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

I'M JOHN THAT.

AND THEN THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS WINDING DOWN.

WE'RE LIVE FROM THE CAPITOL.

CHANGES TO ILLINOIS HEALTH BENEFITS FOR NON CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMS COULD LEAVE MANY WITHOUT MEDICAL IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WE HEAR STORIES FROM SOME LATINOS WILL SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY.

>> WAS LIKE A DREAM TO THE OWNERS THIS PLACE.

>> AND WE TAKE YOU INSIDE A HISTORIC LITTLE VILLAGE THEATER TALK TO THE OWNERS ABOUT ITS NEW LANDMARK STATUS.

>> IT'S A LAST MINUTE RUSH OF ACTIVITY IN SPRINGFIELD WHERE STATE WHERE STATE LAWMAKERS ARE SCHEDULED TO ADJOURN TOMORROW.

BUT WILL THEY MAKE THEIR DEADLINE?

WDW NEWS REPORTER AMANDA, NIKKEI JOINS US NOW WITH ANSWERS.

AMANDA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US NOW.

FIRST QUESTION, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE BUDGET?

WILL THEY BE DONE BY TOMORROW?

>> JOANNA?

NO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU BUDGET, I SAY WHAT BUDGET ON HIS TOP YET, DESPITE THAT, PLANNED TO BE ADJOURNED BY TOMORROW, WHICH MEANS THAT, YES, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS GOING TO BE GOING DEAL.

THIS WAS SORT OF ARBITRARY DEADLINE THAT THEY HAD SET FOR THEMSELVES IN.

SO WE'RE EXPECTING A WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF WEEKEND ACTIVITY BEFORE THAT BUDGET IS FINALIZED AND IT IS LIKELY GOING TO BE SHAPING UP TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER HAVE PROPOSED EARLY THIS AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

THE SO THE WHOLE ARE IN PART AND JUST HOW MUCH IS GOING TO GO TO WHAT PROGRAM AS A GENERAL CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT TO FUND EXCEPT FOR THE PROBLEM IS AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS SOME FOLKS EARLY THERE'S JUST SO MANY MORE NEEDS, AN ADVOCATE THAT ARE CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS PROGRAMS THAT PROBABLY BE SUPPORTED BY A LOT OF US.

THERE MONEY FOR IT.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAN YOU TALK ABOUT AS WELL.

WHEN YOU HAVE COVID WILL GRANT EXPIRING IN SUCH ILLINOIS IN ORDER TO FUND THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAS TO PUT IN EVEN MORE DOLLARS.

SO THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED A REVENUE PACKAGE THAT WOULD BRING MORE MONEY STATE COFFERS.

AND THERE'S SOME PUSHBACK ON THOSE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, RETAILERS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY FOND OF A MEASURE THAT'S GOING TO COST THEM MONEY.

THEN YOU HAVE A TAX THAT WE GO FOLKS TOO, ARE REALLY INTO THIS.

A POPULAR BETTING ON SPORTS FROM THEIR PHONES DIGITALLY IN THERE IS A DEBATE OVER HOW MUCH TO RAISE THE TAXES ON THAT.

AND SOME ACTUALLY INTERESTING PROPOSALS HAS BEEN COMING UP.

THAT WOULD MAYBE BRING IN NEW FORMS ONLINE FOR EXAMPLE.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE STILL BEING DISCUSSED FINALLY AS WELL, JUST HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO BE SENT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THERE'S THAT ELIMINATION OF THE GROCERY SALES TAX THAT WOULD BE A HIT TO LOCAL BUDGETS.

AND LEGISLATORS ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME WAYS TO MAYBE MAKE UP THAT >> AND A HOT TOPIC, THE CPS, CPS CTU MADE A BIG PUBLIC PUSH FOR MORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION.

WILL THEY AND MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON GET WHAT THEY WANT?

YEAH.

THERE'S THAT BIG PUSH FOR A BILLION DOLLARS WHICH CPS AND CTU TONE DOWN AND SAID THAT THEY WANTED IT WORK UP TO THAT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT'S HOW MUCH.

>> THIS STATE OWES.

