>> GOOD >> EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT AT THE JOIN ON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS LEAVE CHICAGO'S ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IN LIMBO.

>> IT KNOWING THAT PEOPLE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT MEANS AND WHAT REPRESENTS.

>> DHAKA RECIPIENTS PUSH FOR ACTION ON FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.

>> LATINO WORKERS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAVE ACCIDENTS, DEBTS.

>> CALLS FOR WORK PERMITS FOR LONGTIME UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

>> WE SAW THE NEED AND WE OPEN OUR DOORS AND INVITING PEOPLE >> AND THE RAVENSWOOD MANOR CHURCH OPENS ITS DOORS TO MIGRANTS AND SAYS OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT.

>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN VISITS ILLINOIS.

HE WAS IN BELVIDERE THIS MORNING, WHICH IS NEAR ROCKFORD, SPEAKING WITH UNITED AUTO WORKERS AND CELEBRATING THE REOPENING OF AN ASSEMBLY PLANT THAT CLOSED EARLIER THIS REOPENED AS PART OF THE DEAL BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE COMPANY STELLANTIS.

THE CONTRACT IS SET TO BRING BACK THOUSANDS OF JOBS.

>> SAVIOR OF INTERSTATE.

THEY STEP UP FOR A SIMPLE PROPOSITION.

YOU KEPT THE PICKET LINE GOING FOR 46 YOU KEPT A GO.

WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.

NEGOTIATORS AND THE END THE DEAL.

WILL YOU REACHED SET A NEW STANDARD?

>> AFTER HIS STOP IN BELVIDERE, BIDEN CAME TO CHICAGO FOR PRIVATE FUNDRAISING EVENTS AS PART OF HIS RE-ELECTION EFFORTS.

TOLD THE MAG MILE IS SET TO BECOME A HOMELESS SHELTER.

IN A STATEMENT TODAY, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAYS THE CITY WILL TEMPORARILY USE US LEAD A HOTEL AS A HOMELESS SHELTER THIS WINTER JOHNSON ADDS THE PROPERTY WILL NOT BE USED TO HOUSE ASYLUM SEEKERS.

WORKERS AT THE HOTEL SAY THEY'VE BEEN LAID OFF AS A RESULT OF THE MOVE.

JOHNSON SAYS THE SHELTER WILL BE FUNDED BY AN EMERGENCY IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING GRANT.

THEIR STORIES WILL TRIAL.

A FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE THAT BEGAN MONDAY IS NOW ON HOLD, AT LEAST FOR A WEEK.

IT COMES AFTER AN ATTORNEY IN THE CASE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

IT PUTS THE COURTROOM SHOW DOWN FURTHER BEHIND SCHEDULE.

3 DAYS OF JURY SELECTION MOVED AT A SNAIL'S PACE.

BERKS FACES 14 CHARGES OF RACKETEERING, BRIBERY AND EXTORTION.

THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST 6 WEEKS.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SET TO VOTE ON A MEASURE THAT WOULD GIVE CHICAGO WORKERS AT LEAST 10 DAYS OF PAID TIME OFF EVERY YEAR.

ALDER PEOPLE ARE DEBATING THE ORDINANCE AT CITY HALL THIS EVENING.

IT'S A MEASURE THAT'S PITTED LABOR GROUPS AND SOME BUSINESS BUSINESS GROUPS AGAINST EACH OTHER.

THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO GIVE WORKERS 5, 6 DAYS IN 5 DAYS OF PAID TIME OFF FOR ANY REASON.

CHICAGO'S FORMER TOP DOCTOR HAS A NEW JOB.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ANNOUNCES DOCTOR ARDEN.

WE WILL JOIN OUR WE WILL JOIN THE AGENCY ARE WHAT HE WILL LEAD EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP CURB DRUG OVERDOSES, VIOLENCE, SUICIDE AND OTHER INJURIES.

OUR WOODY SERVED 4 YEARS AS THE CITY'S TOP PUBLIC OFFICIAL HEALTH OFFICIAL.

SO SHE WAS FIRED BY MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IN AUGUST.

UP NEXT, LAWMAKERS BATTLE OVER THE FUTURE CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD AND OF ANY KEY HAS THE STORY RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

>> AND IT'S BECOME A PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE ELECTED IN THE FUTURE.

