>>> GOOD EVENING , WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES.

I AM PHIL PONCE.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, BUT THE ELIMINATION OF CASH BAIL WILL LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE, FOLLOWING AN HISTORIC SUPREME COURT RULING.

>>> ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN U.S.

DETENTION FACILITIES, WHAT MORE CAN BE UNCOVERED.

>>> WE CELEBRATE 51 YEARS THIS WEEKEND.

AND THE WORK OF A CHICAGO-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER, HIS WORK IS FEATURED AT A NEW CENTER FOR PHOTOJOURNALISM.

ALL OF THAT IS COMING UP.

>>> OUR TOP STORY, ENDING CASH BAIL IN ILLINOIS.

WE EXPLORE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> ILLINOIS IS SET TO BECOME THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO ENTIRELY ELIMINATE CASH BAIL.

THIS, AFTER THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT UPHELD A CONTENTIOUS PORTION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM LAW, KNOWN AS THE SAFE-T ACT.

IT WILL TAKE PLACE STATEWIDE SEPTEMBER 18th.

WHAT WILL THIS HISTORIC MEASURE LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE?

JOINING US NOW ARE ERROL LOUDERMILK AS WELL AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF IMMIGRANT JUSTICE AT THE RESURRECTION PROCESS.

LOUDERMILK, IF I CAN BEGIN WITH YOU, TAKE US BACK, WHY THE PUSH FOR THE END OF CASH BAIL TO BEGIN WITH?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON.

I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS A PROUD MOMENT FOR OUR STATE.

ILLINOIS IS REALLY LEADING THE WAY IN THE COUNTRY WITH SYSTEMICALLY ADDRESSING THE HARM THAT COMES FROM OUR PRETRIAL SYSTEM.

I SAY HARM , BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY THE IMPETUS BEHIND THE PUSH FOR THIS.

IT IS THE HARM THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN PRETRIAL INCARCERATION, AND WHAT IT DOES TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO FAMILIES, YOU KNOW?

IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HELD PRETRIAL SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO PAY FOR THEIR BOND.

THAT VISION , TO REMAIN WITH A VERY QUICK BOND COURT HEARING, YOU KNOW?

A JUDGE HAS THE DETERMINATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOMEONE IS HELD PRETRIAL -- >> LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE LAW, MS. LOUDERMILK.

THE SUPREME COURT RULING SAYS THE ELIMINATION OF CASH BAIL IS NOW CONSTITUTIONAL.

THIS GRAPHIC EXPLAINS WHAT THAT WILL ENTAIL.

THOSE WHO ARE ARRESTED WILL APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE FOR THE INITIAL HEARING, AND PROSECUTORS CAN REQUEST THE DETENTION HEARING, AND IF THE DEFENDANT DOES NOT POSE A WILL BE RELEASED WITHOUT JAIL.

MS. LOUDERMILK, WHAT DOES THIS DECISION NOW MEAN IN PRACTICE?

HOW WILL IT WORK?

>> IN PRACTICE, IT MEANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH MORE INTENTIONAL HEARING PROCESS, WHERE A JUDGE CAN EVALUATE IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL POSES A RISK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT WILL BE THE DECISION FOR WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE HELD PRETRIAL.

IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, IF SOMEONE HAS ACCESS TO RESOURCES, THEY ARE ABLE TO PAY A CASH AMOUNT AND BUY THEIR FREEDOM.

THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE UNDER THE NEW LAW.

MONEY WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE EQUATION.

INSTEAD, THERE ARE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT A JUDGE MAY IMPOSE WHEN HE IS MAKING A CONSIDERATION FOR WHETHER OR NOT THIS INDIVIDUAL POSES ANY THREAT OR RISK TO SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY CAN IMPOSE OTHER CONDITIONS TO TRY TO PRESERVE COMMUNITY SAFETY WHEN THEY MAKE THE DETERMINATION THAT PRETRIAL INCARCERATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE.

>> YOUR TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

HOW IS THE OLD SYSTEM AFFECTING IMMIGRANTS?