THE DISTRICT WERE KNOW.

THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GETTING THEIR OBEY.

BEEN TOLD BY LEGISLATORS WHO ARE IN THESE BUDGET TALKS THAT THE 350 MILLION DOLLARS THAT PRITZKER PROPOSED IN BUDGET IS HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE PUT TOWARD THAT EVIDENCE BASED FUNDING FORMULA THAT REALLY JUST FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THAT THE BIG FUNDING AREA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LEGISLATORS SAY, YOU KNOW, DON'T JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT TUNNEL MONEY THAT IS BEING PUT TOWARD EDUCATION, BE IT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

WE'RE TECHNICAL PROGRAM FUNDING.

WHAT HAVE YOU?

BUT THAT THAT FOR ME OF THE BULK OF THE FUNDING.

HERE'S IS NOT GOING TO BE INCREASED LIKE JOHNSON ALLIES.

THERE HAD BEEN FOR AND YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING COMING.

THANK.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING ON A COUPLE OF LAST-MINUTE BILLS THAT WOULD IMPACT CANNABIS AND HEMP CELLS.

WHAT THEY DO.

>> OK, THESE ARE 2 REALLY BIG BILLS THAT HAVE JUST POPPED.

AND SO WOULD BRING FOR EXAMPLE.

>> YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR CANNABIS.

YOU HAVE TO ORDER IT ADVANCE YOU COULD ALSO PERHAPS GO THROUGH A DRIVE-THRU THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN ILLINOIS.

ALSO, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S LITTLE FACES FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS.

THE CAN GET THAT INSTEAD THIS ANY CANNABIS DISPENSARY IN THE CANNABIS DISPENSARIES ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING ALL PRODUCTS THAT HAVE INTOXICATING SO RIGHT NOW YOU SEE GAS STATIONS FOR THEIR I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS A STORE THAT SELLS PRODUCTS THC BEVERAGES AND DESSERTS AND THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE PERMITTED.

ANY THAT HAS WHAT WILLINGLY WITH DECLARED INTOXICATING AMOUNT OF HEMP FOR CBD WOULD HAVE TO BE SOLD DISPENSARIES.

IT'S OTHER PLACES AND THE KITS WITH CHANGE FAITH THAT ILLINOIS PUT A LOT INTO TRYING TO BUILD UP, YOU KNOW, ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR AND SOCIAL EQUITY, WHEN IT LEGALIZED CANNABIS.

AND THAT IS BEING UNDERMINED BY ALL OF THIS HEMP PROGRAM.

THANK YOU.

BY THE WAY, PRODUCERS NOT THEY'RE NOT HAPPY AT ALL.

>> I CAN ASSUME THAT WILL.

THANK YOU, AMANDA.

>> UP NEXT, CHANGES TO ILLINOIS HEALTH BENEFITS FOR NON CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMS COULD LEAVE MANY WITHOUT MEDICAL COVERAGE.

MORE ON THAT RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

>> THOUSANDS OF UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS ARE IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE WILL PAIR OF STATE PROGRAMS.

THE PROGRAM'S ROLLED OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC PROVIDING BENEFITS FOR IMMIGRANT ADULTS AND SENIORS.

IT OFFERED HEALTH COVERAGE FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO DID NOT QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID BECAUSE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.

THE STATE SAYS THE PROGRAM FACES FUNDING PROBLEMS AND HAVE IMPLEMENTED NEW RESTRICTIONS.

HOWEVER, ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING BACK IN URGING THE STATE TO CONTINUE TO FULLY FUND BOTH PROGRAMS.

HERE TO TELL US MORE FROM SPRINGFIELD ARE.

THEY DON'T I'VE SEEN SETTLES A VOLUNTEER, AN IMMIGRANT ENROLLED IN THE HEALTH BENEFITS FOR IMMIGRANT ADULTS PROGRAM WHO WAS JOINED BY A TRANSLATOR AND HE DIDN'T ON THE VICE PRESIDENT OF IMMIGRANT JUSTICE AT THE RECENT ACTION PROJECT.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

BEST.

