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

I'M JOHN MADDEN ON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> WE NEED TO GO ASSESS THE SITUATION.

>> CHICAGO DELEGATION TO THE BORDER RETURNS.

THEY SHARE THEIR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE TRIP.

ONE ON ONE WITH THE CONSUL GENERAL OF MEXICO IN CHICAGO FOLLOWING A HURRICANE THAT LEAVES AT LEAST 27 DEAD IN A COUPLE OF GOALS.

>> HOW CLEAN IS MY WATER?

HELP CLEAN IS THERE BREATHING?

>> INEQUITIES IN THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE COUNTY.

>> IT'S NOT ONLY A CELEBRATION OF LIFE.

IT'S A CELEBRATION OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

>> AND WHAT THOSE KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND IN CELEBRATION OF DAY OF THE DEAD.

>> UP NEXT, MEMBERS OF CHICAGO'S DELEGATION TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

>> WE'LL GET TO THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY DELEGATION TO TEXAS IN A FEW MINUTES.

BUT FIRST, HURRICANE IOTA STRUCK A POLITICAL GET YESTERDAY LEAVING AT LEAST 27 DEAD AND FOR PEOPLE MISSING.

ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF MIGRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL FARES OF GET IT ALL.

THE CHICAGO AREA IS HOME TO THE SECOND LARGEST POPULATION OF GET IT.

WILL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD JUST AFTER A LIVING A TROUBLESOME REALITY FOR ILLINOIS INS WITH RELATIVES IN THEIR HOMELAND.

JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL AND MORE CONSUL GENERAL OF MEXICO CHICAGO.

TRAIN THOUGHT AS MONDAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

NOW.

I WANT TO START OF HURRICANE OTIS HAS AND TESTIFY INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL STORM INTO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE.

>> THE MOST SEVERE CATEGORY IN JUST 12 HOURS.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PEOPLE HERE IN CHICAGO?

YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEIR FAMILIES?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

>> IT WAS A VERY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE.

THE WAY DOES DEVELOP.

BUT THE THE TRAGEDY IS THAT LOT OF PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED IN MEXICO.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY PEOPLE FROM HERE IN THIS AREA HERE IN IN CHICAGO.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 358,000 PERSONS JUST IN THIS AREA.

NOT REALLY RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR THE RELATIVES SO YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE TO OVERCOME BACK IN MEXICO, MANY THE COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN RESTARTED BY LITTLE BY NOW, THERE DATA FROM SERVICE BECAUSE HE WAS SUSPENDED FOR ONE WITH ELECTRICITY.

BUT THE SERVICES ARE COMING BACK NEARBY.

LITTLE US.

I SAID SO THE RED CROSS IS HELPING THEY THE FIRST IS TO LOCATE THEIR RELATIVES IN MEXICO.

AND OF COURSE, THEY HOMETOWN ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN A WE'RE ALSO HELPING.

AND IS LOOKING FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO GET CALLS AT THE COUNCIL.

YES, WE HAVE AND WE ARE REFERRING THEM EVEN WITH THE RED CROSS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE HANDLING THAT A BASE OF PERSONS AFFECTED.

BUT THE SITUATION IS REALLY, REALLY SAD.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A VERY AND GOOD HEARTED COMMUNITY HERE THAT THE SUNDAY THAT I THINK WAS SHOWN IMMEDIATELY RIGHT NOW SAYS, AS YOU KNOW, IN THIS KIND OF STIRS NATURALLY MATTER OF PREJUDICE, YOU KNOW, THAT COMPLICATED.

THEY HAVE ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS, SAY MENTIONED SO SO I THINK OTHERWISE.

THING WE ALL CAN DO DONATE TO THE RED CROSS, THE MEXICAN RED CROSS SO THEY CAN CHANT OF THOSE RESOURCES.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS WITH SO MUCH DESTRUCTION.

WHAT TAKES PRIORITY?

