>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT THAT THE YOU KNOW, VOICES.

I'M JONATHAN ON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDER A MEASURE THAT WOULD PUBLICLY TRACK THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS EVICTED FROM CITY SHELTERS.

A NEW POLL SHOWS DONALD TRUMP'S SUPPORT AMONG LATINO VOTERS IS GROWING.

EXPLORING THE ROLE SPANISH LANGUAGE PLAYS IN LATINO CULTURE.

>> OUR GOD DECIDED TO BECOME ONE OF US AND EXPANDS THE SAME THING.

>> AND HUNGER AND HUNDREDS GATHER FOR A RE-ENACTMENT OF JESUS CHRIST.

FINAL DAYS.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED FOR NEXT MONDAY.

>> TO CONSIDER REMOVING ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ AS A COMMITTEE CHAIR.

THE 25TH WARD ALDERMAN IS UNDER FIRE FOR SPEAKING AT A RALLY.

WERE U.S.

FLAG WAS BURNED.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER SOME OLDER PEOPLE CALLED FOR HIM TO RESIGN AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

IN A STATEMENT SIGCHO LOPEZ DENIES BEING PRESIDENT PRESENT WHEN THE FLAG WAS BURNED.

26 OLDER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR MONDAY'S MEETING TO TAKE PLACE.

SENATOR DURBIN IS URGING HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES TO TAKE PROACTIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS LEAD CONTAMINATED WATER IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS COMES AFTER AN ALARMING STUDY BY THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH REVEALED NEARLY 70% OF CHILDREN UNDER 6 IN CHICAGO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO TOXIC WATER FROM 2016 TO 2023.

RESEARCHERS ALSO FOUND RACIAL DISPARITIES INDICATING CHILDREN FROM BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES HAVE HIGHER RATES OF EXPOSURE.

>> URGING THE MEDICAID INSURERS TO PREEMPTIVELY SEND WATER FILTERS.

KIDS, HOMES, BUSINESSES, INDICATION RESOURCES TO THE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN MEDICAID IN CHICAGO AND TO HELP ENHANCE TESTING RATES.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN REPLACING LEAD SERVICE LINES AND MANY GETTING LEAD PAINT EXPOSURE IN HOMES.

I VISITED WITH DARK AND THE ROCKFORD AREA WHERE THEY'RE REPLACING THE SERVICE LINES.

NOW.

>> SOME SAD NEWS FROM LINCOLN PARK BAN A WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA HAS DIED.

THE ZOO SAYS THE BELOVED 29 YEAR-OLD GORILLA HAS BEEN EUTHANIZED AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH HEART FAILURE EARLIER THIS MONTH, SHE WAS BORN IN 1995.

AT BROOKFIELD ZOO AND CAME TO LINCOLN PARK IN 2010, WE'RE TOLD SHE HAD OFFSPRING AND BECAME THE DOMINANT FEMALE AND ZOO'S GORILLA TROOP.

ZOO.

OFFICIALS SAY SHE LEFT UNDENIABLE MARK ON THE HEARTS OF STAFF VOLUNTEERS AND VISITORS.

>> IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME.

BASEBALL IS BACK.

THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX KICKED OFF THE SEASON AGAINST THE DETROIT TIGERS.

THIS AFTERNOON AT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD.

THEY LOST ONE TO 0 AND THE CUBS ARE OPENING UP THE SEASON ON THE ROAD TONIGHT AGAINST THE DEFENDING CHAMPION TEXAS RANGERS.

IF YOU'RE WATCHING OUR 10:00PM NEWS BROADCAST, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE SCOOP AND OUTCOME ON THAT THE CUBS WILL HAVE THEIR HOME OPENER.

WRIGLEY FIELD ON MONDAY.

UP NEXT, A PUSH FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MIGRANT EVICTIONS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

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

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUBLICLY TRACK THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS EVICTED FROM CITY SHELTERS UNDER A PROPOSAL NOW SET FOR A FINAL VOTE BY CITY COUNCIL.

THE MOVE COMES AS OFFICIALS COPE WITH MEASLES OUTBREAK AT THE CITY'S LARGEST SHELTER AND BEGIN TO CLOSE SHELTERS LOCATED IN PARK DISTRICT FIELD HOUSES.

HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST.

HEATHER, YOU HAVE BEEN ON THIS.