YES, AT THE NOW AND I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

IT'S I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

IT'S ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE COULD LOSE COVERAGE DUE TO THE LATEST CHANGE WHICH SAYS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED 4 FEET FEWER THAN 5 YEARS WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> I YEAH.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN OR HBA NEED TO BE AS ONE OF THOSE HAS I'M TAKING FOLKS KNOW ARE LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS MOVING THEM OFF INTO A DIFFERENT COVERAGE THAT WANT TO TAKE EFFECT.

WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THERE ADDITIONAL CHANGES REALLY HURT THE UNDOCUMENTED POPULATION, HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR IMMIGRANTS SEEN OR SO UNDOCUMENTED.

SENIORS WILL HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE CHOICES.

>> AND THAT WANT TO GO TO YOU.

HOW HAS HAVING ACCESS TO HEALTH BENEFITS HELP TOO UP THE NEEDLE ON DOING SO WITHOUT THAT BAILOUT WILL STAY.

>> PUNISHMENT SYSTEM SEE WELL ME WHICH WE HAVE THE LITTLE SCHOOLS >> MAYBE COAST.

REASON UP AND THEN WHOLE YEAR.

BUT IT'S NOT OPEN MISS THAT.

WOULDN'T CENT.

>> GENERALLY DO THIS CLOSELY AS THE PROGRAM.

IN THAT THAT WAS HIT ON MEAN, CHECK OPEN IT FOR THAN COMMENT ON THIS UPCOMING YES, IT HAVING A BOARD >> SO THINK AS SAYING IT HELPED HER COVERAGE.

MEDICAL SHE LOST HER AT THE BEGINNING OF PANDEMIC AND HER INSURANCE ALONG WITH THAT.

AND WHICH IS AT THE CLINIC WHERE SHE GOES FOR HEALTH TREATMENT.

THEY TOLD HER ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

>> NOW WE ALSO INVITED.

I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ALSO INVITE AT THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES.

THE DECLINED TO JOIN BUT DID SHARE STATEMENT WITH US.

HERE IS PART OF IT.

THEN TENSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CONDUCT READ DETERMINATIONS FROM HB I A AND H B, I S CUSTOMERS.

BUT THESE PROGRAMS LAUNCHED DURING THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WHEN MEDICAID RE DETERMINATIONS WERE PAUSED.

NOW.

GFS IS NOW IMPLEMENTING RE DETERMINATIONS FOR CUSTOMERS FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW AND IN IT, I I WANT TO GO TO YOU AT IT.

THE STATE IS SAYING THE CHANGE HAS TO DO WITH THE BUDGET.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, ONE IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT FOLKS HAVE TO DETERMINATION LIKE ANY OTHER POPULATION.

BUT THE IS THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE ALREADY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FROM WHAT U.S. CITIZENS QUALIFY SO WE DON'T WANT THAT.

WE DON'T WANT THAT WHILE VACATIONS TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING MAKE IT SO THAT EVEN EXISTING PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE PROGRAM WHO ARE NOW GOING TO THE DOCTOR FOR NOW ABLE TO GET TREATMENT IF THEY HAVE A COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE THEIR COVERAGE NOT BECAUSE OF DETERMINATION, BUT BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL THAT COULD HAPPEN GIVEN MY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

>> DID THE ALTERNATE PROPOSED BY AGE OFFENSES TO REAPPLY FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE THROUGH THROUGH THE ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE.

BUT DOESN'T GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR EVERYONE TRYING TO REAPPLY.

>> FOR MOST FOLKS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN HBA ARE EACH ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE SO ANYBODY WHO IS UNDOCUMENTED IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE MARKETPLACE AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHY WE NEED TO THESE PROGRAMS >> WELL, WE JUST SHARE SOME OF CHALLENGES OR OBSTACLES.

AND TRY APPLY ONE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE ALL DONE, CS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE MARKETPLACE.

>> ONLY LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS AND 4 HAVE BEEN THE OPEN RESIDENTS UNDER 5 YEARS WOULD ELIGIBLE.

EVERYBODY ELSE WAS UNDOCUMENTED.