THE QUESTIONS ARE HOW AND WHEN CHICAGO LAWMAKERS ARE LEAVING THOSE QUESTIONS ON RESULT FOR THE MOMENT OF AMENDED.

NICU JUST RETURNED FROM SPRINGFIELD AND JOINS US WITH THE LATEST.

THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR JOINING US.

WHAT YOU TELL US?

WELL, AS SO TO ME THAT WE ARE ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FROM THE 2024 ELECTIONS.

AND THAT IS WHEN CHICAGO VOTERS WILL BEGIN TO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT VOTERS WILL ALSO GET TO ELECT THE ENTIRE 20 PERSON BOARD.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS SENATE IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THEIR WAY.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A CHANCE THAT YEAR FROM NOW VOTERS WILL ONLY ELECT 10 MEMBERS AND THEN THE MAYOR WOULD GET TO APPOINT THE OTHER HALF OF THE BOARD.

THAT'S HOW LEADERS IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE WANT IT AS WELL AS THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION.

SO MEN DO SO EITHER ALL ELECTED OR HYBRID BOARD.

WHAT'S THE REASONING FOR STARTING OUT WITH THE HALF ELECTED HAVE APPOINTED BOARD OF EDUCATION?

WILL THAT HAD BEEN THE PLAN FROM 2021 WHEN THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD BILL WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN THE AD.

THERE IS TO PHASE SUCH A MONUMENTAL CHANGE.

>> IT IS STARTING A NEW SCHOOL BOARD FOR A DISTRICT AS BIG A CHICAGO IS QUITE AN ENDEAVOR IS GOING TO BRING WITH IT SEVERAL COMPLEXITIES.

IT'S CHALLENGING TO START FROM SCRATCH.

A NEW ENTITY.

>> AND AMANDA WOULD WHAT ARE THE MURDE IT'S OF ALL ELECTED WELL, THERE IS A PRACTICAL COMPONENT WITH THIS ONE IS, WELL, THE LEGISLATURE HAS STRUGGLED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS.

HALF AND HALF MODEL AND BACKER THAT APPROACH SAY THAT THEY HAVE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, ALBEIT ONE THAT COULD GET CONFUSING.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A PHILOSOPHICAL COMPONENT.

CHICAGO, THE ONLY DISTRICT IN ILLINOIS WHERE BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT ELECTED AND IT TOOK DECADES TO GET A LAW PASSED TO CHANGE THAT.

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE THE BOARD MORE RESPONSIVE WORD DEMOCRACY.

SO ADVOCATES SAY GET TO IT ELECT THE WHOLE BOARD RIGHT AWAY.

AND YOU MENTIONED THE CTU.

HOW DOES THE UNION FIT INTO THIS?

WELL, SO THE SEAT YOU CAMPAIGNED REALLY HARD FOR AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND IT'S A TIME THEY WANTED IT TO BE ELECTED RIGHT AWAY.

BUT NOW THE UNION HAS REVERSED COURSE.

THE UNION PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING THEY NOW PREFER THIS HALF APPOINTED BOARD PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT, QUOTE, ENSURES A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO A FULLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IN TWENTY-TWENTY 6 SKEPTICS, THOUGH, SUSPECT THAT THE CHANGE OF HEART IS BECAUSE OF WHO IS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

>> AS IN THE 5TH FLOOR OCCUPIED NOT BY CTU ANTAGONISTS, LORI LIGHTFOOT, BUT RATHER ITS MAYOR, BRANDON JOHNSON, FORMER CTU MEMBER AND ORGANIZER.

WHAT DID JOHNSON SAME?

SO ACTUALLY, WHEN CALLED HIS OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON, SPOKE WITH A SPOKESPERSON WHO SAID NOW COME AND SO NOT A LOT THERE, BUT THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAYOR DO BRING UP THIS NOTION OF CHAOS THAT COULD COME WITH A JUMP TO AN ALL ELECTED BOARD RIGHT AWAY.

AGAIN, THE ELECTION 2024 AND THEN THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD TAKE SEATS STARTING IN 2025.

AND WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THINGS?

SO IN A WAY, AS I JUST NOTED, IT'S A WAYS OFF.

SO THINGS ARE IN LIMBO.

LEGISLATORS SAY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

THEY HAD ACTUALLY ALREADY SKIPPED ONE DEADLINE TO GET THIS RESULT.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT DONE AT THE END OF THEIR SPRING SESSION.

