>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "LATINO VOICES" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALLSTATE.

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>> GOOD EVENING, "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "LATINO VOICES".

I'M ALEX HERNANDEZ.

EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING FIVE AND SIX.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT EVICTIONS CAN RESUME IN ILLINOIS AFTER AUGUST 31.

WITH THE END OF THE MORATORIUM COULD MEAN FOR RENTERS IN CHICAGO.

>>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAID INDOOR MASKING IS REQUIRED♪ ♪ NEXT SEMESTER.♪ ♪ WE HAVE A RUNDOWN OF OTHER ♪ ♪ HEALTH PROTOCOLS IN PLACE ♪ ♪ FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.♪ ♪ >>> AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE HOLDS THE BACKUP PROGRAM A LEGAL BATTLE IS BREWING OVER IMMIGRATION RIGHTS.>>> A LOCAL MUSICIAN RINGS A PERUVIAN BEAT TO HIS JAZZ BAND.

ILLINOIS FOR NOVARTIS RELATED BAN ON EVICTIONS IS COMING TO AN END.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE STATE WILL ALLOW EVICTION ORDERS TO BE ENFORCED AFTER AUGUST 31.

MORE THAN 17 MONTHS AFTER THE MORATORIUM WAS ISSUED THIS COMES AS THE CITY AND STATE WITH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS HAD GRANTS THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS APPLY TO.

AND MEANWHILE BUILDING OWNERS ALLIANCE FOUND CHICAGO HOUSING PROVIDERS HAVE NOT BEEN PAID AT LEAST $1 BILLION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD MEAN, JOSEPH LOPEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SPANISH COALITION FOR HOUSING, AND MARIA HERNANDEZ GONZALES AT THE NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER.

AND -- HOUSING COUNSELOR AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US IN THE BACK TO START WITH LUZ FIRST.

HOW HAS IT AFFECTED THE CLIENT TO SERVE AND THEIR ABILITY TO PAY RENT?

>> IS HARD FOR THEM BECAUSE LANDLORDS DON'T WANT TO HELP THEM TO APPLY FOR THIS.

SO, IT IS REALLY VERY HARD BECAUSE SOME OF THEM, THEY DON'T GIVE THEM ANYTHING IN ORDER TO PROOF BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING IN CASH AND SOME OF THEM, THERE IMMIGRANTS STATUS, JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN.

[INAUDIBLE] THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO GIVE THE RENT.

>> DO THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT?

>> YES THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE.

THEY SAY I KNOW YOU ARE IMMIGRANTS STATUS, IS NOT GOOD OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT, JUST TO YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU ANYTHING.

JUST LIKE THAT.

>> JOSEPH, WHAT IMPACT DO YOU SEE OF THIS HAVING ON RENTERS ESPECIALLY IN LATINO COMMUNITIES?

>> I WAS SAY IT EXASPERATES WHAT HAD BEEN PRE-PANDEMIC AND THE BURNER FOR MANY HOUSEHOLDS.

WHAT THE END OF THE EVICTION MORATORIUM, THE IMPACT HEIGHTENS THE SENSE OF URGENCY FOR LANDLORDS AND RENTERS TO ACCESS THESE PROGRAMS.

BECAUSE YOU INDICATED AT THE TOP, THERE IS BEEN SEVERAL, 1,000,000,000 1/2 DOLLARS FUNNELED TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR HOUSING.

THE HOMEOWNERSHIP SIDE AND I THINK AROUND THE FUNDING THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE, RENTERS -- IT IS KEY THAT FOLKS ACCESS RESOURCES.

ACROSS THE CITY, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS.

>> GOING NOW, -- HOW DO YOU THINK LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND CONCERNS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION STATUS AFFECTED THE HOUSING IN THE CHICAGOLAND COMMUNITIES?

>> YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN HORRIBLE TODAY.

THE CLIENTS MOSTLY I SEE FORECLOSURE PREVENTION CLIENTS WE DON'T DO A LOT OF RENTAL BUT WE GET THE HOMEOWNERS.AND ACTUALLY HAVE UNITS BEING RENTED OUT AND THEY ARE NOT ONLY STRUGGLING WITH THEIR LOSS OF INCOME BUT NOW STRUGGLING WITH LOSS OF INCOME FROM THEIR ACTUAL TENETS.

THE LANGUAGE BARRIER IS AWFUL.