PEOPLE LIKE MY PARENTS, PEOPLE LIKE THAT ON A COUPLE OF RECEIVING A MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR THE FIRST TIME, SOMETIMES IN WOULD BE INELIGIBLE FOR ENTERING THE MARKETPLACE.

>> AND NICK, I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

YOU HAVE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 23 YEARS.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS BENEFITED YOU MORE ARTICLE?

STAY AT LOOK BOOK 2000 MEALS, SPORTING THAT IS 9 THE HOPE THAT THEN YES, IT WOULD OUNCE ON THIS THAT THAT I HOPE ONE LITTLE BIT OF THE OL.

GOAL IS TO MAHSA UP THAN DEFENDANT.

THE 06:00AM IN A IS NOT ILLEGAL.

>> AND THIS THEN GUESS IT UP FOOD WAS COOKED BY LAW SKIPPING ANY OF HE DOING TO BE?

WILL TELL IT IS >> THE AD IN A MIST THAT PEOPLE MEET NEWS 8 MINUTES.

THOSE THE MOST.

>> THE MEN WILL THAT I DON'T WANT MISS MEMO SAID THE IT CAN ME ME.

AND THEN YOU MAY BE MAKING ELIMINATE ANOTHER CHILL YOU ENGLAND LONDON, ENGLAND THAT ARE MADE IN THE NAME MY SETTINGS, THAT DEAL BECAUSE IT COULD CONSIDER CAME IN FROM AGAINST COMMITTEE ON THE OF THE U.S. A, BUT I'M USED AS ANY ONE, WITH 8 OPENNESS AND ACQUITTED, BUT I MAY MAY SIGNAL SYSTEM EVEN ASIDE.

IS MOMENT CONCEPT MOMENT THING BECAUSE IT MANDATE MANAGE OTHER WOULD LITTLE PEOPLE THE SCHOOL SCHOOL.

I MEAN, IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHEN WILL BE THEM AND THOSE WE NEED.

>> VATICAN SAID BEFORE WITH PREVIOUS INSURANCE, SHE HAD CO PAYS OUT POCKET ARE UNAFFORDABLE WITH THIS NEW SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO GET THE EXAMS AND TESTS NEEDED.

ONE OF THE TESTS THEY FOUND MASSIVE HER THAT SHE GOT COULD BE CANCER.

SHE'S HAD FAMILY MEMBERS ANSWER, WHICH IS SCARY.

AND THIS COVERAGE ALLOWED HER TO GET THE TESTS NOT ONLY FOR THAT, BUT FOR OTHER THINGS NOT LUCKILY, EVERYTHING HAS COME, BUT IT'S REALLY ALLOWED HER TO GET ALL OF THE COVERAGE SERVICES THAT BE DONE.

>> AND THEN WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT'S THE LAST MESSAGE YOU'RE OUT IN SPRINGFIELD'S?

WHAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT IMMIGRANTS YOU HAVE SPENDING POWER WILL WORK.

I'LL CLOSE TO 60 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS HAS PAID 0.6 BILLION AND LOCAL AND STATE TAXES YEAR AFTER YEAR.

HAVE CONTINUED TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR MOST PROGRAMS.

AND JUST 0, 6%, OF THE BUDGET IS SAVING THE LIVES COUNTLESS IMMIGRANTS, INCLUDING PEOPLE LIKE MY PARENTS AND PEOPLE LIKE TO COME.

>> WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

BEST IS PORTER SAID OKAY.

UP NEXT, STORIES FROM LOCAL LATINO VETERANS IN HONOR OF THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

STAY WITH US.

AS THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND APPROACHES WOULD LIKE HONOR LATINOS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CHICAGO AREA.

JOINING US NOW TO TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THEIR STORIES ARE MICHAEL TOLD A U.S. ARMY VETERAN AND COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION STAFF SERGEANT JASON VASQUEZ POST 9, 3, 9, ALDERMAN PETER CHEEK WILL OF THE 10TH WARD WHO IS SPONSORING MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY IN SOUTH CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY.

MAY 26 GLORIA CHAVEZ GOLDMAN'S A SISTER PRIVATE ON UG CHAVIS, A U.S. MARINE WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AT THE AGE OF 19 DURING THE VIETNAM WAR BUNDLES.