>> YEAH, SEVERAL DOZEN ORGANIZATIONS, THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING ENDING CASH BAIL, PRECISELY BECAUSE , OFTENTIMES , DETAINING FOLKS BEFORE PRETRIAL , INDEPENDENT OF WHETHER THEY ARE GUILTY OR INNOCENT, WILL LEAD TO HARSHER CONVICTIONS.

THAT HAS A REALLY BAD EFFECT ON THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, OFTENTIMES LEADING TO DEPORTATION.

EVEN REVOKING PERMANENT RESIDENCE IT, IN SOME CASES.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY.

OFTENTIMES, IMMIGRANTS NEED TO CONSULT WITH BOTH AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND A DEFENSE ATTORNEY.

>> BUT THE JUDGE STILL HAS CONTROL, REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT A PERSON SHOULD BE RELEASED BEFORE TRIAL?

REMIND US, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS LIKE?

WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS BY WHICH A JUDGE CAN DETERMINE, NO, THIS PERSON WILL NOT BE RELEASED?

>> THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF OFFENSES BUILT INTO THE LAW.

THERE IS CAREFUL THOUGHT AND NEGOTIATION BY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.

IT IS DESIGNED TO REALLY PRIORITIZE SAFETY.

SOME CATEGORIES OF OFFENSES WOULD INCLUDE OFFENSES THAT ARE GUN-RELATED FELONIES , SEX CRIMES , ALL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES, THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES.

THE STATE MAY ASK A JUDGE TO HOLD SOMEBODY, BASED ON THE POTENTIAL HARM TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> FOR WANT OF A BETTER TERM, THOSE SAFETY MEASURES NOTWITHSTANDING THAT A LOT OF DANGEROUS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE STREETS AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE, HOW DO YOU REACT TO THAT?

>> WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE ARE BRINGING IS, WE ARE LISTENING TO CONCERNS AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS.

THIS BILL DOES NOT MAKE IT SO THAT FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME ARE GIVEN FREEDOM.

REALLY, WHAT IT IS, IT IS SAYING THAT AT LEAST AT THE PRETRIAL, BEFORE YOU ARE CONVICTED, EVERYBODY WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.

I THINK FAIRNESS IS DEFINITELY A VALUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL RESPECT.

AND WE ARE ABLE TO HANDLE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS UNDERSTAND THIS.

>> MS. LOUDERMILK, I WILL LET YOU RESPOND TO THIS.

SOME PROSECUTORS AND PEOPLE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SO STRONGLY AGAINST THIS.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF DANGEROUS PEOPLE BEING PUT ON THE STREETS?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE THING THAT REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS THIS CONCEPTION THAT INCARCERATION MAKES THE STREETS SAFER.

ACTUALLY, INCARCERATION MAKES OUR IMMUNITY LESS SAFE.

THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN HOLDING SOMEONE PRETRIAL AND THE HARM THAT COMES TO COMMUNITIES.

WHEN YOU HOLD SOMEONE, YOU ARE REDUCING THEIR ACCESS TO JOBS, HOUSING, AND OTHER IMPORTANT, STABLE RESOURCES THAT REALLY DO MAKE COMMUNITIES SAFER.

YOU KNOW, THERE HAS JUST BEEN THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT INCARCERATION, IN AND OF ITSELF, IS GOING TO MAKE COMMUNITIES SAFER.

BUT THAT IS JUST NOT TRUE.

THAT IS NOT WHAT THE DA SHOWS, EITHER.

>> WELL WHAT DOES IT SHOW , MS. LOUDERMILK?

>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE INCARCERATED, PRETRIAL, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY ARE REMOVED FROM ECONOMIC STABILITY, NUMBER ONE, THEY LOSE THEIR JOB.

WHEN THEY ARE EVENTUALLY RELEASED, MOST OF THEM, ONE YEAR LATER, REMAIN UNEMPLOYED.

WHEN YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED, THAT PERPETUATES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU ARE GOING TO COMMIT A CRIME IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.

INCARCERATING SOMEONE ACTUALLY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SOMEONE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM LATER, BECAUSE OF THAT ECONOMIC INSTABILITY THAT PRETRIAL INCARCERATION RESULTED.

PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DETAINED, SORRY, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DETAINED PRETRIAL HAVE MUCH BETTER OUTCOMES.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE PUSH SO HARD FOR THIS CHANGE.