SO FIRST QUESTION IS ALDERMAN ON THE DESK IS THE CHAIR OF THE IMMIGRATION REFUGEES RIGHTS COMMITTEE HAS SAID THAT HE IS LOOKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE 60 DAY LIMIT ON SHELTER STAYS, WHAT DOES THAT REQUIRE?

SO IT'S THIS PROPOSAL IS APPROVED BY THE FULL CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 18TH.

THE CITY WILL HAVE TO REPORT WEEKLY ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EVICTED FROM THE CITY'S MIGRANT SHELTERS AND THEN TWICE A MONTH, THEY'LL HAVE TO TELL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

>> A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHO GOT ASKED TO LEAVE THE SHELTERS, THEIR AGE, THEIR GENDER WHETHER THEY APPLIED FOR AN EXEMPTION AND WERE REJECTED.

AND ANDREA VASQUEZ IS HOPING THAT THIS WILL INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON BECAUSE HE HAS CALLED REPEATEDLY FOR THIS POLICY TO BE REVERSED.

MAYOR JOHNSON, OF COURSE, HAS RESISTED THAT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVICTED SO FAR ONLY 24 SINCE THE PROPOSED SINCE THE POLICY WENT INTO EFFECT LAST WEEK.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ARRIVING IN CHICAGO HAS RISEN 5%.

BUT THE CITY SHELTERS POPULATION HAS DROPPED 15%.

SO YOU CAN TELL THAT THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION, HE'S REALLY DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE SHELTER.

AND THAT MAY BE WHY THEY'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SAY PAST THAT INITIAL 60 DAY LIMIT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SPACE.

I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW THEY'RE EVICTING ARE PICKING PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE OUT.

NOW.

CITY OFFICIALS WILL ALSO START MOVING ABOUT 800 MIGRANTS OUT OF CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT FIELD HOUSES THIS WEEKEND.

>> WHERE WHERE THEY GO.

SO THE 5 FIELD HOUSES ARE REALLY ACROSS THE CITY TO ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

>> 2 ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AND A COUPLE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

GOAL WILL BE TO MOVE THOSE MIGRANTS TO THE CLOSEST SHELTER NEARBY, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THAT WILL ALLOW THE CHILDREN WHO WILL BE MOVED TO GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL THROUGH THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

THIS WILL ALLOW THOSE FIELDHOUSE RETURNED TO THE CONTROLLED THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT WHO WILL START PREPARING THEM FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS LIKE DAY CAMPS.

OKAY.

>> AND THE MEASLES OUTBREAK, OF COURSE, IS STILL A TOPIC AT THE PILSEN SHELTER AND IT SEEMS IT APPEARS TO BE WORSENING.

CAN YOU GIVE US UP AN UPDATE ON SO IN THE PAST 10 DAYS, 30 PEOPLE HAVE DIAGNOSED WITH MEASLES CASES.

NOW, WE DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHO EXACTLY IS GETTING SICK.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MOST OF THOSE CASES ARE >> RELATED TO THE PILSEN SHELTER, THE CITY'S LARGEST MIGRANT SHELTER AND THEY SEEM TO BE CONCENTRATED IN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN FOR NOW.

THOSE THOSE CHILDREN HAVE ONLY RECEIVED ONE DOSE OF MEASLES VACCINE AND IT REALLY TAKES 2 DOSES AND ADDITIONAL 21 DAYS TO BE AS PROTECTED AS POSSIBLE AGAINST THE DISEASE.

>> THAT'S PROMPTED CITY OFFICIALS TO SAY IF KIDS ONLY HAVE ONE DOSE, THEY'VE GOT TO STAY IN THAT SHELTER UNTIL THEY'RE FULLY PROTECTED NUMBER.

WHEN YOU TOLD US THAT IT WAS ONLY A FEW TONIGHT, YOU'RE SAYING 30, IT HAS TAKEN A TURN IN THE PAST WEEK DESPITE EFFORTS TO VACCINATE ALMOST 4500 PEOPLE THANK YOU, HEATHER, FOR YOUR REPORT.

THANKS.

SHAUNA.

AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL AT WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> OFTEN >> REFERRED TO AS A SLEEPING GIANT.

LATINO VOTERS ARE THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING VOTING BLOCK IN THE U.S. PEW RESEARCH CENTER ESTIMATES NEARLY 36 MILLION LATINOS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE THIS YEAR.