IT'S REALLY PRETTY AND HISPANIC COMMUNITY WHERE THEY DON'T REALIZE THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT THEY COULD BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF.

KIND OF LIKE BACK TO WHAT LUZ WAS SAYING EARLIER.

EMPLOYERS, TENANTS, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THE LANGUAGE BARRIER BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS OR THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE TO EVEN YOU KNOW DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE ANY SERVICES AVAILABLE.

I'VE HAD CLIENTS AND I MET WITH THAT HAVEN'T EVEN GONE AND APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BEING THAT THEY DO HAVE DOCUMENTS AND THEY ARE LEGAL IN THE STATE.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE BARRIER, THE EMPLOYER WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM OF THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT QUALIFY AND FOR THEM TO NOT GO AND APPLY.

>> THE CITY AND THE STATE ACTUALLY HAVE CREATED A VARIETY OF RENTAL AND LANDLORD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED.

MARIA, YOU'VE ACTUALLY DONE THIS.YOU'VE HELPED PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

WHAT IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS LIKE FOR THE RENTERS?

>> THE LIST OF DOCUMENTS, I REACH THEM AGAIN TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION.

AND YEAH LIKE, SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME LIKE TWO, THREE, FOUR TIMES TO REACH THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED A RENT RECEIPT OR THEY CAN PAY CASH AND THEY NEED A LETTER FROM THEIR EMPLOYER.

THAT THEY ARE GETTING YOU KNOW, CASH, THE INCOME.

AND YEAH -- >> THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL THE DOCUMENTS READY PANACHE.

>> YEAH.THAT AND SOMETIMES, THEY ARE AFRAID TO GIVE THE NAME AND THE NUMBERS FROM LANDLORDS.

OR A COMPANY.

>> THIS WILL GIVE US A PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON FOR EXAMPLE, CHICAGO'S MOST RECENT ROUND OF GRANTS YOU ARE SEEING THE GRAPHIC HERE.

MORE THAN 26,000 PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED FOR $137 MILLION IN GRANTS.

BUT THE CITY HAS JUST $80 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THE GROUND.

THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MORE FUNDING IN THE FALL AND THE STATE EXPECTS TO DO ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF RENT AS WELL.

JOSEPH, ARE THE ASSISTANT PROGRAMS ENOUGH TO PREVENT WILL FEEL LIKE WHAT COULD BE A LOOMING HOUSING CRISIS?

>> I THINK IT'S A GOOD START.

IN A SENSE TO ENSURE THAT STABILIZATION HAPPENS IN THE SHORT TERM.

I THINK THE LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT THE MORTGAGE RATES A SMALL LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, RELY HEAVILY ON RENTAL PAYMENTS FOR THE MORTGAGE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THE NEAR TERM, HOUSING STABILITY CURRENTLY, SHORT-TERM STABILIZATION AND LONG-TERM ALSO REQUIRES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE RELIEF FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL.

AND WE ARE SEEING RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, -- >> I WANT TO MOVE NOW, WE ARE SHORT ON TIME, YOU ALSO WORK WITH HOMEOWNERS TRYING TO KEEP THEIR HOMES FROM FORECLOSURE.

WHAT CHALLENGES ARE THEY RUNNING INTO?

>> RIGHT NOW I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF OUR LATIN X COMMUNITY ARE IN CONVENTIONAL MORTGAGES MEETING ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR FHA MORTGAGES AND FOR THE CONVENTIONAL MORTGAGES, THESE THINGS DON'T HAVE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS MEANING THAT WHILE YOU SEE ON TV OR HEAR ON THE RADIO PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE FORBEARANCE.

FOR A LOT OF THE LATIN X COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THOSE CONVENTIONAL LOANS THAT ARE NOT BACKED BY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR THEM.

THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SPEND THE FORBEARANCE.

SOME ARE NOT EVEN ABLE TO GET A FULL FORBEARANCE.

I'VE SEEN CLIENTS DOING THE MATH I KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD BE RECEIVING COMPLETE FORBEARANCE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE BEST I CAN DO FOR THEM BECAUSE THE BANK HAS TO MEET REQUIREMENTS IS A PARTIAL FORBEARANCE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.

I LIKE TO END WITH YOU, LUZ.

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL RENTERS AT THIS TIME THAT ARE FACING THIS ISSUES AND THAT THEY NEED HELP STILL?

