GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

LETS YOU KNOW VOICES SOME YESTERDAY WE SHOWED YOU GOTTA GO WHICH AIRS EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 5, 6, ABOUT HAS THE EVENING OFF ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

WE CAN FIX THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN CELEBRATES THE 12TH ANNIVERSARY OF DHAKA.

WELL ANNOUNCING A NEW POLICY SHIELDING SOME UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS FROM DEPORTATION.

IT'S A COOLER TODAY, BUT THOSE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE SET TO RETURN THE IMPACT HEAT WAVE HAVING ON WORKERS.

BEING A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN FOR ME.

AND WE TAKE YOU INSIDE A DANCE STUDIO PROMOTING BODY INCLUSIVITY.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

GO ADVOCATES FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE CELEBRATING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S NEW POLICY PROTECTING SOME UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS FORM DEPORTATION.

IT COMES AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION'S ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER THIS WEEK.

A NEW EXECUTIVE ACTION THAT WOULD ALLOW CERTAIN UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF U.S. CITIZENS TO APPLY FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY WITHOUT LEAVING THE COUNTRY BEFORE UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND UNDOCUMENTED PERSON WHO ENTERS THE COUNTRY AND MARRIES A U.S. CITIZEN.

US FIRST REQUEST PAROLE BEFORE APPLYING FOR RESIDENCY.

A PROCESS THAT REQUIRES HIM TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST IMMIGRATION POLICY VICTORY SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DHAKA.

AND FOR THE SPOUSES OF U.S. CITIZENS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN LIVING HERE AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE VIBRANCY OF OUR COMMUNITIES FOR 10 OR MORE YEARS.

THEY NOW HAVE A PATHWAY TO STAY TOGETHER AND TO APPLY FOR LEGAL RESIDENCY.

REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING BACK ON THE PLAN SAYING IT WOULD ONLY ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO THE U.S.

ILLEGALLY.

OFFICIALS SAY THE ACTION WOULD IMPACT AROUND 500,000 FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S HOPING TO START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS TOPIC COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY IS MAKING AN EXIT 4 WEEKS BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

ILLINOIS GOP CHAIR DON TRACY ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION CITING PARTY POWER STRUGGLES.

HE ALSO SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THE STATE PARTIES TAKING.

IN A STATEMENT, TRACY SAYS, AND I QUOTE, IN BETTER DAYS, ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS CAME TOGETHER AFTER TOUGH INTER PARTY ELECTIONS.

NOW, HOWEVER, WE HAVE REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD RATHER FIGHT OTHER REPUBLICANS THEN ENGAGE IN THE HARD WORK OF DEFEATING INCUMBENT DEMOCRATS BY CONVINCING TWEEN BORDERS TO VOTE REPUBLICAN TRACI GOES ON TO SAY HE WILL RESIGN WHEN A SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED.

PREFERABLY NO LATER THAN JULY 19TH THE BAY AFTER RNC ANTS AND OFFICIALS ARE EXPANDING THE CITY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FAMILIES IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.

SENIOR OFFICIALS SAY THE EXPANSION TO THE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL VICTIMS FUND WILL COST ROUGHLY 10 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS.

THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2022.

WITH JUST 5 COMMUNITIES.

BUT IT'S NOW EXPANDING TO 15 ACROSS THE THE FUND PROVIDES $1500 FOR FUNERAL BURIAL EXPENSES TO RESIDENTS WHOSE FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND ALSO $1000 TO HELP COVER BASIC NEEDS AND TEMPORARY RELOCATION COSTS.

CHICAGOANS ARE GETTING A BREAK TODAY FROM THE RECORD-BREAKING HEAT WAVE.

BUT YOU MAY BE SHORT-LIVED.

SWELTERING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH TOMORROW'S FORECASTED HIGH AT 90 DEGREES WITH A TOAST.

THE 96 DEGREES PREDICTED FOR SATURDAY FOR INFORMATION AND COOLING CENTERS IN THE CITY.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

UP NEXT, WE EXPLORE A SWEEPING CHANGE TO U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY SAY WITH US.