AND ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, LATINO VOTERS FAVOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OVER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR SAMANTHA GOT SCOTT GAS COSTS, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR ILLINOIS, 19 SENATE DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES TINLEY PARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

AND JAIME DOMINGUEZ, A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

CAN YOU CORRECT ME WITH YOUR LAST NAME?

I'M PRETTY SURE.

UP A LITTLE GAS TO MAKE SURE WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO YOU.

THERE'S BEEN TALK OF A RIGHTWARD SHIFT IN LATINO VOTERS.

>> HOW DO YOU SEE THIS?

>> OVER IT'S NOT THAT THEY GET THAT.

THEY'RE WATERS WALKING OVER TO TO REPUBLICAN CAMP AND ROAD IS THAT IS AN ACCURATE YOU FIND IT IS GRADUAL INCREASE >> MALE, LET YOU KNOW WATER'S PERHAPS SUPPORTING TRUMP HIS PLATFORM.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE LET YOU KNOW IN TERMS JUST PROBABLY HAVE BECAUSE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WE SEE, FACT WANT TO STILL SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THAT THAT IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND PARTICULARLY PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD DONE MORE BUT THREAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAYING SO.

I FOR EXAMPLE, ONE THING THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOING, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER TO BE BRIEF THEIR MESSAGING AROUND THE NARRATIVE ABOUT WHAT IS LIKE?

YOU KNOW, VOTER LIKE, YOU KNOW, VOTER WHAT EVERY OTHER VOTER WANTS BURY ITS, YOU KNOW, JOBS, THE ECONOMY AND HEALTH CARE.

SO I THINK THE LAST ONE OF THE POLICY HEALTH CARE, THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

I JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT TO THE THAT THE DEMOCRATS.

41, WHEN IT COMES HEALTH CARE ALSO REPRODUCTIVE THAT COULD BE A WINNING FOR DEMOCRATS.

MORE OF YOUR RECENT A RECENT POLL WE NEED THOSE US SHOW FACT THAT OR 70% OF APPEALS ACTUALLY SUPPORT RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS THAT ABORTION SHOULD >> AND JAIME, IT'S INTERESTING, AS YOU SAID, A WAR THAT POPPED OUT TO ME REFRAINING.

AND SAMANTHA, I WANT TO GO TO YOUR HALF.

EXECUTING RECENTLY SECURED THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR THE 19 DISTRICT SENATE SEAT.

WHAT DO YOU SEE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE DRIVING LATINO VOTERS?

>> I WOULD SAY YES, I'M I'M I'M THE PROJECTED WINNER.

SO THAT'S I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT SOME THINGS THAT ARE DRIVING LAW, TAKE LATINO VOTERS.

THERE'S THIS HUGE PUSH.

MASCULINITY.

AND CERTAIN TYPE OF MASCULINITY IN THE MEXICAN POLICE AND THE MEXICAN CULTURE.

I GREW UP IN LIKE MY MUCH A SMALL, STRONG.

THAT'S HOW IT COMES ACROSS.

AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY SEE AS OPPOSED TO WISHY-WASHY CAUSE WISHY-WASHY DOESN'T GET YOU ANYWHERE.

YOU HAVE TO STAND THINK THAT THE LATINO VOTERS, A REPUBLICAN WAS BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP THE STRONGER CANDIDATE.

>> FOR THESE ISSUES.

>> I THINK IN THE LATINO THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO SPECIFICALLY, I THINK THAT THAT IS >> ISSUE FOR THEM THAT ILLEGAL AND ALSO HOW THEIR CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.

I THINK THAT'S A BIG THING BECAUSE AS FAR WHAT I CAN FROM WHERE A TRADITIONAL PEOPLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT LOOK AT OUR FAITH IS LIKE A WHOLE LIFE EXPERIENCE LIKE EVERY DECISION WE MAKE IS FILTERED THROUGH THAT.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ULTIMATE TRUMP IS MORE TRADITIONAL.

I'M I WOULD SAY THAT THE POLICIES THAT HE INSTITUTES OUR MORE TRADITIONAL IN NATURE.

>> I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE?

WHY DO DEMOCRATS FEEL THE TRUMP IS NOT THE ANSWER ON THESE ISSUES?

>> WELL, I JUST THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE 2 DIFFERENT PARTIES.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT INTRODUCE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALTHOUGH TATTOO MORE FUN, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT AND I I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT THAT.

SOMEHOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RESENTED SOMETHING.

ESSENTIALLY A OF IMMIGRATION.

I THINK THAT'S KIND WE'RE GOING TO COME YOU ELECTORATE OR THE CAUSE INTEREST.