THEN THEY GIVE THEMSELVES QUITE AN EXTENSION.

SO THEY HAVE REALLY UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF APRIL TO FINALIZE THIS.

STILL EVERYBODY THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SAID.

THEY WANT TO GET IT RESOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO THAT CANDIDATES WHO ARE CONTEMPLATING MAKING A RUN FOR THE BOARD CAN HURRY UP AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS IN THE NEED TO KNOW THINGS LIKE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING.

HOW MANY SEATS WILL BE UP BEFORE THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO WE'LL SAY THAT BOTH SIDES SAY THAT THEY ARE HOPEFUL THEY'RE GOING TO REACH A RESOLUTION.

THEY MAY SAY THAT, BUT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING UP IN ORDER FOR IT TO GET TO THAT POINT.

WHAT ABOUT THE MAPS OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL RATE?

WELL, YES, THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY CONTROVERSIAL AND ACTUALLY MAPS ARE NOT FINALIZED EITHER.

THE LEGISLATURE DID NOT APPROVE THEM BECAUSE THAT HAS TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW.

STILL A MAP IS PRETTY MUCH SET.

THERE'S AN AGREEMENT ON THE EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT THERE IS AN AGREEMENT NOW ON THE MAPS, ONE THAT WILL HAVE 6 DISTRICTS IN IT WILL HAVE A MAJORITY OF VOTING AGE, LATINOS IN THEM.

THERE ARE, HOWEVER, SOME LATINO GROUPS THAT ARE STILL UPSET WITH THAT.

THEY SAY THAT GIVEN THAT HALF OF SEATS UPS STUDENTS ARE LATINO OR IDENTIFY AS SUCH THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE MAJORITY LATINO DISTRICTS.

WELL, THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

THINK IN END OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, THE WHITE HOUSE MISSES A DEADLINE REGARDING FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR DHAKA RECIPIENTS.

STAY WITH US.

DHAKA RECIPIENTS KNOWN AS DREAMERS ARE STILL WAITING TO QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL HEALTH CARE INSURANCE PROGRAMS.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED PLANS TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO THOSE ENROLLED IN THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM.

BUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES YET TO BE FINALIZED, LEAVING THOUSANDS OF YOUNG ADULTS WERE BROUGHT TO THE U.S. AS CHILDREN IN LIMBO.

DIANA FLORES HAS LIVED IN CHICAGO FOR MOST OF HER LIFE.

>> WHICH YOU GREW UP HERE IN CHICAGO.

I GREW UP IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

YEAH, I'M KIND PIE.

>> A COUNTY PARK AREA.

>> FLORES HAS CELEBRATED BIRTHDAYS.

GRADUATIONS, AND WELCOMED A BABY BOY ALL WHILE NAVIGATING THE BARRIERS OF BEING A DHAKA RECIPIENT.

>> IT WAS VERY HARD WHEN I HAVE FOUND THAT PREGNANT, UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T HAVE A JOB AT TIME.

MY HUSBAND AND COULDN'T BETWEEN RUNS.

SO I HAD I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.

I WAS $500 EVERY 2 WEEKS SINCE I WAS CONSIDERED HIGH RISK.

>> THE DHAKA PROGRAM HAS PROTECTED THOUSANDS OF YOUNG ADULTS LIKE FLORES FROM DEPORTATION, BUT THEY ARE RESTRICTED FROM APPLYING TO FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS.

I KNOW I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT.

THERE'S >> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE ALSO STRUGGLING WITH IT.

AND IT'S JUST NOT FAIR FOR US SINCE WE'RE ALSO CONTRIBUTING.

SO A LOT OF TAXES ON THE INSURANCE AND APRIL.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED PLANS TO EXTEND MEDICAID AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MARKETPLACE TO DREAMERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, NOVEMBER FIRST HAS COME AROUND AND THE RULE HAS NOT YET BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

>> ARE FINALIZED AND TIME TICKING, SAYS MARTHA SANCHEZ WITH YOUNG INVINCIBLES, ADULT POLICY AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION.

WHILE DHAKA RECIPIENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EMPLOYER HEALTH COVERAGE, THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS OF DREAMERS WITHOUT IT.

