHY AMNESTY SHOULD GIVEN A LAWLESS.
THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD NOT MORE WELL, I I KNOW MY PARENTS AND THEY RECEIVE THEIR EMBASSY BACK IN IN 18TH 8 EASTERN, THE 80'S.
SOME, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IT WASN'T FOR THEM.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BOTH OF YOU FOR THIS CONVERSATION.
WE CAN KEEP GOING ON THIS DEBATE, BUT THIS IS ALL WE HAVE.
>> UP NEXT, PLANS TO TRANSFORM AN ABANDONED BUILDING IN LITTLE VILLAGE INTO A COMMUNITY WORKING SPACE.
BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.
LITTLE VILLAGE IS KNOWN FOR ITS BUSINESS CORRIDOR AND LATINO ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
NOW A SPACE COMING TO THE HEART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AIMS TO GIVE MORE RESOURCES TO THOSE HOPING TO KICK START A BUSINESS OF THEIR OWN.
ON THE CORNER OF 26TH STREET AND DRAKE AVENUE STANDS AN EMPTY 3 STORY BUILDING.
>> WE TOOK A BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 18, 80 AND INSTEAD OF TEARING IT DOWN, WE'VE DECIDED TO REINVEST IN THE BUILDING AND REVITALIZE THIS BUILDING AND SAVE IT CAME CLOSE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION OF LITTLE VILLAGE.
>> THE TEAM REHABBING THIS BUILDING INTO A COMMUNITY HUB.
>> IT'S ON A CORNER, WHICH WHY IT'S CALLED KENYA.
BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT INVESTING IN THE RESOURCES THAT ALREADY EXIST HERE AND BRINGING A NEW LIFE TO AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH LOCAL OPERATORS.
>> THE SPACE IS SET TO BE A SCHEME INCUBATE ARE IN CLOSE AS THEY'LL BE HOME TO LOOK AT CAFE IN FOOD HERO, LATINO LEAD CULINARY SCHOOL, BUT ALSO SPACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO EXPLORE THEIR IDEAS.
THE IDEA IS TO CREATE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM THAT BRINGS TOGETHER RESOURCES, PROGRAMMING, LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP EVERYBODY GROW.
>> LITTLE VILLAGE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLOSE AS THE CO-WORKING SPACE WILL GIVE PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ELEVATE THEIR BUSINESSES AND WORK TOGETHER.
>> THIS IS BEEN CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED IN THE SPACE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN BECAUSE BETWEEN 80 AND 90% OF THE ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE WORKING IN LITTLE VILLAGE DER INTERESTED IN FOOD BUSINESSES LIKE I WANT TO BRING US ALSO TO MARKET.
AND THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN IN LITTLE VILLAGE TO MEET THE NEEDS.
>> IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LITTLE VILLAGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE CITY AND PRIVATE GROUPS FUNDED THE PROJECT.
THE HUB WILL ALSO INCLUDE A MULTIMEDIA ROOM AND ARTISTS GALLERY AND AN EVENT SPACE.
>> LONG TERM, IT'S A PROJECT BASED CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION, CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING.
>> FACE ONE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE SUMMER WHEN THE COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THE CAFE IN COMMUNAL KITCHEN AND RIGHT IN FRONT ACTUALLY OF THAT BUILDING IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CAFES.
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