IF YOU JUST GO BACK AND GO BACK YEARS AND THE EVERY POLL, IMMIGRATION ACTUALLY IS LIKE THE 4TH OR 5TH TO PRIORITIES.

FOR WE CAN HAVE A DEBATE DEAL, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ISSUE OF THE BORDER MATTER, THAT IS A PRETTY MATTERS TO EVERYBODY, NOT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

SO I THINK THERE COULD BE DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF THE APPROACH TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, PERHAPS IMMIGRATION POLICY OR VISIT.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE THAT WAS AT ODDS WITH YOU KNOW, GREAT.

AND I WOULD SAY NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GREAT A BIG CHUNK OF IT WAYS IN WHICH IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION THE WAY THAT PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP DOWN THE SEPARATION OF FAMILIES, RIGHT.

BUT AGAIN, I I WANT TO JUST CIRCLE BACK AROUND IT.

BUT I THINK THIS IS BASICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH.

THEY'RE PARTIES AND I GET IT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR YOU KNOW, GOING FOR DEMOCRATS SUPPORT OF SHARE WITH REPUBLICANS THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE HEAD QAEDA, DIVERSITY THIS POPULATION.

NATIONAL ORGAN IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE ALONG LANGUAGE ASSOCIATED SURPRISING, RIGHT THAT LET YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH ALONG THE ENTIRE PUBLIC POLICY SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CAN THESE 2 CANDIDATES GOING FORWARD RIGHT MADE THAT ISSUE ARE THOSE ISSUES IT WAS SO THAT THEY THEN A GAUGE OF BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ENGAGEMENT IS VERY KEY HERE BECAUSE GIVES COMFORT TO NOT LET YOU KNOW GETS PAID TO PARTICIPATE OR RATE.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE, IN FACT, WE JUST LOOK AT.

>> THE LAST 4 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SIDE.

PARTICULAR WE JUST LOOK AT PERIOD BETWEEN 2016 20, THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST BY THAT, YOU KNOW, YES.

>> I WANT THANK YOU FOR THOSE FACTS.

I WANT TO BRING SAMANTHA AND ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YOU KNOW, SAMANTHA.

DESPITE SOME OF TRUMP'S OFFENSIVE OF RHETORIC TOWARDS IMMIGRANT AND LATINO COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THOSE ARE STILL SUPPORTING TRUMP AND GIVING THEM THEIR VOTE.

CAN YOU JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WHY WHAT SEEING YOU'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SPEAKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

RIGHT?

AND I'M NOT HERE TO DEFEND THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A WHOLE.

>> I'M AN INDIVIDUAL ON RUNNING FOR MY SPECIFIC STAY OFFICE.

SO I FIND EVERYTHING THAT ANY PERSON DIES ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST BY EVERY PERSON HAS THEIR FAULTS.

IF YOU COULD REPEAT THAT, WHAT ACTUALLY MY FIRST THOUGHT THAT COMES TO MIND IS AS WE'RE SPEAKING WITH THE IMMIGRATION POLICIES ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME ACROSS THE BORDER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE HOTBEDS FIRST FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF MINORS FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRAFFICKING.

SO WE'RE LEARNING A TON UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN COME ACROSS THE BORDER WHO, QUOTE ON, QUOTE, NOBODY CARES ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I MEAN, I CARE ABOUT THAT.

A LOT OF US CARE ABOUT IT.

BUT DO WE CARE ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING?

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ASK ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST QUESTION.

I WANT TO GO TO YOU, SAMANTHA.

WHAT TYPE OF POLITICAL OUTREACH HAVE YOU IMPLEMENTED TOWARDS LATINO VOTERS?

>> WHAT ARE THE VALUES THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS THAT MATTER TO YOU?

>> WELL, WOULD SAY.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I WOULD SAY COMPASSION AND LOVE IS MY NUMBER ONE.

PAYING LIKE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HONOR GUY TO MY CAMPAIGN AND THAT I HONOR THE VOTERS.

I DON'T TRY TO PUSH MY BELIEFS ON OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEACE AND A LOT OF COMFORT AND A LOT OF LOVE THAT I HELP OTHERS WITH BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.

THINGS MEANT FOR SURE.

YEAH.

YOU BOTH FOR YOUR INPUT.

THAT'S ALL TIME.

WE HAVE.

UP NEXT, THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND PRESERVING LATINO CULTURE.