I MEAN, WAITING OVER 10 YEARS TO FINALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MARKETPLACE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT ANYONE DESERVES TO HAVE, WHICH IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, PREVENTIVE HEALTH, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE PROPOSED RULE, CHANGE MORE THAN 100,000 DHAKA RECIPIENTS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL HEALTH CARE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2012.

>> HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN SPENT A YEAR DURING THE DURING THE PREGNANCY?

I WANT WE EASON THE EASE AND LIKE $20,000.

>> FLORES WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN CITIZENSHIP THROUGH HER MARRIAGE BUT HOPES ONE DAY ALL DREAMERS ARE ABLE TO BECOME CITIZENS AS WELL.

>> PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR SURE.

THAT SHOULD BE THE JUST BEING IN HOLE AND NOT EVEN GIVING US THE BARE MINIMUM THE ANSWER.

>> WE CONTACTED THE WHITE HOUSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS RULING BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE.

THOUSANDS ARE HEADING TO WASHINGTON, D.C., NEXT WEEK TO DEMAND WORK PERMITS FOR LONGTIME UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

FOLLOWING WEEKS OF ADVOCACY IN CHICAGO.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS STARTED GRANTING CAMPUSES.

I GOT HERE.

I START WORKING.

>> I HAVE BEEN PAYING MY TAXES.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN TRY TO LEAVE BY THE LAW.

BUT THAT'S NOT AN ALL OR MAKE THE GAMES THAT IS IN THE COUNTRY.

LATINO WORKERS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAVE ACCIDENTS, DEBTS.

HOW ABOUT THE HAPPENED THIS PERMIT?

THAT'S WHAT PROTECTIONS THAT WE CAN DO.

BROTHERS WORKERS.

>> THIS PUSH COMES AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS STARTED GRANTING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO ALMOST 500,000 VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS WERE READY IN THE COUNTRY QUICKLY MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE TO WORK.

JUST TODAY, THE WHITE HOUSE, THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE STATE LAUNCHED A PILOT PROGRAM TO HELP MIGRANTS APPLY FOR THOSE PERMITS.

MEANWHILE, ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING FOR WORK PERMITS FOR MORE THAN 180,000 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN CHICAGO.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE.

IN IT ON VICE PRESIDENT OF IMMIGRANT IN JUSTICE WITH THE REST ARE WRECKED RESURRECTION PROJECT SUSAN PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AN ATTORNEY WITH HUGHES SLOW CALL PEERS REST TO CONDEMN AND YOU LAND THAT THAT I'M FOUNDER OF DIRECTOR OF AND GRAHAM, A NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON STRAIGHTENING FAMILY UNITS LOCATED IN THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US NOW.

LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO DAY TO TELL US ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S SMART.

WHY THE NEW PUSH FOR THIS AND WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN?

YEAH, WELL, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BROAD AUTHORITY TO GRANT WORK PERMITS TO A PROGRAM CALLED PAROLE.

>> HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR 2 YEARS NOW FOR CERTAIN OUT FOLKS FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND ALL FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS.

ON TOP OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED, WHICH IS TPS FOR VENEZUELANS.

THOSE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS FOR US.

WE BELIEVE EVERY IMMIGRANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A WORK PERMIT.

BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS INTENTIONALLY IGNORING THE UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, NOW AVERAGE OF 20 YEARS IN THE U.S.

WORKING WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION WORKING UNDER THE SHADOWS.

>> AND WE KNOW MEXICANS HAVE MADE UP A LARGE POPULATION OF UNDER COMMITTEE COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.

SUSAN, BREAK IT DOWN FOR WHY HAVEN'T WE SEEN FOR THE REFORM?

WELL, IT GOES BACK A LONG WAY AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU 150 YEARS OF HISTORY, BUT BASICALLY THE ATTITUDE OF THE CONGRESS IN FORMULATING U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW HAS LARGELY BEEN TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO, BUT THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME HERE TO WORK.

BUT THEY'RE NOT SO SURE THEY WANT THEM TO BE FUTURE CITIZENS.

SO JUST TO GO BACK TO 1965, CONGRESS SET UP THE JEMEZ SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH THAT SOME PEOPLE COME BECAUSE IF CERTAIN RELATIVES WHO ARE PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR CITIZENS, OTHER PEOPLE COME BECAUSE THEY HAVE WORK NEEDED IN IN THE ECONOMY.