>> I THINK WE TRY TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT DOCUMENTS THEY MIGHT NEED AND GIVE THEM TIME AND I KNOW IT'S HARD AND IT IS NOTHING BEEN EASY.

AND THERE'S A PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A PROCESS FOR MORTGAGE, >> TIME IS ENDING, THE EVICTION COMES TO AN END AUGUST 31.

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR TIME IS ALSO COMING TO AN END.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US A PEER JOSEPH LOPEZ, LUZ GONZALES AND -- >> THANK YOU SO MUCH!

>> UP NEXT, WHAT WOULD CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE WHEN CLASS RESUMES NEXT MONTH?

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM NEXT MONTH.

NOT JUST BRINGING SCHOOL SUPPLIES WITH THEM.THE DISTRICT HAS ANNOUNCED ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A FACE MASK.

INDOORS, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT HEALTH PROTOCOLS FOR THE FALL SEMESTER?

>> Reporter: LIKE YOU SAID, THE BIG ONE IS THAT MASKS MUST BE WORN INDOORS BY EVERYONE.

STUDENTS AND STAFF ALIKE.

UNLESS THEY ARE EATING.

THAT IS THE MAIN REQUIREMENT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY.

CPS WILL ALSO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS REMAIN ABOUT AT LEAST THREE FEET APART FROM EACH OTHER WELL INDOORS.

YOU CAN KEEP THE SOCIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.

THEY WILL ALSO SPLIT UP STUDENTS FOR MEALS.SOME WILL BE EATING IN THE CAFETERIA AND SOME BULLY IN THE CLASSROOM.

WHILE THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE IN PLACE FOR INDOORS WHILE STUDENTS ARE OUTDOORS FOR RECESS OR SPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK.

>> RIGHT.

WE HAVE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE PER THE PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE REGARDLESS OF VACCINE STATUS.

>> CPS HAS BEEN RUNNING VACCINATION EVENTS FOR STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT NOW, A FEW MONTHS NOW.

AS WE KNOW WITH THE CITY AND EVERYONE 12 YEARS AND OLDER CAN GET THE VACCINE.

CPS IS PLANNING TO RAMP THE EFFORTS UP IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS AS WELL.THEY WILL HOLD DEDICATED IN SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO GET THE VACCINE.

THEY WILL ALSO BE HOLDING SOME VACCINATION EVENTS SPECIFICALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES WITH SOME OF THE LOWEST VACCINE RATES.

WHILE THE DISTRICT WANTS TO GET EVERYONE VACCINATED BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR AGAIN THEY WILL KEEP EFFORTS UP ONCE THE SCHOOL STARTS AS WELL IN AUGUST.

>> STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL BE RETURNING TO HIM PERSONALLY NEXT MONTH.

IS EVERYONE ON BOARD WITH THAT?

>> OFFICIALS HAVE MADE CLEAR FOR A WHILE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE GOAL.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE GOAL.

UNLESS THERE'S A MEDICAL EXEMPTION EVERYONE WILL BE BACK WITH IN PERSON LEARNING.THERE ARE STILL ONGOING BARGAINING WITH THE TEACHERS UNION THAT MADE SOME DEMANDS FOR STUDENT REQUIREMENTS AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF STUDENTS BEING VACCINATED.

ALSO SOME VENTILATION IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AMONG SOME OTHER CHANGES THAT THEY WANT IN PLACE BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.

THE TEACHERS UNION IS STILL PUSHING FOR TEACHERS AND KIDS TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE WILL DEFINITELY BE WATCHING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN READ THE FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, www.WTTW.com/ NEWS.

UP NEXT, BRANDIS FRIEDMAN WITH WHAT A RECENT COURT RULING COULD MEAN FOR DACA RECIPIENTS IN A CONVERSATION RECORDED EARLIER.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA IS NOW IN LIMBO.

AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS PUT A HALT ON THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILD ARRIVALS IMMIGRATION POLICY OR DACA ON FRIDAY.

UNDER DACA INDIVIDUALS BROUGHT TO AMERICA'S CHILDREN, ARE ALLOWED TO AVOID DEPORTATION THROUGH TWO-YEAR RENEWABLE PERIODS.

DACA WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN 2012 IS A PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM.