IT'S BECOME MORE COMMON AND MANY LATINO HOUSEHOLDS.

KIDS WITH SPANISH SPEAKING PARENTS WHO ARE NOT RAISED TO SPEAK A LANGUAGE.

THE SPEAK, THE LANGUAGE THEMSELVES.

>> THEY'RE SOMETIMES KNOWN AS NOTICEABLE KIDS AND THEY CAN FACE CRITICISM FROM FELLOW LATINOS WHO SAY THEY SHOULD KNOW THE LANGUAGE TO IDENTIFY WITH THE CULTURE.

RESEARCH SHOWS IT'S BECOMING HARDER FOR BILINGUAL SPEAKERS TO RAISE BILINGUAL CHILDREN, BUT ALSO POINTS TO FACTORS THAT CAN IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPANISH DEVELOPMENT.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE, LOURDES TORRES, THE PROFESSOR OF LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, OF THAT RESEARCH, SPANISH IN CHICAGO, ISMAIL THEM OVER A SPANISH TEACHER AND FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE LANGUAGE LEARNER, LITERATURE ADVISORY BOARD AND SETTLE ON.

A LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING TOPIC.

THIS.

I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

HOW MUCH PEOPLE RELATE LANGUAGE TO CULTURE?

WELL, I LANGUAGE IS AN INTIMATE PART OF CULTURE.

>> BECAUSE OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS EXPECTATION WHEN THEY SEE THAT THE NURSE THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEAK SPANISH.

BUT THERE IS NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT TO BEING LATINO.

SO THAT'S KIND OF AN UNFAIR ASSESSMENT TO MAKE AND CAUSES A LOT OF SHAME AND FERRY.

FEELINGS OF INFERIORITY AND LATINOS WHO DON'T SPEAK SPANISH.

BUT YES, I I THANK THEM EVEN LETTING US WHO DON'T SPEAK SPANISH ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AND A LOT OF LATINO WHO DON'T SPEAK.

THE LANGUAGE HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT AND FEELINGS OF REGRET QUITE OFTEN.

SO WHILE THE OFTEN ARTICULATE THAT IT'S NOT AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CULTURE.

THEY ALSO KNOW, BUT IT IS.

AND AND THEY YOU KNOW, HAVE NEGATIVE FEELINGS ABOUT NOT KNOWING IT BETTER, THAT IT A LITTLE.

THANK YOU FOR WANT TO GO TO YOUR LATINO WHO DOESN'T SPEAK SPANISH.

CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE?

WHAT WHAT IT WHAT IT WAS LIKE GROWING UP.

>> YEAH, I'M SO FOR ME.

I I GREW UP IN THE CAROLINAS, WHICH PRIMARILY LIKE A LIKE WHITE POPULATION.

SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE FOR ME GROWING UP BY A WASN'T AROUND PEOPLE THAT WERE SPEAKING SPANISH ALL OF THE TIME.

SO MICHAEL AND SENSE OF LIKE LATINO IDENTITY WAS VERY DIFFERENT.

THEN LIKE WHEN I MOVED TO CHICAGO AND LIKE WAS AROUND SO MUCH MORE LIKE COMMUNITY.

SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY LIKE IN CHICAGO THAT I'VE KIND OF HAD MORE OWNERSHIP OVER LIKE MY OWN.

THAT BEING ON THIS.

YOU SAID YOU'RE PUERTO RICAN AND MEXICAN YES, DID YOU EVER QUESTION WHY DIDN'T SPEAK SPANISH?

>> I KNOW I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL LIKE MAYBE LIKE I WAS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND THEN LIKE TALKING TO LIKE MY PARENTS AND ALSO LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT JUST LIKE TRYING TO MAKE LIKE LIFE IS EASY FOR YOU.

WHATEVER THEY PERCEIVE WILL BE EASY FOR YOU LIKE WHEN YOU'RE GROWING UP, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO THINK THAT LIKE FOR THOSE OF US DON'T SPEAK SPANISH LAKE AS YOU START TO GET OLDER, IT DOES LIKE START TO FEEL LIKE A LAKE.

I WISH I ACCESS TO THIS.

THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE AS THEY WANT TO GO TO YOU.

DO YOU SEE THAT KIDS ARE NOW MORE ENCOURAGING?

>> AND THEN BITING 2 OTHER LATINOS, DESPITE THEIR LEVEL OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.

DEFINITELY.