>> I'M SORRY.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR INSIGHTS.

THANK YOU BOTH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIMS INSIDE I.C.E.

DETENTION FACILITIES.

STAY WITH US.

>>> WE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIMS IN IMMIGRATIONS CUSTOMS AND ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES.

THESE ARE ALSO KNOWN AS I.C.E.

DETENTION FACILITIES.

SHE TEAMED UP TO TELL THE STORIES OF THREE MIGRANT WOMEN WHO ALLEGE THEY WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED IN I.C.E.

DETENTION WHEN THEY WERE AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE, AND A MEDICAL SETTING.

HERE IS AN AUDIO EXCERPT FROM THE INVESTIGATION, TITLED IMMENSELY INVISIBLE.

>> SHE FOUND THAT HER EXPERIENCE IN I.C.E.

DETENTION WAS EVEN WORSE THAN PRISON.

>> YOU NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT SHARING A SHOWER OR NONE OF THAT.

>> SHE SAYS THAT THE BATHROOMS WERE OPEN AND SHE HEARD FROM OTHER WOMEN THAT THE GUARDS HAD A DIRECT VIEW OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE BATHROOM.

>> THEY WOULD SHADOW IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU ARE A MALE.

>> HOW OFTEN WOULD HAPPEN?

>> EVERY DAY.

>> JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS INVESTIGATION IS FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRODUCER FOR THE PBS NEWS HOUR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE JUST HEARD A CLIP FROM THE PODCAST.

WHAT HAS STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE?

>> MELISSA'S STORY IS VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT HOW THIS STORY IS UNFOLDING.

SHE HAS BEEN IN A DETENTION CENTER FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS.

SHE WAS AT A FLORIDA FACILITY DETENTION CENTER .

IT WAS SEXUAL HARASSMENT, ALLEGED SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

AND THAT WAS THE PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT , AND SHE ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT VOYEURISM, OPEN SHOWERS , YOU ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THAT IN THE CLIP THAT YOU JUST PLAYED.

IN -- ONE SECOND, I AM SO SORRY.

CAN WE DO THAT AGAIN?

>> NO.

CONTINUE.

WE ARE WITH YOU.

>> YOU HEARD HER TALK ABOUT THAT, IN THAT CLIP THAT YOU HAVE JUST SEEN.

AFTER SHE COMPLAINED, NOT MUCH WAS DONE ABOUT IT.

THAT IS REALLY WHAT STOOD OUT.

THAT , AND MANY MORE COMPLAINTS, ARE PUBLIC RECORDS AND THERE ARE OTHER TESTIMONIES FROM SURVIVORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A BIGGER DETENTION CENTER AND SHE FACED SIMILAR ABUSE.

ANGIE COMPLAINED AGAIN.

SHE WAS WARNED BY OFFICIALS, IF YOU KEEP REPORTING, YOU COULD FACE MORE RETALIATION.

>> YOU ARE FOCUSING ON SEVERAL WOMEN, BUT HOW WIDESPREAD MIGHT THIS BE?

THESE INSTANCES OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS, VOYEURISM, AND SO FORTH?

>> THAT IS WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT IN THIS INVESTIGATION.

THIS IS NOT JUST THE STORY OF MELISSA, VIVIANA, OR MARIA.

THIS IS WHAT REALLY COMES ACROSS, AFTER HAVING EXAMINED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN DETENTION CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS NOT ISOLATED TO ONE FACILITY OR ONE CITY.

IT HAS EMERGED SYSTEMICALLY IN OUR INVESTIGATION.

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SUBJECT FOUND, AFTER SO MANY YEARS -- NOT CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO CHANGE.

>> AS YOU MAY KNOW, IN CHICAGO, THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, COPA, IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT POLICE OFFICERS ENGAGED IN SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH MIGRANTS SLEEPING IN POLICE SHELTERS.

WHAT MAKES MIGRANTS SO INVISIBLE IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS?

>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

IN OUR INVESTIGATION, AS WELL, EXAMINING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED IN 2021 IN I.C.E.

FACILITIES, THE MAJORITY OF COMPLAINTS WERE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST I.C.E.