BUT THAT WERE CATEGORY HAS NEVER INCLUDED MOST OF THE SECTORS IN WHICH YOU FIND A LOT OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS.

BUT FROM 65 TO 76, YOU HAVE THE LEGALIZATION OF UP TO 100,000 MIGRANTS YEAR FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE AND IT WASN'T LIMITED PER COUNTRY AND MEXICANS DURING THAT PERIOD WERE USING 80,000 OF THOSE 100,000 SLOT.

BUT 1976, SOME FORCES IN CONGRESS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF MEXICANS WHO COULD BECOME LEGAL AND COME IN LEGALLY AND BECOME FUTURE CITIZENS.

SO THEY DROPPED THE NUMBER.

THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FAIR.

THE COUNTRIES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE COULD GO UP.

THEY HAVE HIGH.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT MEXICO ON THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE HEMISPHERE, WHICH WAS TRUE FOR COUNTRIES IN THE EAST OR NOT.

MISTER.

20,000 MAXIMUM A YEAR.

SO OVERNIGHT THEY TRANSFORMED FOR FLOW OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN LARGELY LEGAL TO A FLOW OF PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE STILL COMING FOR THE SAME REASONS OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION.

ECONOMY IN MEXICO, THINGS THAT HAVE ONLY INTENSIFIED LIST NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THEY CHANGED THE NATURE OF THAT STATUS FROM LEGAL TO ILLEGAL.

AND MY MY FAMILY WAS ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES HONESTLY KNOW.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT TO WEIGH IN HERE.

>> THAT MORE THAN 20,000 MIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN CHICAGO SINCE LAST YEAR.

THE MAJORITY FROM VENEZUELA.

WHAT RECOURSE WOULD YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN?

WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WORK FOR OF THEM AS WHAT THAT WAS MENTIONED, MANY OF THEM AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BIG IMMIGRATION, SENT THE AMNESTY PROGRAM AND MANY OF THEM AS HEAR THIS IS THAT THEY BECAME LEGAL AND THEN THEIR FAMILY JOINED THEM AND MANY OF THEM THROUGH THEIR BROTHERS OR SISTER THAT BECAME CITIZENS A PRO APPLY AND THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR.

THAT OUT WITH WESTAR TO THE MOST.

YES.

CONTINUING TO HEAR THE SAME STORY YOU WOULD SAY EXACTLY EXACTLY THE SAME STORY BROTHERS TAKE 21 YEARS BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN START THE PROCESS.

AND AS LONG AS IT'S HAPPENING, IT IS ALSO NOW THAT IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THAT BROTHER THAT APPLY FOR YOU, BUT YOU NOW HAVE A CHILD.

THAT'S 21 YEARS OLD.

>> YOU NOW HAVE TO ASK FOR A WAY FOR BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY AND THERE IS A RULE THAT SAYS IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR LONGER THAN 180 DAYS, YOU COULD BE PUNISHED FROM 3 YEARS TO 10 YEARS AND IT CAN BE WHAT THIS IS ABOUT THIS, THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH THE WAITING IMMIGRATE THROUGH THEIR RELATIVES BECAUSE OF THEIR LAWFUL STATUS.

WHILE THEY'VE BEEN HERE THAT IS GOING TO FORCE HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

SO THROUGH THE SAME PAROLE POWER THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS ABLE TO EXERCISE TO BRING UKRAINIANS CUBANS, HAITIANS, NICARAGUANS VENEZUELANS INTO THE COUNTRY SO THAT THEIR ENTRIES LEGAL.

THERE'S ALSO A PAROLE IN PLACE.

SO IF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IN OTHER WORDS, THE WHITE HOUSE WANTED TO SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THESE LONG WAITING LISTS COULD BE GRANTED PAROLE IN PLACE.

THEN THEY COULD ALSO GET WORK AUTHORIZATION AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO FEAR BEING DEPORTED BEFORE THEIR NUMBER FINALLY CAME UPON THESE LONG LIST AND THEY STATUS WILL BE REGULAR.

I WANT TO BRING YOU AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT SHE'S SAYING?

I MEAN, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE AN UNDOCUMENTED PERSON, YOU SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THE ODDS ARE SET AGAINST TO MY PARENTS CAME MY DAD CAME 1986, JUST AMNESTY.