>> I TRULY DO BELIEVE THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITY EVERYONE NO MATTER THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING ALSO IN THE CLASSROOMS.

I AM SPANISH TEACHER WILL TEACH HERITAGE STUDENTS AND THE WANT TO FEEL A SENSE OF CONNECTION.

02:00AM LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE.

AND SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THE LANGUAGE AND THEY WANT TO THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT IT.

THEY WANT TO BE PART OF IT.

AND SO I SEE MORE AND MORE STUDENTS JOINING MY CAUSE.

MY HAIR JUST CLASSES ALONGSIDE OTHER STUDENTS WHO WANT TO SPANISH.

THINK THERE WAS ALWAYS A POINT THAT REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN.

>> THEY MAKE FUN OF YOU FOR SPEAKING LIKE BROKEN SPANISH, WHICH EVEN BK, I THINK BECOMES MORE INTIMIDATING, TOO.

WANT TO SPEAK SPANISH I WANT TO GO DO YOUR RESEARCH ALSO FOUND THEIR COMPLEX FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF SOMEONE'S VAN IS PROFICIENCY SAYS SUCH AS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE LANGUAGE OR WHAT LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN AT HOME.

WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?

WELL, WHAT WE DID THIS STUDY MY MY CO OTHER CAMP, A TAOS SKI AND I HAVE SOME AIR POINTS ON SCREEN.

YEAH.

>> WHAT WE FOUND WAS ALL ALMOST UNIVERSALLY EVERYBODY, EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE A >> WHO DON'T SPEAK A LOT OF SPANISH VALUE SPANISH.

SO THE ATTITUDES ABOUT SPANISH ARE HOW VERY POSITIVE, REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF SPANISH THAT PEOPLE SPEAK, WHAT WE FOUND IN OUR RESEARCH WAS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WHO MAINTAIN THE LANGUAGE, THE BEST WHERE PEOPLE HAD SPANISH SPEAKING A BOY OR PARENTS IN THE HOUSEHOLD WHO HAD A LOT OF CONTACT MY NOLAN WILL SPANISH SPEAKERS, PEOPLE WHO TOOK FREQUENT TRIPS TO OR PUERTO RICO, WHICH WAY THE 2 WE WERE LOOKING AT AND MAKE SURE WEEKENDS CHILDREN LEARNED PRIMARILY SPANISH BEFORE THEY GOT TO SCHOOL.

OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE IN HOUSEHOLDS THEY HAVE WITH TAKING CARE OF THEM OR THEIR PARENTS WAR, A NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS.

SO THEY DIDN'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH UNTIL GET TO SCHOOL.

THOSE KINDS CONDITIONS.

A REALLY POSITIVE FOR HAVING PEOPLE GIRL UP AND BEING STRONG IN THE LANGUAGE.

AND WE'LL TELL YOU ACTUALLY SHARED WITH ME THAT YOU MOVED IN WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER.

DO.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT ALSO BROUGHT YOU CLOSER TO YOUR ROOTS?

>> AND ALSO YOUR WORK AS A PHOTOGRAPHER.

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT LIKE FOR ME, LIKE MILEY PHOTO WORK IS A WAY FOR ME TO LIKE EXPLORE.

BUT ALSO LIKE CELEBRATE LIKE THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

AND FOR ME LIKE IT'S REALLY LIKE I THINK VALIDATED LIKE MY OWN SENSE OF BEING ON KIND OF LIKE MEETING SO MANY PEOPLE AND LIKE SEEING THE SIMILARITIES OF THE WAYS THAT LIKE WE ALL RELATE, NO MATTER KIND OF LIKE HOW WE GREW UP.

LIKE-FOR-LIKE SOLIDIFIES LIKE WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME TO FEEL EMPOWERED.

AL IS BEING LATINO COMPARED TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO.

ARE YOU?

>> MIGHT HAVE FELT DIFFERENT.

I THINK SO.

LAKE.

IT'S LIKE WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF GROWING UP IN LIKE NORTH CAROLINA, THERE'S LIKE AN ASPECT OF LAKE SAFETY OF LIKE HOW SAFE IS IT FOR ME TO EMBRACE ASIDE ANY UNLIKE?

>> MAYBE LIKE WANTING TO LIKE PUSH AWAY FROM A BULLET BEING AND CHICAGO WHERE THERE IS JUST LIKE MORE LIKE COMMUNITY FOR ME TO KIND OF LIKE PUSH MYSELF INTO.