TO A U.S. ARMY VETERAN AND COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN AND WEIGHT.

THAT IS JUNIOR POST 10, 17 IN LITTLE VILLAGE AND VIA ZOOM BROKE BY THE U.S. NATIONAL GUARD VETERAN, A SECOND PLATOON LEADER AT THE MISSION CONTINUES IN CHICAGO AND A MEMBER OF AMERICAN AND WEIGHT.

THAT IS JUNIOR POST 10, 17.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

IT IS A PACKED HOUSE NOW.

I'LL YOU GO.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

YOUR OFFICE IS PARTICIPATING IN A MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY IN SOUTH CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY.

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THIS EVENT.

>> THIS OF WE GATHER TWICE HERE FOR A MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY AND WE'RE HONORING 12 YOUNG MEN WHO DIED IN VIETNAM.

THOSE MEN WERE BROTHERS, COUSINS.

AND FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE TO TO COME TO PUT OURSELF, MAKE SURE THEIR LIFE LIVES ON LEGACY LIVES ON.

>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE EMOTIONS OF THAT DAY?

MANY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S A SOMBER DAY.

WHEN THE COMMUNITY GATHERS THERE TWICE A YEAR WE DO FIND SOME CELEBRATION BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TOGETHER CELEBRATING THOSE MEN WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

>> AND YOU'RE GOING TO YOU GREW UP IN SOUTH CHICAGO.

CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH SOME HISTORY ABOUT THE FALLEN SOLDIERS CORNER MURAL IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT LOCATION?

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING IF I DON'T GET TOO EMOTIONAL BECAUSE MIX OF EMOTIONS FAR, ALL THOSE THAT HAVE LOST SOMEONE AND FOR TO GO IN REUNITE.

AT THE OUR WEATHER LOOP IN MEMORIAL.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL THING TO HAVE THEM WERE SITTING UP THERE AND HAVING IT TO BE CELEBRATED AND TO NEVER FORGET, BECAUSE I ALWAYS FIGURE THEY SERVED.

THEIR JOB WAS TO SERVE AND OUR JOB IS SO THAT WE COULD REMEMBER THEM AND WE WILL CELEBRATE THEM AND HELP THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WAR IS AND WHAT IT DOES AND WHEN IT CAN BRING FOR US FREEDOM.

THESE YOUNG MEN, 12 YOUNG MEN DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM.

THEY WILL LIVE.

WITH GOD DID WILLING GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORIES.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND COMMANDER TOURS, I WANT TO BRING YOU IN THE AMERICAN LEGION POST DATES BACK TO 1919.

BUT IN 2019.

>> YOU CHARTED POST 9, 3, 9, AND THEN AS I SAID IN 2019 WOULD NEED TO TAKE ON THIS INITIATIVE.

DID YOU FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, VETERANS WERE UNDERREPRESENTED IN YOUR AREA?

WHAT MADE YOU?

>> WANT TO START SO WELL?

YOU FIRST OF I THINK ALL OF US, ALL OF HIS VOTES AND GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT, OH, THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING FOR VETERANS IN THE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I CESAR JASON VASQUEZ POSED FOR MANY ONE OF THEM BEING THAT I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO GOAL IN 2 VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND SEE.

A CONFEDERATE FLAG UP.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT LAST CHICAGO.

THIS WAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE PAST.

SO THERE WAS A NEED FOR THAT.

WAS THAT FEELING FOR YOU?

CONFUSING?

BECAUSE IS 28 THAT HAS 2023.

NOW THAT'S PURPOSE AT THAT POINT THAT THAT'S PURPOSE.

BUT THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER COVER.

SEE, SHOULD BUT MANY TIMES ABOUT PEOPLE COMMUNITY AND I'M STRUGGLING CAN SPEAK TO THIS.

YOU KNOW, YOU COME, YOU SERVE AND THEN YOU PUT YOUR UNIFORM AWAY.

YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.

MEMORIAL DAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MEMORIAL THE 4TH OF JULY IN OUR COMMUNITIES DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY.

AND THAT'S A SHAME.