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TO THE NATHAN KIND RIGHT NOW.

PEOPLE MAY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SEND NOTES OR OR FOOD.

>> BUT SINCE THE ACCESS IS VERY LIMITED, THAT RIGHT NOW, THE MEXICAN.

ALL RIGHT.

ME IS WORKING ESTABLISHING OPENING HIGHWAYS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, BIG CITIES LIKE A PORT CALL.

WE'RE IN COMMUNICATED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS OF SOME HOURS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW THAT THE COMMITTEE BEEN ESTABLISHED.

YOU CAN IMAGINE IN THE REMOTE AREAS HEALTH COMPANY CANDIDATE IS.

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO THE NATHAN KIND.

THIS IS A TIME TO LOOK FOR THE RED CROSS.

THE MEXICAN RED CROSS HELP THAT WAY.

IF YOU WANT THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

I WANT TO SWITCH TOPICS SPEAKING IMMIGRATION.

>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE CLIMATE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TOPIC?

WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PUSHBACK HERE IN CHICAGO TO THE THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS BEING SENT FROM THE BORDER BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

IT'S A VERY COMPLEX SITUATION.

WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS THAT YOU WANT TO FIND ONE OUR SOLUTION.

YOU ARE RON, YOU'RE MISTAKEN FROM THE BEGINNING.

THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX SITUATION.

AND FIRST, THE FLOODING CANNOT BE RESOLVED.

>> BY JUST ONE COUNTRY, YOU HAVE GET IT REGIONALLY BECAUSE DOESN'T START IN MEXICO AT THE BORDER.

PEOPLE MAY FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE IMMIGRATION FLOWS HERE IN CHICAGO.

AND THEY MAY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY APPEAR OF THE BORDER, THE MEXICAN BORDER AND ONE DAY THEIR SON HERE IS NOT SIMPLE AS THAT.

ORIGINATED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CONTINENT.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ALL THOSE COUNTRIES THAT THEY TRAVEL TO COME HERE TO CHICAGO.

THE SECOND IS THAT IF YOU THINK THAT IS JUST MATTER OF ENFORCEMENT, THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO THE ROOT CAUSES IMMIGRATION AND THEY HAVE TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IN MANY COUNTRIES.

SO THAT OR HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, MULTI PURPOSE MULTA ANSWER.

NOT NOT JUST ONE SIDE.

>> NOW WITH THIS RECENT INFLUX OF NEW ARRIVALS, A MAJORITY ARE FROM VENUS.

WELL, I WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF MEXICANS STILL TRYING TO MIGRATE HERE.

>> THERE YOU GET.

THERE ARE FROM MANY COUNTRIES TRYING TO COME HERE.

HAITI IS ONE OF THE OTHER NATIONALITIES CUBA ONE OF THE OTHER WHAT I FOUND REALLY ENCOURAGING IS THAT THERE IS IMPULSE FOR IT.

A MULTILATERAL CONVERSATIONS.

I KNOW THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING.

SUMMER PATRICIAN FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN A RANGE ALREADY FROM PERSONS THE CAME TO THE U.S. WITH A HOPE TO GET ASYLUM AND THEY KNOW THAT THEIR PROCESSES WILL NOT SUCCESSFUL.

SO AT THIS TIME THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE POSITION TO GO BACK TO THE TO GET TO THE COUNTRY'S.

I THINK THAT'S ENCOURAGING AT LEAST TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE DIGNITY AND TO ADDRESS HUMAN ASPECTS OF THIS PHENOMENA.

>> NOW WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS.

I DO WANT TO ASK YOU SMILE.

WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT DAY OF THE DEAD, YOU CELEBRATE.

VIEW THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF AND THE REASON THAT WE HAVE.

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S ALSO WAY THAT THEY HAVE THAT THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> AS IT'S A GOOD TIME TO REMEMBER YOUR FRIEND SOME TIME PASS THE THAT'S THE WAY SO THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU THANK SUNDAY THAT IS MOTIVATING.