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE -- REFERENCED THIS IN WHICH THE POLICIES WAS ESTABLISHED AND RELIT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

JOINING US, LAURA REESE SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW FOR HOMELESS OCCURRED AT HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

AND A CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK IN WASHINGTON D.C. PETE AND VANESSA ESPARZA LOPEZ MANAGING DIRECTOR -- HERE IN CHICAGO, WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

VANESSA, LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE NEWS ON FRIDAY, AND WHAT HAVE YOU HEAR FROM CLIENTS?

ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE DREAMERS?

>> SURE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

BEFORE WE GET TO THAT I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE VIEWERS WHO IS AT THE CENTER OF THESE LEGAL AND POLITICAL BATTLES.

THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS, OUR LOVED ONES.

OUR COWORKERS AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO FORGET ABOUT THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

BUT IN GENERAL, THERE IS FRUSTRATION THAT WE HAVE FROM CLIENTS, CONFUSION WITH DIFFERING DISTRICT COURT DECISIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY AND THEN BEFORE THAT IN DECEMBER.

AND DISAPPOINTMENT FROM OUR CLIENT.

>> AND WHAT WAS THE REASONING FOR THE JUDGE'S RULING ON THIS PROGRAM?

>> SURE, THE JUDGE RULED THAT THE DACA PROGRAM IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE IT IS THE AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH IMMIGRATION LAWS.

INCLUDING PROVIDING IMMIGRATION BENEFITS FOR WHATEVER POPULATION.

AND IN THIS CASE, IT WAS THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, BY SIGNING A MEMO THAT CREATED THE PROGRAM.

AND IT DID NOT EVEN FOLLOW THE ADMINISTERED PROCEDURES ACT TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN ALLOW -- BUT CONGRESS IS THE AUTHORITY AND THEREFORE THE JUDGE RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT BUT HOW DOES THE RULEMAKING PROCESS DIFFER FROM OBVIOUSLY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER LIKE THE ONE PRESIDENT OBAMA DID IN 2012 THAT ESTABLISHED DACA.

>> CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY FOR BENEFITS AND SO INCLUDING WORK AUTHORIZATION WHICH IS PART OF THE BENEFITS.

EVEN IF THE ADMINISTRATION FILES A RULE TO PROVIDE THE BENEFIT, CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY AND CONGRESS HAS CONSIDERED SUCH LEGISLATION MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS BUT HAS FAILED TO PASS SUCH A BILL WHICH IS WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HAD SECRETARY TO THE PROGRAM VIA MEMO.

>> ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS PEOPLE WITHIN THE DACA PROGRAM AND RECEIVED THE STATUS.

WHAT DOES THE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL PROCESS ENTAIL?

>> IF I COULD JUST RESPOND WITH REGARDS TO THE RULING.

WE STILL FEEL THE JUDGE'S RULING WAS ERRONEOUS.

THE FACT IS THAT OUR US IMMIGRATION LAWS PROVIDE AUTHORITY TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND HOW IT ENFORCES THE IMMIGRATION LAWS.

SO THEY CAN CHOOSE TO NOT DETAIN OR DEPORT MEMBERS.

AND CAN ALSO PROVIDE A RELIEF PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUALIZED -- LIKE THE DACA PROGRAM DOES.

IN TERMS OF DACA PROCESS ITSELF, THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION THAT GOES ALONG TO SUPPORT THE APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY.

AND THEY GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECK AFTER WHICH POINT, THE AGENCY DOES MAKE AN INDIVIDUALIZED DETERMINATION AND THAT IS POSSIBLE MORAL DISCRETION WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT THE BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

>> OF COURSE WE'LL TALK ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE HERE IN MANY CASES WERE BROUGHT HERE AS CHILDREN AND HAVE FULLY GROWN UP IN THIS COUNTRY UP TO THIS POINT.

WHY SHOULDN'T THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS BE PROTECTED?

OR IS IT JUST A MATTER OF HOW THE PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED?

>> IN ADDITION TO HOW THE PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED, REWARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS BAD POLICY BECAUSE IT BEGETS MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

AND WE ARE SAYING THAT PLAY OUT EVERY DAY RIGHT NOW IN THE BORDER CRISIS.

JUST THIS YEAR, 95,000 UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN HAVE COME TO THE BORDER.AND THEY HAVE BEEN LET IN.