I THINK IT'S LIKE REALLY HELPED WITH GREATEST AROUND THE U.S. ARE A MOTHER OF A YOUNG CHILD.

YOU WRITE CHILDREN'S BOOK.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE.

>> AND ALSO THAT JOURNEY OF TEACHING HER DAUGHTER SPANISH.

>> YES, I DO HAVE A SON WHO IS IMMERSION SPANISH PROGRAM GOT PLUS FONDA.

JUST ALL AND I DO SPEAK TO HIM IN SPANISH AT HOME, BUT JUST BEING IN THE SETTING HIS CLASSMATES ALSO SPEAK SPANISH, RAISE TEACHERS, TEACHING THEM IN SPANISH REALLY HELPS DEVELOP ACQUISITION.

YES, I WRITTEN LOWS.

KING SAID THAT I CAN, WHICH IS A VERY TRADITIONAL TREND.

TRADITION AND LATINO CULTURES.

WE 15, YES, A HUGE FOR THE TRADITION.

>> AND AM I RIGHT LANGUAGE LEARNER TO LITERATURE, WHICH IS WRITTEN IN THE STYLE THAT MAKES LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE, FUN AND RICH WITH CULTURE.

IT COMES WITH ON ONLINE PLATFORM AUDIO AND MANY MORE TO COME, INCLUDING THIS APRIL AVENUE RELEASED.

COMING THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.

A COUPLE SECONDS.

I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

WHAT ARE SOME WORDS YOU WANT TO GIVE TO PEOPLE OUR INTIMIDATE TO SPEAK SPANISH OR THEY KNOW IT, BUT THEY JUST FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO TALK BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK PROPERLY.

THEY HAVE TO KEEP SPEAKING IT ADULTS AROUND THEM HAVE TO EXCEPT WHAT COMES OUT.

THE BILINGUALISM, THE COACH, WHICH ALL OF IT IS GOOD AND WE SHOULD HELP PEOPLE BE AFFIRMED IN WHATEVER LANGUAGE IS WHATEVER WAYS OF SPEAKING THEY HAVE APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, DETAILS ON A SPECIAL RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

HOLY WEEK IS A SPECIAL TIME FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TOMORROW, MANY CATHOLICS WILL GATHER FOR THE ANNUAL STATIONS OF THE CROSS CEREMONY TO MARK.

GOOD FRIDAY AHEAD OF EASTER HOLIDAY ON SUNDAY, WE VISIT A GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH IN LITTLE VILLAGE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE MEANING BEHIND THIS CEREMONY.

>> EVERY TIME YOU ENTER A CATHOLIC CHURCH, YOU SEE LIKE A 14 STEPS LIKE SCULPTURES ARE PROCESS IN WHICH WE'RE MEANT TO REMEMBER FOR I KIND OF POINTS OF THE WAY FROM THE MOMENT HE CONDEMNED TO DEATH TO THE MOMENT HE WAS VERY BRIGHT.

SO 14 STEPS ON THAT THAT ROAD GOOD FRIDAY.

THOSE ARE CELEBRATE MORE FONDLY AND THERE'S THE DRAMA TIES IT WITH THE ACTOR'S LIFE AND MANY, MANY PLACES AROUND THE WORLD.

>> ANY TIME I WALK THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS AS AN ADULT.

IT JUST CONNECTING WITH MY CHILDHOOD AND CONNECTS ME WITH IT.

I TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN SMELL HOLY WEEK.

YOU KNOW HOW SMELL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE INCENSE OR THE PALMS ARE THE PINE.

THAT IS THEIR TRADITIONAL ALSO 5.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO MEDITATE BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING CONNECTED NOT JUST WITH WITH WITH JESUS ON HIS OWN LIFE AND WHAT HE DID.

BUT ALSO.

WITH US IN OUR OWN SUFFERING.

KNOW, HE UNDERSTAND MYSELF.

UNDERSTAND NEVER STAY THERE.

ALWAYS GO TO EASTER.

THE REST RECS IN IS THE MESSAGE RIGHT?

>> ONE OF THE MANY STATIONS OF THE CROSS PROCESSION AS WILL START IN LITTLE VILLAGE AT 09:00AM TOMORROW TIED UP.

IF ANY PARISH AND IT WILL CONCLUDE.

I LOVE THE THE PARK IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

AND THAT SOCIAL TONIGHT JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5.37, FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

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THAT IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS 18 ATTORNEYS