>> UP NEXT, SOME LAKE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE MORE ACCURATELY THAN OTHERS.

WE EXPLAIN RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> LAKE >> COUNTY IS LUSH WITH FOREST PRESERVES PARKS AND NATURAL SPACES.

BUT MANY OF US RESIDENTS SAY THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THOSE SPACES ARE WELCOMING TO THEM.

AN ANALYSIS BY THE NONPROFIT BRUSH WITH CENTER AND RYERSON WOODS FOUND NOT ONLY LATINOS FEEL EXCLUDED FROM ASSESSING LAKE COUNTY'S NATURAL ASSETS.

THEY'RE ALSO OVERBURDENED BY THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES PRODUCER ERICA GUNDERSON CAUGHT UP WITH THE GROUP LAST MONTH AND HAS THE STORY.

>> LEE COUNTY FROM HIS HOME NESTLED INTO THE NORTHEASTERN MOST CORNER OF ILLINOIS.

MUCH OF LEE COUNTY IS WEALTHY VERDANT AND SUBURBAN.

>> BUT SOME TOWNS IN LEE COUNTY ARE BOTH DEEPLY INDUSTRIAL AND DEEPLY LATINO LIKE THE ONE DAY FOR US.

WE'RE OPEN.

>> PARK CITY, ILLINOIS, WHICH IN THE MIDDLE OF WAUKEGAN IN GURNEE TO ABOUT 8,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WORKING CLASS, A IDENTIFY HISPANIC, LATINO.

>> TODAY FLORIDA'S IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND BOARD MEMBER AT THE HEALTH IN NATURE, EQUITY, NONPROFIT BRUSH WITH CENTER.

BUT SHE SAYS IT WASN'T UNTIL ADULTHOOD THAT SHE BEGAN UNDERSTAND THE INEQUITIES SHE EXPERIENCED AS A CHILD GROWING UP.

I DIDN'T REALLY THINK GOING ON ANY TRUE.

>> NOW REALIZING THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE FOREST PRESERVES AND ALL THESE OTHER SPACES THAT WE COULD HAVE MAYBE TRAVEL TO.

I NEVER CONSIDERED HOW CLEAN IS MY WATER.

HOW CLEAN IS THERE THAT I'M BREATHING?

IT DEFINITELY MAKES ME WHERE I SPEND MY TIME OUTSIDE.

IF I WANT TO SPEND MY TIME OUTSIDE.

>> OR IF I'D RATHER FIND SPACES THAT IN MY EYES ARE CLEANER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THIS INDUSTRIAL BUT THAT WOULD MEAN HAVING TO DRIVE FURTHER FROM WHERE I LIVE.

>> FRESH WOULD CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KATHRYN GAME SAYS THE LEE COUNTY IS FULL OF NATURAL SPACES.

THE LATINO RESIDENTS THEY WORK WITH SAY THEY FEEL SHUT OUT OF WHAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR >> MANY OF THE SAME BARRIERS THAT FOLKS FACE.

SO TRANSPORTATION, LACK OF MATERIALS OR ACCESS CONTENT IN SPANISH OR IN THE LANGUAGE IS THAT THEY SPEAK, NOT FEELING WELCOMED IN SPACE IS NOT FEELING A SENSE OF BELONGING WHEN THE PANDEMIC HITS AND WE THE MANY WAYS THAT SHE SAME COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS WHO ARE FACING BARRIERS TO ACCESSING NATURE AND ACCESSING THE BASICS LIKE CLEAN AIR AND WATER.

ALSO WHERE THE SAME COMMUNITIES WHO FACE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING HEALTH CARE TO ACCESSING THE EMERGENCY RESOURCES THAT WERE NEEDED DURING THAT TIME.

ALL OF THIS IS TAKING PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHANGING CLIMATE AND WE HAVE ARE ALREADY SEEN INCREASING TEMPERATURES, INCREASING RAINFALL.