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

ADVOCATES ARE CALLING IT THE MOST EXPANSIVE FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR IMMIGRANTS OVER A DECADE.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON FIELD EXECUTIVE ORDER PROTECTING ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES OF U.S. CITIZENS FROM DEPORTATION.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS ADVOCATES CELEBRATE THE 12TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM.

BETTER KNOWN AS DOC BIDEN'S POLICY.

ALSO EXPEDITES WORK VISAS FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DHAKA RECIPIENTS WHO ARRIVED IN THE U.S. AS CHILDREN.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ARE LOW TIME IN IMMIGRATION ORGANIZER OF THE REST ARE ACTION PROJECT DURING A TO B ASSUME JAIME BEEFALO PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ILLINOIS HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEVERAL THAT HE IS CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT ILLINOIS WORKERS ACTION.

I WANT TO WELCOME ALL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY ON VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

AS WE ALL KNOW LOUD.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU SINCE YOU'RE THE ONE HERE WITH US.

PHYSICALLY GETTING YOU TAKE DHAKA WHEN YOU'RE 24 YEARS OLD.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR A PERSONAL JOURNEY AND THE IMPACT HAS HAD ON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

YEAH.

DOT COM WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF MY HISTORY AND MY STORY HERE IN THE U.S.

SO I WAS 24 MEANING THAT I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A POW TOO.

I JUST MY STAFF IS REALLY WAS YOU KNOW, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO THINK ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE BECAUSE IT MEANT THAT ONCE I GRADUATED, I WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITHOUT A WORK PERMIT.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE THOUGHT OF LIKE, IS IT WORTH IT TO GO TO SCHOOL WHEN YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO HAVE A PATH?

AND THEN AT 24, I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT WORK PERMIT THAT ALLOW ME ACTUALLY MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK AND THEN ALLOWED ME TO GO AND START WORKING IN THE CAREER IN MY CAREER.

SO YOU HAVE NOW WORKING IN A SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS.

I WAS ABLE TO TO BUY A HOUSE, TOO, BY A CAR TO REALLY START THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT.

NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR MY PARENTS WHO ARE STILL ONE DOCUMENTED.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN THAT WAY.

HOW WOULD GAMING LONG-TERM SEDITION BENEFIT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AS WELL?

YES, THE RAIN NOW WITH DHAKA.

UP IN THE COURT.

SO FOR THE PAST 6 YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY KNOWN IF THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS A HOMEOWNER, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DO GET A POINT AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF THERE ARE A LOT OF AN ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO THE ABILITY TO HAVE A PATH REALLY ALLOWS ME TO THINK LONG TERM ABOUT MY LIFE HERE IN THE U.S. AND PLAN OUT MY FUTURE.

DEFINITELY DE SILVA, YOUR STORIES A LITTLE DIFFERENT, RIGHT?

YOU DO HAVE DHAKA ACTUALLY, YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 15 YEARS AS AN UNDOCUMENTED DREAMER.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE DHAKA.

MY FAMILY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY.

YOUR VERDICT.

I DON'T HAVE DOT COM.

A FAMILY RIGHT HERE IN 2009, I'M MARRIED.

AND WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN TO ME.

IT'S GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD HAVE A PATH TO GET A WORK PERMIT AND LEGALIZE MY STATUS WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

AND THIS MEANS EVERYTHING FOR MY FAMILY.

MARRIED.

I HAVE 2 CHILDREN.

2 SMALL CHILDREN, AND IT WOULD JUST MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER FOR US FOR ME NOT HAVING TO TO THINK THAT THAT THAT LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

YEAH.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOW WOULD CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US HOW THIS COMPLICATED PROCESS AND THE RISKS INVOLVED IN DOING THAT?

SO BASICALLY NO ATTACKS PAYING OUR STATUS IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO RIGHT.

BUT NOW WITH WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE, CREATED A PATHWAY WHERE I CAN STAY IN.