AND I THINK THAT MANY GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF PANDA.

SO LET YOU KNOW, SOME WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND WE SHOULD REMEMBER THE MEN AND YOUR POST NAMED ACTUALLY AFTER YOUR FRIEND, RIGHT SERGEANT JASON BASKETS.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM?

HE WAS STAFF SERGEANT VAZQUEZ.

>> DIED IN 2008 IN A ROADSIDE BOMB IN AFGHANISTAN.

HE WAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER.

HE WAS ALSO.

>> COOK COUNTY SHERIFF.

SO HE WAS SERVING IN 2 CAPACITIES.

HE WAS SERVING ON THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THEN HE WAS SERVING THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND HE WAS TAKEN FROM US.

HE WAS ROBBED FROM US WITH A THINK OF JASON.

I SOMEONE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE INSTEAD OF ME, RIGHT?

KNOW.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

THIS WORK.

WHAT DO YOU MISS THE MOST ABOUT HIM?

MY WAS MISTER LOGAN SQUARE.

>> GETTING MYLES LOGAN SQUARE.

I LIKE WHEN YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 10 17, WHICH UNDERWAY BUT IS JUNIOR THE MEXICAN AMERICAN, A PRIVATE WHO WAS KILLED DURING WORLD WAR?

2, YOU CAME HERE TODAY AFTER SELLING PUPPIES ON THE STREET IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PUPPIES FOR UNKNOWN WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PUPPIES OF COURSE, IS TO RED THAT WE TO FUND ITS A FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.

>> WE PURCHASED THOSE FROM STING OF DISABLED PREPARE HIM MAKING WE FROM THE DISABLED VETERANS.

AND WE IN TURN, GO AHEAD SOLICIT FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, AND WE USE THAT TO HELP OUT TO VETERANS.

WHETHER YOU'RE A VETERAN OR MILITARY AND ANY TIME OF NEED.

THE FUNDS KIND OF RECYCLED BACK, YOU KNOW.

YES, ABLE TO US BACK TO ANOTHER BACK, OF COURSE.

AND YOUR POST 10, 70 WAS LAUNCHED IN 1946, WHAT WOULD YOU SHARE?

SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES YOU FACE A RECRUITING YOUNGER MEMBERS?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR POST PROBABLY THE ONLY LATINO POST IN THE STATE OF IT WAS CHARTERED IN 1946.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 4 TO 78 YEARS NOW, SO YOU KNOW, WE WE WERE WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST THE BASKET SUPPOSED MORE RECENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE, OF COURSE, RECRUITING.

YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY IS KICKING THE DOORS ONTO YOU KNOW, THERE THERE ARE OTHER VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS AND WHATNOT WE ALSO COMPETE WITH.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE LEGACY LIFE MAKING.

PEREZ WAS A OUT OF HIS REGIMENT OUT OF THE 11TH REGIMENT.

THERE WERE ONLY 2 CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS AND HE WAS ONE OF THE 2.

AND THAT WAS DURING WORLD WAR.

2.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S JUST A STORY TO TELL.

HE YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, WE TELL IT EVERY MEMORIAL DAY AT SAME THING AT VETERANS WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL BUILDING BASICALLY READ A NAME IN A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL IN THE PILSEN COMMUNITY, A 19 TON TROOP WHICH IS NAMED AFTER MY MY WHAT THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT.

ALSO I SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN RAISE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL $1000 TO RECKONED COMMISSION, SOME ARTIST TO SCULPT A LIFE-SIZE STATUE OF THEY DID.

YOU WOULD SIT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OHIO IS ACTUALLY A MEMBER EVER HAS A MEMBER OF OUR POLLS.

WANT TO BRING YOU IN.

YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE YOUNG POST, 10, 17 MEMBERS.

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO JOIN?

>> YOU KNOW, MY NATIVE LITTLE VILLAGE AND OF COURSE, MOST COMMENDABLE IN JUST A LITTLE SUNSET.

OUR POST LOCATED LITTLE VILLAGE.

SO BEING OUT VOLUNTEERING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY IS THE MEMBERS OF MANY PROGRESS POST.