GUARDS , EMPLOYEES, PRISON OFFICERS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE POSITION OF POWER, WHO WERE MEANT TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN A DETENTION CENTER.

AND THESE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST THEM.

ABUSE OF AUTHORITY REALLY COMES TO THE FORE.

THEY DO NOT ENJOY THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF MOST AMERICANS.

IMMIGRANTS IN I.C.E.

FACILITIES DO NOT HAVE THOSE RIGHTS.

THEY ARE IN THESE FACILITIES, FAR OFF FROM RELATIVES OR FAMILY MEMBERS.

IT IS NOT EASY FOR AID TO REACH THEM.

THAT COMPLICATES THE PROBLEM EVEN MORE.

IT LEADS TO ABUSE, AND WHEN THEY DO COMPLAIN, THE COMPLAINTS ARE NOT BEING INVESTIGATED.

>> SO, HOW IS I.C.E.

REACTING TO THESE COMPLAINTS?

>> I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH I.C.E.

SINCE 2021 AND I HAVE BEEN ASKING THEM TO REVIEW THESE ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE THEM UP IN OUR BEST INVESTIGATIONS.

THEY HAVE QUOTE- UNQUOTE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TO SEXUAL ABUSE.

BUT IN TESTIMONIES AND INTERVIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, A DOZEN SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS.

WE DO BELIEVE THERE IS A PATTERN OF ABUSE IN DETENTION.

THERE ARE PATTERNS OF INVASIVE PATDOWN SEARCHES, TOUCHING OF GENITALS, GROPING.

THESE COMPLAINTS ARE ALL SIMILAR.

I.C.E.

HAS FAILED TO RESPOND TO THESE SECTIONS.

IT IS A PROBLEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT STILL REMAINS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST, IMMENSELY INVISIBLE, ON LATINO USA.

YOU CAN READ THE FULL INVESTIGATION AT LATINOINVESTIGATES.ORG.

STAY WITH US.

>>> WHEN YOU PICTURE CUBA, YOU MAY PICTURE THE VINTAGE CARS AND WEATHER-BEATEN BUILDINGS.

BUT TO PHOTOGRAPHER ALEX GARCIA, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE FULL PICTURE.

A CHICAGO NATIVE, GARCIA HAS BEEN TRAVELING TO AND DOCUMENTING CUBA FOR 30 YEARS.

HE HAS BEEN LEADING PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS AND WORKING AS A PHOTOJOURNALIST.

NOW, HIS WORK IS BEING FEATURED IN A SOLO SHOW AT THE RECENTLY-OPENED CHICAGO CENTER FOR PHOTOJOURNALISM.

TONIGHT, NICK BLUMBERG PAID HIM A VISIT.

>> Reporter: ALEX GARCIA FIRST VISITED HIS FAMILY IN CUBA IN 1995.

>> I WAS REALLY COMPELLED TO GO THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SEE THEM.

IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE CRISIS WHERE PEOPLE WERE BASICALLY JUMPING INTO THE OCEAN.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF CUBANS ON RAFTS AND BOATS WERE FLEEING TO THE UNITED STATES.

DESPITE BEING SPURRED BY THAT CRISIS AND THE FRAUGHT POLITICAL HISTORY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, GARCIA SAYS HE IS PRETTY NONPARTISAN.

>> I THINK THE ONLY TIME PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT IT IS IN A POLITICAL CONTEXT.

THE MORE WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AS PEOPLE, THE MORE WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AS NEIGHBORS.

I THINK THERE WILL BE A GREATER INTERSECTION OF UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION.

>> Reporter: AFTER HIS FIRST TRIP IN 1995, GARCIA RETURN AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT AND EVENTUALLY WORKED AS A PHOTOJOURNALIST WHEN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE OPEN A HAVANA BUREAU.

>> THE PICTURES HAVE MORE THAN NEWS ANGLE.

BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAD MORE BLACK AND WHITE TYPE OF CONTENT.

OVER TIME, IT WAS MORE COLORFUL.

AND IT WAS MORE APPRECIATIVE OF THE CULTURE.