UNITED STATES TRYING TO ADJUST MY STATUS BASICALLY WANT TO REQUIRE ME TO GO TO THE COUNTRY ON MEXICAN SIDE, HAVE TO GO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

HOW MY POINT.

AND THERE AND THEN BECAUSE WE ENTER THE COUNTRY WITHOUT INSPECTION THAT WE WANT TO GET IT AUTOMATICALLY ARE A 10 OR 5 HERE PENALTY BAR.

WOULD YOU APPLY IMMEDIATELY?

YES, SO WE STILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT ALL THE DETAILS ARE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT THE POLICY AND THEN A GOING TO BE ABLE ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD TRY TO FIND SOON AS I HEAR TO START THE PROCESS AS WE KNOW, I'M A GRATION AND ADJUSTING STATUS THE PROCESS ARE REALLY LONG.

SO I WOULD I WOULD START IMMEDIATELY.

JAIME, GOING WITH YOU NOW, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT EFFECT DHAKA HAS HAD ACTUALLY ON HISPANIC BUSINESSES HERE IN CHICAGO?

WELL, HE'S HUGE.

I OBVIOUSLY WE HERE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

WHAT HE DID IS NOT WHAT WE WANTED, BUT IT'S BEEN WE'LL TAKE THE WIN.

KEEP IN MIND THAT 52% OF ALL LATINO IMMIGRANT BUSINESSES AND A UNITED STATES THAT MOVE IT ON.

SO A GOOD PERCENTAGE THE OF GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS UNDOCUMENTED.

SO IT'S A GREAT, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO YOU KNOW, THROUGH TO BECOME LEGAL BECAUSE THEY BE PAYING TAXES AND CREATE EMPLOYMENT CREATE WEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO WHY GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY?

YOU KNOW, PUT WHAT HAPPENED IN BALTIMORE 6.

THE PEOPLE THAT DIED ON THE BRIDGES 6 LET THE MOST.

IS THIS NOT CALM GOING TO.

YOU KNOW, THAT BUILDING THIS COUNTRY DECEMBER, FOR TOO MANY IN 3 OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT I ACTUALLY OWN BUSINESSES, YOU DOCUMENT SO YOU KNOW, IT THE I MEAN, HOW IS THE HISPANIC CHAMBER ACTUALLY HELPED CITY RESIDENTS TO DHAKA.

WELL, WE WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH RESTORATION PROJECT IN MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY GET THE WORD OUT HELP HIM, YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE THOSE APPLICATIONS AND GET GOOD WORD OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MISINFORMATION.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING A MAN IS A OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT CONGRESS MP.

SO WE'VE GOT MONITOR THAT POLICE THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT GO TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND GET TO MY CHIN IN THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

AT THE END THE DAY, WE'RE PART OF MAY COME DEFINITELY A LOT OF GOING BACK WITH YOU.

YOU ACTUALLY DESCRIBE THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE.

THAT'S ECOSYSTEM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR WORK WITH THE RESURRECTION PROJECT IN HELP BIDEN'S NEW POLICY?

WE'LL ACTUALLY BE A GAME CHANGER.

YES, SO MY THE RESURRECTION PROJECT IS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE LIVES OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE IS BETTER.

AND ONE OF THOSE WAYS THAT IT COULD BE BETTER RACED THROUGH BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PATH TO ADJUSTING THEIR STATUS.

SO THAT IS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE PART OF THE WORKFORCE.

WE THERE ARE STILL MANY THERE'S SO MUCH DATA AROUND HOW MUCH WE CONTRIBUTE.

AND WE WE CREATE, LIKE FOLLOW.

WE CREATE JOBS OR AND EVEN WITH IN JOBS THAT ARE READY, ESTABLISH IF YOU LOOK AT A RESTAURANT, YOU RIGHT, YOU HAVE BACK OF THE HOUSE BACK OF THE HOUSE TENDS TO BE PRIMARILY IMMIGRANT AND THEN THAT ALLOWS OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE FOR THOSE PRIMARILY U.S. CITIZENS, PRIMARILY ENGLISH SPEAKERS TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN JOBS.