THE SUMMER.

WE SAW THE TORNADOES COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE SAW THE WILDFIRE SMOKE WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE HUGE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS TO INCREASING HEAT AND TEMPERATURE, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN KIND OF DISTINGUISH THEM INTO INDIVIDUAL BUCKETS, THEY'RE VERY INTERCONNECTED.

SO THE BRUSH WITH CENTER DECIDED TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK.

>> IN JUNE, THE ORGANIZATION RELEASED A REPORT THAT COMBINES FEDERAL AND LOCAL DATA WITH INDEPENDENT RESEARCH.

THE REPORT FOUND LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS FACE SIGNIFICANT RACE-BASED DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ACCESS TO THERE GORGEOUS NATURE IN LAKE COUNTY.

>> BUT WE KNOW ALSO FROM THE DATA THAT THEY'RE STILL A LOT OF FOLKS WHO FACE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING OUTDOOR SPACES AND THAT THOSE BARRIERS RELIEF ALL VERY MUCH SO ALONG DEMOGRAPHIC LINES.

>> SO YOU SEE IT COME TO THE SAME COMMUNITIES, MOSTLY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

>> THAT EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, HIGHER LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY, HIGHER HOUSING COSTS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST CATHOLIC COUNTY WHERE THERE'S A HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONGSIDE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER RACIAL INEQUITIES.

AND SO ALL OF THIS MEANS THERE IS A LEGACY OF TOXINS THAT ARE STILL BEING DEALT WITH TODAY.

LAURA SAYS THE REPORT'S FINDINGS ON ACCESS TO NATURE AND HEALTH INEQUITIES ALIGNED WITH HER EXPERIENCE AS A LEE COUNTY I THINK WE ENJOY NATURE AND TRY TO GO OUTSIDE.

>> BUT SOMETIMES DON'T KNOW THE INDUSTRY THAT'S SURROUNDING US.

WE HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL DUNES THAT HAVE BEEN RESTORED.

>> AND THEN WE HAVE ACCESS LAKE MICHIGAN.

>> BUT THEN ALONG THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE COLD WE COME ACROSS SUPERFUND SITES, RIGHT SITES THAT HAVE BEEN OF AND THEN ONE IN 3 CHILDREN IN WAUKEGAN HAVE ASTHMA OR ASTHMA LIKE SOMETIMES.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAD SEEN IN MY OWN FAMILY AND FLORIDA GAME SAY THEIR HOPE IS THE REPORT WILL HELP SPUR ACTION IN LEE COUNTY AT ALL LEVELS.

IF YOU WORK ON SOLUTIONS, THAT KIND OF ADDRESS THEM ALL YOU'RE HITTING MULTIPLE POINTS AT ONCE.

HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS REPORT AND HOW DO ALL MOVE TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, >> YOU KNOW, CAN HELP WITH THIS WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICES.

SO I THINK THAT WE CAN FIND THOSE ANSWERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> YOU'LL FIND MORE ON THAT BRUSH WITH CENTER REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE.

MORE THAN 19,000 MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO CHICAGO FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER IN THE LAST YEAR.

MORE THAN CURRENTLY SLEEPING AT POLICE STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY IN O'HARE AIRPORT.

THE ONGOING CRISIS HAS STRAIN CITY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, RESOURCES AS WELL AS FRUSTRATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE LONG CALLED FOR ACCESS TO THOSE SAME RESOURCES.

A DELEGATION OF LOCAL LEADERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS RECENTLY VISITED THE BORDER AND SOMEWHERE HERE JOINING US TODAY TO SHARE THAT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED.

THOSE ARE ALDERMAN WILLIAM HULL OF THE 6 WARD.

THOSE TAKING ACTING SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN LA MENOR MILLER, A PRO BONO MANAGER FOR THE NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER.

AND CHRISTINA PUSTULES.