ALSO OUT THERE.

COLLABORATING SUPPORTING AND WE STARTED CONNECTING.

WE STARTED FINDING FINDING THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD THOSE GOALS AND CALM ENOUGH WANTING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

SO I SAID THIS IS THE POST THAT I WANT TO BE A PART OF.

>> AND TALKING ABOUT SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE THE LEADER AT THE MISSION CONTINUES IN CHICAGO, A NONPROFIT THAT EMPOWERS VETERANS TO CONTINUE SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT JUST ABOUT THE SERVICES AT THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE MISSION CONTINUES.

A NATIONAL BETTER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

WE HAVE 2 LEADERS MORE THAN 40 LOCATIONS FOR MAJOR CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

>> AND >> 2 LEADERS ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITIES AND THEY WANT TO CONTINUE SERVING UP TO THEIR SERVICE.

A LOT OF U.S. VETS EVEN AFTER REMOVING OUR UNIFORM.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE SERVING SO THE MISSION CONTINUES.

ENABLES A VETERANS TO CONTINUE THAT WORK BY CONNECTING LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTING BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND I FIND THOSE INITIATIVES IN PLACE IT.

WE CAN THEN BRING IN OTHER VETERANS WHO WANT TO FIND A MISSION AND BE PART OF SOMETHING GREAT AND CONTINUE WORKING AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT IN GLORIA, YOU WILL BE SPEAKING AT THIS SUNDAY'S CEREMONY.

AND SO CHICAGO, BY YOUR BRIGHT, YOUR BROTHER, PRIVATE ANTHONY ILL, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM.

HE WAS KILLED WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD.

YES, SOME.

>> HE HAD COME BACK AND HE GOT MARRIED TO JUDY MCCAULEY.

SHE HAS SINCE PASSED 2 YEARS AGO.

BUT AND HE WAS A VERY FINE YOUNG MAN, VERY BRIGHT.

HE WENT TO CVS.

HE WENT IN.

HE STUDYING ENGINEERING.

HE HAD A LITTLE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER YOUNG, YOU LOSE ALL THE GOOD THINGS ARE THINGS.

ABSOLUTELY.

WOULD YOU LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT HIM?

>> I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT HE WAS VERY HONEST, STRONG, PATRIOTIC AND THE WHOLE THING IS.

WE LIVE FOR OUR COUNTRY TO KEEP US FREE AS OTHER COUNTRIES.

YOU SEE HOW THE ARE INVOLVED WITH THE WAR AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT IT.

UNITED STATES.

SO DAD, YET WAR DOES NOT COME IN OUR BACKYARD IN EVER HAPPENS.

WE WILL ALL BE IN BIG TROUBLE.

GLORIA, WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS LEFT.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO REALLY QUICKLY.

JUST ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE MEMORIAL DAY.

>> IF YOU'D LIKE SEE.

>> IT'S JUST SO REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FALLEN.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING.

OF COURSE.

>> NOW A KNOW BEFORE WE WE CA HEAD OUT TONIGHT, MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE WDW NEWS INVESTIGATION INTO EVAN BAN ON GUESS LEAF BLOWERS IN ITS UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES.

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MEANWHILE, ARE SMALLER LANDSCAPERS.

MANY OF THEM WHO WERE LATINO SAY THEY'RE FEELING THE IMPACT, THE PAY THOUSANDS OF ELECTRIC BLOWERS.

THOUSANDS FOR ELECTRIC BLOWERS ARE LESS POWERFUL.

SO THEIR JOBS TAKE LONGER.

CLIENTS CLIENTS CAN PAY HIGHER FEES AND LEAVE.

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THAT'S WWW DOT COM SLASH NEWS AGAIN.

THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

WE RAN OUT OF TIME TO SHARE A STORY ABOUT THE PALOS 2000 THEATER AND ITS NEW LANDMARK STATUS.

BUT WE HOPE TO BRING YOU THAT STORY SOON.

NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE, CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

>> I'M THAT IN ON THIS.

STAY HEALTHY.

STAY SAFE.

WHAT HAS NOT >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH AND PROUD SPONSOR PROGRAMMING THAT