SO IT'S ALL RELATED.

WE ARE.

THE BASE OF THE WORKFORCE AND WE'RE ALSO CREATING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THE REST ARE ACTION PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE INCLUDED IN POLICIES.

AND THEN WE ACTUALLY DO HALF A PATH TO ADJUSTING THE STATUS FOR THE 11 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED THAT THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE U.S. AND FEEL WAITING RIGHT AFTER PERMANENT CITIZENSHIP THIS COUNTRY.

DO SO YOU ACTUALLY FOUNDED THE ILLINOIS WORKERS ACTION WITH THERE HAS BEEN IN THAT 2021, COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR GOING STATION AND WHY YOU LAUNCH THIS INITIATIVE?

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO ORGANIZATIONS CALL IN A WORK ACTION AND OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER WORKERS TO EDUCATION, ORGANIZING A POLICY THAT ALLOWS LEADERSHIP AND OFFER RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND BASICALLY THE IDEA IS TO HELP OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND MOST OF OUR IMMIGRANTS ARE WORKERS STILL BEING MIMIC GRANT AND WORKING KUNTAR SITES.

AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM.

MY MOTHER HAD BEEN A TEMP WORKER ON HER LIFE HAS FACED MANY DIFFERENT.

AND JUST AS MISTER OUT, I MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE WORKING TO BRING JOBS FAST FOOD OR EVEN ANOTHER NONPROFIT SPACES FOR.

SO I TOOK ALL THE EXPERIENCE I HAD TO TRY DEVELOP AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BE ON SPECIAL OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO HELP AND SELL.

AND MY HUSBAND IN 2021 DECIDED TO CREATE THIS NONPROFIT TO CONTINUE OFFERING DIFFERENT RESOURCES IN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS OUR TIME FOR TODAY.

WE COULD SPEND PRETTY MUCH A WHOLE HOUR MORE TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING AND YOU SAID LOT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

UP NEXT, THE IMPACT THESE HEAT WAVE HAVING ON WORKERS.

STAY WITH US.

WE DO IT.

THAT IS THE END.

THIS HUMAN A FEW MINUTES.

SUNNY, WITH ALL THE MONEY BUT IF GOING PONEMAH.

YOU MEAN?

MURTHA MEANT FOR SOMEONE MY HOME IS HERE.

HERE'S WHAT I FOUND.

I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

FOR GOING TO WORK MEANS BEING INSIDE A BUILDING WHERE TEMPERATURES AND CONDITIONS ARE REGULATED.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO WORKING WAREHOUSES, KITCHENS OR EVEN OUTDOORS, THEIR ENVIRONMENT CAN DRASTICALLY CHANGE AND EVEN BE MADE WORSE BY SUMMER HEAT WAVES LIKE THE ONES WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS WEEK.

ADVOCATES SAY A LACK OF REGULATION IS LEADING TO LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS BUT ARE WORKING TO EDUCATE WORKERS ABOUT THE RIGHT.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR MEGAN, I'VE BEEN WAY TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO AND JOINING US VIA SOULMATES, ANDREW DATA, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT.

YOU'VE GOT TO WORK OR SCHOOL LEBRON, IF I WANT WELCOME BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND I WANT TO START WITH YOU, MEGAN.

YOU ACTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE WORKS DIRECTLY WITH LABOR'S.

WHAT CONDITIONS ARE THEY FACE WHEN TEMPERATURES THIS LEVEL?

ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE WORK WITH DAY LABORERS.

THESE ARE FOLKS THAT SEEK JOBS AT DIFFERENT CORNER HIRING SITES IN CHICAGO, PEOPLE WHO MOSTLY SEE THEM AT HOME DEPOT CENTER PARKING LOTS.