I S THE CITY OF CHICAGO'S FIRST DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.

NOW ALDERMAN HOW TO MY UNDERSTANDING ALL OF YOU HAVE TOWARD TEXAS CITIES OF AN FASO SANANTONIO MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE, WHICH ARE POINTS OF DEPARTURE FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING TO CHICAGO.

WHAT IS A REALITY LIKE AT THE BORDER AT THE BORDER.

REALITY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD SEEKING ASYLUM.

>> THEY COME INTO THIS REALITY IS THEY ARE GOING TO BASE CAMPS.

THERE ARE RAIN BY BORDER SECURITY, BORDER PATROL.

I'M SORRY.

HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE REALITY IS YOU HAVE TO WITH PARENTS THAT ARE JUST LEFT.

I DO TO PARENTS DINE-IN THE PLATE TO GET ASYLUM IN WHICH YOU ALSO SEES COMPASSION.

WE HAVE A EL PASO AND SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE EMBRACING OUR ASYLUM SEEKING BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEY GETTING ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND WHAT YOU SAW WAS A SHOCKING TO US.

ONE THING SEEING IT ON CAMERA, RIGHT?

AND THEN ACTUALLY SEEING IT IN PERSON.

IT WAS ONCE YOU LOOK INTO THE EYES OF A CHILD THAT NO LONGER WILL SEE THEIR PARENTS.

>> IT REALLY DOES SHOW TO YOUR HEART AND WHAT YOU ALSO SEE IS THE HEART OF THOSE WHO REALLY WANT TO HELP.

AND SO, I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT?

KEEPS ME MOTIVATED DOING TODAY?

MAKE SPACE FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE ALREADY SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE END, THOSE WHO LIVE IN CHICAGO FROM SINCE WERE BORN.

>> EYES.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THEIR TRIP THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE?

>> I THINK THE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST IS THAT THE OPERATION AT THE BORDER IS REALLY ABOUT PROCESSING PEOPLE.

MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT WORK, WHETHER IT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THAT NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

IT'S ABOUT MILLION.

IT'S ABOUT THIS.

IT IS THE FIRST STOP AND NOBODY IS THERE MORE THAN 24 TO 72 HOURS.

SO IT IS REALLY JUST ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE GET FROM THAT INITIAL POINT TO EITHER INTERMEDIARY, OUR FINAL DESTINATION, WHERE CHICAGO IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND THEREFORE OUR OPERATION IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF APPROACH BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ESSENTIALLY RESETTLEMENT, WHICH IS A LOT MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND RESOURCE INTENSIVE.

>> AND THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION THAT I WANT TO ASK, WHAT CAN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION PUT INTO ACTION NOW?

>> SO WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE GLEAN FROM THIS PARTICULAR IS NOT ON THE THAT OUR OPERATION IS DIFFERENT AND THAT THERE ISN'T ANCHOR COMMUNITY HERE THAT CAN BUFFER AND SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY.

WE HAVE TO JOIN FORCES WITH THE BORDER CITIES WITH THE BORDER STATES TO COME TOGETHER AND ADVOCATE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH RESPECT TO UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNDING FORMULA THAT NEEDS TO BE APPLIED HERE.

THAT IS ULTIMATELY A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND SO ON THE ADVOCACY TENT, WE ARE JOINING FORCES WITH THOSE CITIES ON THE BORDER AS WELL AS INTO CITIES TO LIFT UP THE FACT THAT THE INVESTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE HAVE TO BE RADICALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.

WE ARE HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PROPOSING 1.4 BILLION DOLLARS FOR STATES AND CITIES FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK.

BUT WE NEEDED TO BE CLOSER TO 5 TO 10 BILLION DOLLARS WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE'RE WELCOMING PEOPLE.

WE'RE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE INITIALLY ALL WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO AND THAT IS TO REESE AT ALL TO HELP PEOPLE GET ON TO A PASS OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY, SELF-DETERMINATION AND SELF OKAY.