MY MOM.

>> AND MY SIBLINGS AND I CAME IN 1990.

I GOT MY WORK PERMIT THROUGH DACA.

NOW, 12 YEARS AGO, 11 YEARS AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR A WORK PERMIT, THEY DO.

WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST WORK PERMIT.

A WORKSHOP TODAY.

200 PEOPLE APPLIED.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN POLICIES THAT HAVE LEFT, PARTICULARLY THE MEXICAN UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY IN THIS SITUATION.

AND WE'RE STUCK IN IT.

WE CAN ADJUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE 10 YEAR BARS AND WE REALLY NEED NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS LISTENING AND IGNORING PARTICULARLY THE MEXICAN ON UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

YOU ALONG THE TALKING ABOUT THE LEGAL SYSTEM WILL KIND OF DELAYS ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING IN THEIR PAST TO RESIDENCY.

AND IT'S ABOUT THE PROBLEM IS LIKE YOU SAID, YOUR FIRST FIRST YOU GET APPROVED BY YOUR FAMILY MEMBER WHO APPLY FOR YOU.

>> AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO DATA IS AVAILABLE.

AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW THAT DATE HOW THAT THEY DO THAT THEY COULD BE ALMOST 20 YEARS OF THROUGH A BROTHER TOWARD TO AN ARMED RESIDENT WHO TAKE A LITTLE LESS.

EVEN IF YOU'RE U.S. CITIZEN, IT STILL TAKES A LOT YEARS.

AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND PART, THE WAIVER.

IT TAKES ABOUT 5 YEARS TO TO CLASS 5 YEARS.

AND I WAITED 21 YEARS TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS.

5 YEARS TO WAIT FOR THE WAIVER SO THAT YOU DON'T GET PUNISHED OR KNEW WHAT HE AND THE AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE FILE THEIR TAXES TO WHAT THEY CALL A TAX BENEFIT.

KAISHA NUMBER AND I HAVE FOUND PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN BECOME A CITY OF A AND THEIR FOR THEIR FAMILY.

>> THEIR FILES IT'S HEARTBREAKING.

OF THE THINGS WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM AS IT IS, AND I'M 72 YEARS OLD.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING I CARE ABOUT.

>> IT'S REALLY BEING SUPPORTED BY MONEY PAID BY UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WHO ARE NEVER GOING TO GET IT OUT TO THE TUNE OF 6, 7 BILLION YEAR.

AND SO ALLOWING PEOPLE TO RECOUP THEIR SHIP.

WHAT THEY PAID INTO SOCIAL SECURITY SEEMS LIKE A IT'S TIME IMPORTANT JUSTICE ISSUES.

LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT DO YOU ALL HOPING?

WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH IN DC NEXT WEEK OR YOU HOPE WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL RESPOND?

THINK WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO START LOOKING TO THE POLLS THAT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING WERE TELLING HIM THE SOLUTION.

>> TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS RESPONDING TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN THE WILL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

OUR THANKS TO ADDED AND DON'TS IS IN SESSION.

YOU LEARN THAT I'M >> UP NEXT, HOW A LOCAL CHURCH IS OPENING ITS DOORS TO MIGRANTS.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

THERE'S STILL MORE THAN 3,000 MIGRANTS LIVING AROUND POLICE STATIONS, INCLUDING CHICAGO AIRPORTS AS THE CITY STRUGGLES WITH HOW TO FIND TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR EVERYONE.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON HAS CALLED ON PLACES OF WORSHIP TO ASSIST A SMALL CHURCH ON THE CITY'S NORTHWEST SIDE HAS ANSWERED THAT CALL NOT ONLY PROVIDING SHELTER, BUT FOLLOWING THE AGE OLD SAYING GIVE A MAN A FISH AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY, TEACH A MAN TO FISH AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A LIFETIME.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE STORY.

>> EACH MORNING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS AND MIGRANTS SHELTERING AT LUTHER MEMORIAL CHURCH PREPARE MEALS AND HOT COFFEE TO THE GROUP IS LED BY CHURCH PASTOR LINDSAY MAC AND RECENT VENEZUELAN ARRIVAL EDWARD P O WHO WAS THE CHEF BACK IN HIS HOME COUNTRY.