SO WHEN THEY ARE SEEKING JOBS BY THEMSELVES, THEY'RE EXPOSED TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND THEN THEY WILL WORK AND THINGS LIKE CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'RE MOST COMMONLY FOUND WORKING OUTSIDE.

THEY KNOWN SPANISH AS A PART OF MY HAVE YEAH.

ARE EMPLOYERS BEEN PROVIDING BASIC NEEDS FOR FOR THIS WORK FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOT RECENTLY WITH WAS A NEW WAVE OF OF NEW ARRIVALS HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE'S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON LABOR LAWS AND HAVE REALLY BEEN.

NOT PAYING FAIR.

WAGES HAVE BEEN EXPOSING PEOPLE TO DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS AND REALLY LIGHT LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS WITHOUT A DOUBT UNDERGOING WITH SHE CO-WORKERS COLLABORATIVE WORKS WITH TEMPORARY WORKERS A IF THEY IF THERE ARE UNSAFE CONDITIONS IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

WHAT BARRIERS ACTUALLY CAN THEY FACE WHEN LOOKING FOR HELP?

WELL, I THINK THE NUMBER ONE BARRIER IS A AN INFORMATION BARRIER.

YOU KNOW, A HEAT IS A UNIQUELY DANGEROUS THING BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT AN OBVIOUS, RIGHT?

IT'S A COMPOUNDING THREAT SO IF YOU'RE EXPOSED TO A STRENUOUS CONDITIONS AND HIGH HEAT OVER, LET'S SAY A WEEK YOU ARE MUCH ELEVATED RISK OF A HEART ATTACK.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IF IF THEY ARE THE FIRST DAY.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT WORKERS NEED TO KNOW IS IS HOW IDENTIFY THE SIGNS.

HEAT, EXHAUSTION HEAT STROKE.

AND THE SECOND THING IS YOU KNOW THERE THERE'S A LACK OF UNIFORM NATIONAL TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM A HIGH HEAT CONDITIONS EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.

AND SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS UNIFORMITY OF THESE BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEIR OBSERVATIONS LIKE THE CHICAGO WORKS PARTNERED WITH UNION THAT ARE WORKING THAT EDUCATE WORKERS IN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO STOP WORKING IF THEY THAT HE IS TOO HIGH AND THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT PROTECTING THOSE.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME URBAN WILL WILLING TO RISK THEIR HEALTH RIDE BECAUSE THEY THEY THEY NEED TO WORK.

THEY NEED THE MONEY, UNFORTUNATELY, UNTIL THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL KEEP EVEN WORKING, KNOWING THAT THEIR HEALTH IS THAT RISK MAY GET.

IS THERE ENOUGH OVERSIGHT PROTECTING WORKERS NOW?

NOW THEY'RE THERE JUST ISN'T WE REALLY HAVE SEEN A HUGE GAP IN AROUND JUST ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT WORK SITES.

WHAT DO YOU MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT OR LEGISLATION COULD LOOK LIKE TO PROTECT ITS WORKERS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE, A CITY THAT IS BEING SPONSORED BY ALDERMAN HAD THAT WOULD SET GUIDELINES PROTECTING WORKERS THAT ARE DOING WORK OUTSIDE.

SO THIS THESE ESSENTIAL THINGS LIKE ALLOWING THEM ACCESS TO WATER SHADE, SCHEDULING THEM DURING TIMES WHERE THERE IS AN EXTREME HEAT.

ANDREW SAYS A BROADER ISSUE BEYOND CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THERE STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN STAFF AND PROFIT FROM BELIEVE PHOENIX, AN ARIZONA IN TUCSON JUST FOLLOW SUIT AND IMPLEMENTING SOME BECAUSE AND FLORIDA THAT THAT ISN'T GOING.

SO THE YOU KNOW, WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER IS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE NATIONAL ACTION AND WE HAD SOME VERY GOOD NEWS ACTUALLY ON THIS, WHICH IS THAT JULY 11.

SO JUST OVER A WEEK AND NOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON NATIONAL RULES AND THOSE RULES APPLY TO ALL PLAYERS ACROSS THE BUT WOULD NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL NEXT SUMMER AT THE VERY EARLIEST AND THINGS COULD IN NOVEMBER.