KEEP I WANT TO GO TO CHICAGO OFFICIALS INCLUDING MAYOR JOHNSON HAVE CONTINUED TO CALL THE STATE FOR SUPPORT.

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE SAID THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE CITY THROUGH THE CRISIS.

WHAT MORE CAN THE STATE DO?

>> SO WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY CLOSE, SEEM VERY CLOSE A WORKING PORT.

AN AD WITH THE CITY ARE ON THE PROPER OUNCE HERBICIDES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

THIS IS SUCH UNFORTUNATE CRISIS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO RESPOND.

WE'RE DOING THE WE CAN WITH THE LIMITED WAS.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE THIS LEVEL OF HUMAN TAKE CRISIS FAMILIES, CHILDREN, INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ASYLUM.

>> ALL THE MEN.

WHAT DOES THE BORDER HAVE?

THE CHICAGO DOESN'T ORDER TO HANDLE THE CRISIS?

WHAT WHAT THEY HAVE AT THE BORDER.

LET'S START WITH EL PASO, RIGHT.

THEY'VE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THIS CITY IS UNDER EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

IT'S GOTTEN YEAR-OLD WASHINGTON, D.C., THERE'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS OPERATION.

TALKING TO THE MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO.

SAME THING, KILLINGS OVERNIGHT.

ACTION.

ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.

HOW ARE YOU ABLE FOR IT?

EVEN THOUGH SAN ANTONIO'S AN INTERIOR CITY EL PASO'S ABOARD A CITY, THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS THEIR OPERATIONS TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO CHICAGO, TO GO TO COURT.

ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS YIELDED OPENED UP THE CHECKBOOK FOR THEM TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK AND THEN TO SEE CHICAGO IS USING EVERYTHING THAT HE CAN.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE.

BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S A DIFFERENT.

IS IT ADEQUATE FUNDING EQUATION?

AND WHAT WE NEED IS AN INVESTMENT IN HUMAN LIFE.

INVESTMENT CHICAGO IN THE END.

WE ALSO NEED THE PRESIDENT, THE UNITED STATES TO FOLLOW THROUGH PLEDGING DOES NOT MATTER.

WE DON'T NEED TO PLAY WHEN HE PROMISES MADE PROMISES FOR FIELDS.

NOT TO MENTION ALL THE MONEY ALSO BEING SPENT FOR PEOPLE'S POCKETS.

JUST 2 PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERING.

ELLEN, I WANT TO GO TO A RECENT POST ABOUT THE TRIP YOU WROTE.

>> CHICAGO IS NOT ONLY A WELCOMING CITY FOR MIGRANTS BUT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HOPE TO RESETTLE IN BILL LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND SECURITY.

AFTER TOURING THE BORDER, ARE THERE INITIATIVES THAT CAN POSSIBLY WORK HERE IN CHICAGO?

OF COURSE.

AND WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT.

SO WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE AND WITH OTHER LEGAL PARTNERS, NONPROFIT SERVICES, NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS >> WE ARE PROVIDING RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE ASYLUM PRO SE ASYLUM CLINICS HELPING US ASYLUM SEEKERS.

WE STARTED THAT WITH PRO BONO COUNSEL, THE CITY.

WE HAVE A FABULOUS PROVIDER NETWORK HERE, VERY ACTIVE IN EAGAR.

THE CITY AND THE STATE AND OTHER LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER ARE WORKSHOPS FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS AND FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR WORK AUTHORIZATIONS WERE GRATEFUL THAT USPS HAS OFFERED ALSO COMING, FACILITATE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROCESS BLUES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE HOPE ALSO WILL CONTINUE THAT EFFORT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUE WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS.

WE ALSO SAW, THOUGH, ON THE BORDER IS IS THAT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT LEGAL POSTURES THAT PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND THE BORDER PATROL AND DHS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS DISCRETION TO RELEASE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS WHEN THEY CAN REALLY WITH PAROLE.