>> Reporter: GARCIA 'S PICTURES ALLOWED THE HUMANITY OF HIS SUBJECTS TO SHINE, FREE OF PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS.

IT HAS CELEBRATORY MOMENTS AS BIG AS A FIREWORKS SHOW.

IT DOES NOT SHY AWAY FROM THE HARSH CONDITIONS, LIKE A MOTHER AND SON WHO WERE LEFT WITH LITTLE MORE THAN EACH OTHER.

>> PHOTOJOURNALISM IS AT ITS BEST WHEN IT TELLS STORIES THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND COMPLEX ISSUES IN A WAY THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD.

>> IT REQUIRES A LOT OF GUTS AND TENACITY.

THERE IS VERY LITTLE SUPPORT FOR PHOTOJOURNALISTS TODAY.

>> Reporter: DENISE KIND IS A LONGTIME STREET PHOTOGRAPHER AND EDUCATOR.

SHE OPENED CHICAGO CENTER FOR PHOTOJOURNALISM IN AN UPTOWN STOREFRONT.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BRING THIS BACKGROUND TO THE STREET LEVEL, JUST LIKE THE BODEGA, THE BUTCHER, THE BEAUTICIANS, AND THE COFFEE SHOPS.

>> Reporter: THE ETHICS OF PHOTOJOURNALISM WERE TAUGHT BY KIND AND SHE IS ALSO PLANNING AN AFTERSCHOOL SERIES FOR STUDENTS.

IT IS A WAY TO MAKE THESE IMPORTANT IMAGES LAST.

>> THE OLD SAYING, YOUR PHOTO WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND THE NEXT DAY IT IS IN THE KITTY LITTER BOX, RIGHT?

I AM MERELY CONCENTRATING ON LONG-TERM PROJECTS THAT PHOTOJOURNALIST HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME.

>> Reporter: ALEX GARCIA'S DECADES OF PHOTOGRAPHS FIT THAT BILL.

HE HAS OPENED A VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY AND HE RUNS WORKSHOPS IN CUBA, TAKING GROUPS ON PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS.

>> WE STAY IN PEOPLE'S HOMES, WE EAT IN RESTAURANTS RUN BY PRIVATE CITIZENS.

IT IS REALLY JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET CLOSE TO THE WARMTH AND THE OPENNESS OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES, I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

>> RESILIENCE AND LONGING IN CUBA , THE SHOW BY ALEX GARCIA BUT, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> EVER BE A FULL WEEKEND OF VENDORS, ARTISTS, AND FOOD IN TULSA.

THIS YEAR, ORGANIZERS ARE CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF A FESTIVAL THAT HAS SPANNED AN EIGHT-BLOT SPACE.

MORE THAN 100 BOOTS ARE EXPECTED ORGANIZERS SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR THREE YEARS.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT.

>> WE HAVE A SUPER WEEKEND.

IT WILL BE SUPER HOT.

THE SUN IS OUT.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE RETURN TO THE FESTIVAL.

WE HAVE OVER 50 VENDORS.

WE HAVE TWO STAGES OF ENTERTAINMENT OUR MAIN STAGE WILL BE IN THE PARK.

WE HAVE A FIESTA, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

MEXICAN BANDS, LOCAL BANDS, OF COURSE, DELICIOUS FOOD AND A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

THIS FESTIVAL CAME OUT OF PLANNING FROM THE COMMUNITY THANKS TO LEADERS AND STUDENTS AND EVERYONE WHO CAME TOGETHER TO DEMAND THE BUILDING OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT BECAME A BLOCK PARTY .

OVER THE YEARS, AND WE ARE NOW CELEBRATING 51 YEARS OF THAT INITIAL PARTY.

DEFINITELY ONE-OF-A-KIND , FAMILY-FRIENDLY , ALCOHOL-FREE, AND IT IS MADE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE HAVE OUR EXPOSITION, WHICH HAS DIFFERENT EXPOS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.

WE WILL BE COVERING IMMIGRATION, HOUSING, EATING HEALTHY, COLLEGE.

THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE FESTIVAL.

>> THE FESTIVAL RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY AND ADMISSION IS FREE.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

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FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO, THIS HAS BEEN CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES.

I AM PHIL PONCE AND I THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

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