WHAT EFFORTS IS YOUR MAKING TO EDUCATE WORKERS?

SO THE CHARTER OR FIRST COLLABORATIVE ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER WORKERS CENTER'S ARE WE WE HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH WORKERS WERE WORKING IN BY MANUFACTURING AND WAREHOUSING LOT OF THESE PLACES WITH FOREMAN, LEIGHTON, PARTICULARLY PLACES WHERE LIKE BAKERIES, INDUSTRY, BAKERIES AND ANY BUT HE GETS EXTREMELY HIGH AND THEN THEY'LL GO IN THE FREEZER.

THEY'RE NOT ONLY TO THE EXTREMES OF A 14000 DEGREES IN DURHAM, WORKING CONDITIONS, BUT THEN ALSO SHIFTING ALL THE WAY TO LIKE NEGATIVE 30 DEGREES.

THAT IS AN EXTREME STRESS IN THE BODY.

SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES IN THESE KINDS OF PLACES.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ORGANIZING WITH WITH THE WORKERS UNIT, TO THEM BOTH RIGHTS, BUT THEN ALSO TO HELP ORGANIZE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE STAND TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE A REAL ABILITY TO PROTECT WORKPLACE.

AGAIN, SAME QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT IS YOUR ORGANIZATION DOING TO EDUCATE WORKERS?

SO WE ORGANIZERS.

THEY VISIT DIFFERENT CORNER HIRING SITES AROUND CHICAGO AND THE ENGAGEMENT FOLKS ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF HEATSTROKE, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT OTHER RIGHTS.

BUT I WILL SAY IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH, RIGHT?

WE ARE.

WE HAVE OVER 10 DIFFERENT CORNER HIRING SITES THROUGHOUT CHICAGO.

WHAT THE RESPONSE, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?

HOW ARE THEY REACTING TO THAT INFORMATION?

SOME OF THEM WERE TAKEN BY SURPRISE BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE COME HERE.

I HAVE NO RIGHTS.

YEAH, THAT THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS THAT THAT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST OF ALL.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD NO IDEA.

AND THE FOLLOW-UP AROUND JUST HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE FROM FROM EXTREME HEAT.

STUFF THAT REALLY MAKE SENSE TO THEM.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING.

AND THAT IS THAT WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS NOT THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WORKER, THAT EMPLOYERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT THIS IS A LARGER STRUCTURAL ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

OKAY.

WHAT ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR WORKERS WHO DON'T PROVIDE, YOU SAFETY ENVIRONMENT FOR FOR PORTFOLIOS, FOR LABOR'S GOING FOR HIM.

PLAYERS YEAH.

WELL, I MEAN, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY FACE HAVING A WORKER DIE ON THE JOB.

IT HAS HAPPENED, THEN CAN DEFINITELY HAPPEN.

HEAT STROKE IS IS SYRIA'S SO THE EMPLOYER THEMSELVES SHOULD FEEL MOTIVATION TO TO PROVIDE THESE GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INSIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR FOR THE INFORMATION.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP MORE ACCORDING A SAFE OUT THERE.

UP NEXT, WE VISIT A CHICAGO DANCE STUDIO CELEBRATING SELF-LOVE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPICE UP YOUR WORKOUT ROUTINE WITH TOM DANCING?

WELL SOON.

AND THAT'S HOW LUPUS DOING JUST THAT.

WE WENT THERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OWNER'S PASSION FOR ENCOURAGING SELF LOVE AND INCLUSIVITY AND HER JOURNEY TO THE WORLD OF THATS JOINING ABOUT THIS AS A STORY.

WE FOCUS ON HAVING A GOOD TIME HAVING SAUDI FIND CARDIO DURING A DANCE FITNESS CLASS.

WHETHER YOU'RE SWINGING YOUR HIPS TO YOUR FAVORITE SONG OR BREAKING IT DOWN TO AN ELECTRIC BEAT.