THE MINISTRATION CONTINUES TO SAY, IF YOU COME AS AN UNACCOMPANIED CHILD, WE WILL LET YOU IN WHICH IS INCENTIVIZING AND ENCOURAGING MORE PARENTS TO PUT THEIR CHILDREN INTO THE HANDS OF TRAFFICKERS AND BRING THEM TO THE UNITED STATES.

IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THESE TRAFFICKERS HAVE NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.

IT IS BAD POLICY AND IT IS DANGEROUS.

AMERICANS HAVE VERY GENEROUS AND IMMIGRATION SYSTEM BUT WE WANT A ORDERLY SYSTEM AND REVALUE LIFE.

THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING LAWFUL IMMIGRATION.

>> VANESSA, WE KNOW DACA HAS BEEN LEGALLY CHALLENGED NUMEROUS TIMES BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

MAY 2020 SUPREME COURT CALLED THE FORMER PRESIDENT EVEREST IN THE PROGRAM QUOTE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.

WOULD YOU SAY IT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT?

BECAUSE ADDITIONALLY, CONGRESS HAS FAILED TO PASS THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION.

WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU?

>> YOU KNOW, IT TELLS ME THAT CONGRESS REALLY NEEDS TO GET TOGETHER NOW.

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND CONGRESS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THROUGH THE RESOLUTION PACKAGE, THAT IS AND CONGRESS NOW.

THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE STATUS NOT JUST TO DACA RECIPIENTS BUT TO A VAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RECIPIENTS, FARMWORKERS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

AND THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS TO GO THROUGH AN ACT DACA BECAUSE CONGRESS WAS NOT GETTING HIS ACT TOGETHER AND PASSING ANYTHING.

NEARLY 10 YEARS LATER, NEXT JUNE WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY AND WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A RESOLUTION.

SO, WE CAN DEBATE THE INTRICACIES OF THE RULING BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT IS TIME FOR CONGRESS TO DO ITS JOB.

>> LASTLY ON THAT SAME POINT, WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTIONS FOR DACA?

SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM AS PART OF BUDGET RECONCILIATION.

>> IMMIGRATION IS NOT INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE TRYING TO JAM THROUGH A BILL THEY CANNOT GET 60 VOTES FOUR.

USING BUDGET RECONCILIATION TACTICS BECAUSE THE ONLY NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VOTES.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT WANT MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

THEY WANT A LAWFUL SYSTEM AND THEY WANT THAT RESPECTED AND KNOWN WANTS IT MORE THAN IMMIGRANTS WHO HAD COME THEMSELVES LAWFULLY.

>> OKAY WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS TO VANESSA AND LAURA FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE ARE BACK WITH MORE AFTER THIS.

>> A CHICAGO-BASED MUSICIAN PLAYS A TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT AND MODERN JAWS SETTING.

HOW MAY DRUMMERS DO ACTUALLY SEE PLAY ON THE SEAT THERE SITTING ON?

OUR PRODUCER MIGHT LOOK A PERCUSSION ARTIST THAT IMPORTS SOUTH AMERICAN RHYTHM TO THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.♪ ♪ >> SWITCHING FROM HIS DRUM ♪ ♪ KIT TO -- MID SONG.♪ ♪ >> IS AN UPPER PERUVIAN ♪ ♪ INSTRUMENT.♪ ♪ THAT I GREW UP PLAYING.♪ ♪ MOST PERUVIAN PEOPLE KNOW ♪ ♪ WHAT IT IS.♪ ♪ A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST, IS ♪ ♪ KIND OF A POPULAR THING NOW ♪ ♪ EVEN FOR MUSICIANS.PEOPLE ♪ ♪ NOT MUSICIANS TO HAVE THAT ♪ ♪ IN THEIR HOME.IT IS A ♪ ♪ SIMPLE INSTRUMENT AND IS ♪ ♪ USED FOR MOST PERUVIAN ♪ ♪ DANCES.♪ ♪ >> JUAN PASTOR GREP IN THE ♪ ♪ CAPITOL CITY OF LIMA.♪ ♪ >> THE FIRST 20 IS MY LIFE ♪ ♪ I LEARNED A LOT OF FOCUSING ♪ ♪ ON PERUVIAN PERCUSSION ♪ ♪ INSTRUMENTS.♪ ♪ HOW TO TRANSFER THE SOUND OF ♪ ♪ THE DRUM SET.♪ ♪ WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE ♪ ♪ ALLOWED PEOPLE FROM ♪ ♪ DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES HANG OUT IN CLUBS.♪ ♪ AND A LOT OF THESE CLUBS HAVE JAZZ BUT WHY DO I SAY JAZZ?

BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE THE JAZZ THEY WILL FIND MAY BE IN THE US WHEN YOU GO TO A JAZZ CLUB.♪ ♪ IT'S MORE LIKE SOME FUSION ♪ ♪ BETWEEN PERUVIAN MUSIC AND ♪ ♪ IT COULD BE FROM THE UPPER ♪ ♪ PERUVIAN CULTURE, COULD BE ♪ ♪ FROM THE ANDES.♪ ♪ THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS, ♪ ♪ THEY ARE DOING THEIR OWN ♪ ♪ THING WHICH IS REALLY COOL.♪ ♪ THEY ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW.>> HE LEFT PERU ♪ ♪ TO STUDY AT NORTHERN ♪ ♪ ILLINOIS AND FOUND A BAND.♪ ♪ >> THIS IS MY TRIBUTE ♪ ♪ CREATING THE MUSIC.♪ ♪ IT IS THE INFLUENCE, WHO I ♪ ♪ AM NOW AS A PERSON WHO GREW ♪ ♪ UP IN PERU AND LATER ON ♪ ♪ DEVELOPED MUSIC IN THE ♪ ♪ STATES.♪ ♪ >> HE'S ALSO AN IN DEMAND ♪ ♪ LAYER HAS WORKED WITH ♪ ♪ CERTAIN MUSICIANS.♪ ♪ MUSIC RUNS IN THE FAMILY.♪ ♪ >> MY MOTHER, SHE IS A ♪ ♪ PERUVIAN SINGER.♪ ♪ MY FATHER AS WELL AS A ♪ ♪ MUSICIAN.♪ ♪ HE IS A BASS GUITAR PLAYER.♪ ♪ ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS ALSO ♪ ♪ I DO MUSIC IS HAVING MUSIC ♪ ♪ IN THE HOUSE.NOT ♪ ♪ NECESSARILY LIKE LEARNING ♪ ♪ BUT PERFORMING.♪ ♪ EVERY DAY, HEARING MUSIC.♪ ♪ >> AFTER 13 YEARS IN THE ♪ ♪ CHICAGO REGION, STUDENT ♪ ♪ VISAS, HE IS STILL TRYING TO ♪ ♪ GET HIS GREEN CARD.>> IS ♪ ♪ AMAZING IT IS STILL VERY ♪ ♪ HARD FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAVE ♪ ♪ BEEN DOING THE RIGHT THINGS ♪ ♪ IN TERMS OF GETTING ♪ ♪ PAPERWORK.♪ ♪ STILL A LONG PROCESS AND ♪ ♪ EVEN AFTER SHOWING ALL OF ♪ ♪ THESE THINGS, THE PROCESS, ♪ ♪ THEY WILL ASK ME FOR LOTS OF ♪ ♪ EVIDENCE LIKE THINGS LIKE ♪ ♪ YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GRAMMY I ♪ ♪ HAVEN'T GOT THAT YET BUT ♪ ♪ HOPEFULLY THE NEXT ALBUM ♪ ♪ WILL CUT IT!♪ ♪ >> WHILE I LOVE BEING IN♪ ♪ PERU AND BEING CLOSE TO MY ♪ ♪ FAMILY, CHICAGO I CAN SAY IS ♪ ♪ MY HOME .♪ ♪ >> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

>> SALLY, JUAN PASTOR JUST RETURNED TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF HIS FATHER AND ASKED THAT WE DEDICATE TONIGHT STORY TO HIS MEMORY.

HE IS WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM, HIS BAND JUST ANNOUNCED TWO SHOWS NEXT MONTH YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT IS OUR CHAUFFEUR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT "BLACK VOICES".

MORE WOMEN ARE DYING IN US JAILS, WE WILL TALK WITH FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN ABOUT THAT AND MORE.

PLUS, THE LAST WORD ON WHY IT IS TIME FOR MORE BLACK FOLKS TO ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS.

AND DON'T FORGET TO TUNE IN ON UNIVISION CHICAGO EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING.

NEXT WEEK ON "LATINO VOICES" MICHAEL PARENTE WILL BE HERE IN THE HOST CHAIR.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, "LATINO VOICES", ♪ ♪ THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART ♪ ♪ OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.♪ ♪ [MUSIC]