THEY DELIVER THE FOOD TO THE NEARLY 200 MIGRANTS SHELTERING IN AND AROUND THE 17TH DISTRICT POLICE STATION ON PULASKI IN LELAND HAD TO SHELTER HERE WITH HIS WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN BEFORE BEING TAKEN IN BY THE CHURCH.

NOW HE'S GIVING BACK.

SHE HAD ME PUT TO MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU OUT A LITTLE ALREADY.

THE TO KIND GET TO KNOW.

>> AND CASE STUCK OUT SIGNED THE LET IT BE COMMUNICATE UNDERSTAND >> PM.

THOSE FAMILY FLED VENEZUELA LAST YEAR.

THEIR HARROWING JOURNEY TOOK THEM FROM COLOMBIA.

SO THE DANGEROUS DARIEN GAP INTO PANAMA AND THEN THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO AND FINALLY TO LAREDO, TEXAS, WHEN THEY WERE PUT ON A PLANE TO CHICAGO, THEY ARE NOW PART OF A GROUP OF 21 PEOPLE SHELTERING AT LUTHER MEMORIAL THAT I WAS IN THE I MISS HIM, BUT WE'LL STILL.

>> AND SOMEONE TO ON OUR WAS SURVEILLANCE AND THOUGHT, WE WANT TO ON A.

>> PASTOR MACK SAYS SHE AND CHURCH VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN SERVING MIGRANTS LIVING AT THE 17TH DISTRICT 6 MONTHS AGO.

THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO DO MORE.

>> IT WAS NOT A HARD DECISION.

WE HAD THE SPACE WE SAW THE NEED.

AND WE OPEN OUR DOORS AND INVITED PEOPLE WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS.

>> VOLUNTEER LINDA NGUYEN LED THE EFFORT TO CONVERT A CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL FACILITY INTO A SHELTER.

>> FAMILIES HAVE THEIR OWN ROOMS AND A PLACE TO CONGREGATE.

THE CHILDREN ARE ALREADY ENROLLED AT CPS.

IS WATERS ELEMENTARY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET?

AND WHEN SAYS THE CHURCH IS TRYING TO GET THE FAMILIES TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, SETTING DAILY ROUTINES AND TEACHING IN ENGLISH.

THEY'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LIVE FULL INDEPENDENT LIONS.

THEY HAD TO FLEE INHUMANE IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS AND THEY'RE HERE TO START LIFE ANEW.

AND BY GIVING THESE RESOURCES TO REALLY JUMP STARTS THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

PASTOR MACK SAYS THE PROGRAM IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS DONATING MONEY AND SUPPLIES WITH MORE THAN 3,000 MIGRANTS STILL IN NEED OF SHELTER FOR THE WINTER.

MACK SAYS LUTHER MEMORIAL HAS PROVEN THAT PLACES OF WORSHIP HAVE A BIG ROLE TO PLAY.

THIS IS PART OF WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE OF FAITH.

ALL OF OUR GREAT FAITH TRADITIONS.

TELL US TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

>> IMMIGRANTS AND FOREIGNERS IN OUR LAND.

TELL US THAT WE WERE ONCE FOREIGNERS WELCOME PEOPLE INTO OUR LAND.

AS YOU ARE WELCOMED WITH THAT.

YOU IT CHECK ON WE WANT TO SAYS HE HOPES CHICAGO AND SEE MIGRANTS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR CITY RATHER THAN A BURDEN AND SAYS HE HAS BIG DREAMS FOR HIS FAMILY IN THIS COUNTRY.

GOAL MOVE WAS MADE GET.

ARE ASSEMBLY.

AND THINK IT ON THE TACKLE ME.

A COPY OF THE OWNER SOLD ON >> IT'S PEOPLE TO GET HIS SPECIALTY IS OR A BUZZ WITH AIG'S NEED AND PLANT HAYNES.

JUDGING BY THE TASTE PMO MIGHT JUST BE ON TO SOMETHING WE FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

THIS IS PARENTS SHOTS.

>> PARIS, NEXT TIME YOU NEED TO BRING UP.

OTHER REALLY GOOD.

PASTOR MACK SAYS SHE BELIEVES THE CITY SHOULD HELP FUND PLACES OF WORSHIP, THE DECIDE TO SHELTER MIGRANTS.

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WHEN IS NOT JUST.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A CLIPPER AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH.

THAT IS PROUD