THE CLASS IS A FULL HOUR OF A CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE ROUTINE.

I LOVE BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO SOME GOOD MUSIC AND, YOU KNOW, SHAKING A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S CALLED DIVA DANCE, CHICAGO, A DANCE STUDIO CENTERED ON COMMUNITY IN BUILDING CONFIDENCE.

LEXI LONG'S WORTH IS THE OWNER OF THE CHICAGO BRANCH, DAVID AND ITS NATIONWIDE FRANCHISE.

I WAS A MEMBER IN HOUSTON AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH.

AND I MOVED TO CHICAGO AND I FOUND ONE HERE AND I STARTED TAKING CLASSES.

AND THEN STARTED WORKING THE FRONT DESK AND THEN I STARTED TEACHING CLASSES.

AND THEN I GOT THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME THE OWNER DURING THE DAY.

LEXI IS A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST AND BY NIGHT SHE RUNS THE DANCE STUDIO DRIVEN BY BODY INCLUSIVITY.

I'VE GROWN UP IN THE DANCE INDUSTRY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING DANCING GROWING UP AND BEING COMPACT COMPETITION DANCE.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE SAFEST SPACE.

4 PEOPLE IN A BIGGER BODY.

AND SO IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE SPECIALLY AS ADULTS, LEE, YOU KNOW, OUR BODIES CHANGE AS WE GROW UP AND, YOU KNOW, BECOME INTO WOMANHOOD.

AND SO MAKING PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SPACE WHERE YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU CAN DANCE.

HOWEVER YOU WANT AND NO ONE'S GOING TO JUDGE YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SPACE.

ONE OF THE REASONS GABRIELA LOPEZ, A GRADUATE STUDENT AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, WAS MOTIVATED TO JOIN IT TRIED SO MOTHERS DEALS BEFORE AND IT WAS JUST LIKE EITHER LIKE A CERTAIN BODY TYPE, MORE PROFESSIONALS ARE.

THEY HAD ADVANCED THEIR WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE AND TOOK ALL THESE PROFESSIONAL CLASSES.

AND I CAME HERE AND THINK PEOPLE LOOK LIKE ME, PEOPLE COME IN ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS FROM POP TO TAKE IT ON.

THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERYONE ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

IT FEELS SO GREAT TO PUT WOMEN IN A SPACE WHO MIGHT LOOK LIKE ME WHO MIGHT BE A PERSON OF COLOR WHO MIGHT BE A BIGGER BODY OR WHO MIGHT JUST BE LOOKING FOR A GREAT WORKOUT USING DANCE AS A TOOL TO CELEBRATE MOVEMENT AND SELF-LOVE.

A MESSAGE LEXIE SAYS HER MOTHER FROM BILLY'S INSTILLED IN HER AND BE WHO YOU ARE AND LIKE YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT.

SO JUST LIKE OWNING THAT I'VE KIND OF JUST GROWN UP IN THIS WAY.

WERE YOU JUST LIKE DESTINY'S YOU KNOW, KEEP THE PUSH IN.

IT'S BEEN NEARLY A YEAR SINCE LONG'S WORTH TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE DANCE STUDIO AND SHE SAYS ITS SUCCESS HAS LED HER TO LOOK INTO OPENING A SECOND LOCATION TO OWN A STUDIO.

IT FEELS REALLY LIBERATING, YOU KNOW, BEING A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN FOR ME FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

THAT'S THE U.S. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING CLASS.

WELL, WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEB SITE AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEBSITE W TO TW DOT COM SLASH FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM WBTW NEWS AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT.

5.37, FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

DON'T FORGET, ALSO TUNING TO KNOW BCSO CHICAGO EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 5, 6, WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE TO KYLA TONIGHT, LETTING VOICES I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT THIS.

WE WANT CLOSED CAPTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FRONT AND CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH AND PROUD SPONSOR OF PROGRAMMING OFFERS PRICE AND STRATEGIES TO