PAROLE GRANTS, WORK AUTHORIZATION RIGHT NOW, THOUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT ISSUING PAROLE.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING WORK AUTHORIZATION WHEN THEY COME HERE.

THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO THAT TO FACILITATE THAT.

AND OUR INTERNAL EFFORTS.

SO YES, LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE AND NONPROFITS ARE PROVIDING ASYLUM WORKSHOPS WERE PROVIDING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS WORKSHOPS, WORK AUTHORIZATION.

AND ALSO WE'RE NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF SOMETHING THAT'S COMPANY MADE BEST OF ARE FIRST STEPS, CLINICS WHICH LOOKING GET BASIC ORIENTATION FOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR CHANGE COURT VENUES AND REALLY JUST ORIENTING THE PEOPLE TO WHERE ARE THEY?

WHERE ARE THEY IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT RIGHTS DO THEY HAVE?

I WOULD JUST SAY AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES SAID THIS AND THEY KNOW THIS TOO.

SEEKING ASYLUM IS A RIGHT.

PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO SEEK ASYLUM AND TO BE HERE SAFELY WITH DIGNITY.

AND IT'S ALSO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY.

2 TO OPEN AN AVENUE THAT IS AND EFFICIENT FOR THESE ASYLUM SEEKERS.

IT IS OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND OUR CIVIL SOCIETIES OBLIGATION TO RECEIVE THESE PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY, SECURITY RESPECT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INTEGRATED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE COMMUNITY SAID ALSO HAVE A LONG RICH HISTORY OF MIGRATION, SO TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER.

HERE WE ARE, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS A LOT OF POINTING FINGERS RIGHT?

AND ALDERMAN HA, I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY RIGHT NOW?

THE CALLS FOR FED?

WHAT FEDERAL SUPPORT?

LOOK LIKE WE NEED A COMMON SENSE BORDER POLICY WITH WITHOUT COMMON SENSE BORDER POLICY.

>> WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THE CHAOS AND FRUSTRATION AT THE BORDER.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER DAILY.

AND SO AGAIN, WITHOUT A COMMON SENSE BORDER POLICY, WITHOUT THE PROCESS BEING OUTLINED WITHOUT LAWYERS TO SECURE THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO ARE CROSSING THE BORDER.

THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE WHICH THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS TAKING ON THIS WITH BIG SHOULDERS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF CONGRESS DOES NOT THIS CAN TURN EVEN MORE CHAOS.

AND WITHOUT THE ABSENCE OF FUNDING, LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

NUMBER ONE, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A BUDGET SEASON.

OUR MAYOR HAS PUT FORTH OPENING UP MENTAL CLINICS.

CHECK.

OUR MAYOR HAS PUT FORTH MAKING SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE JOBS.

YOU ROUND ARMY LOOKING TO BRING HOME CHICAGO WHERE EVERYBODY WHO CAR CROSSES THE BORDER CROSSES INTO CHICAGO HAS A PLACE LIVE TO, HAVE JOBS MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS.

BUT WITHOUT FEDERAL FUNDING HE'S PUTTING IN JEOPARDY THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO GET DONE HERE IN OUR CNN, THAT FEDERAL FUNDING IS REALLY NECESSARY.

>> NOW, BUT SOON AS I AS I WANT TO GO TO YOU NOW, HOW WILL THIS INFORMATION YOU GATHER BE USED AT THIS POINT MOVING FORWARD IS THERE BEING PREPARED?

>> WE HAVE A BRIEFING GETTING TO THE MAYOR, BUT ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TRANSLATING INTO ACTION.

THAT WAS ALSO THAT WAS OUR GOAL, RIGHT?

WE WANT TO GO TO THE SOURCE WE HAD TO SEE FOR OURSELVES THE PROCESS BY WHICH PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO CHICAGO.

WE CAN'T ULTIMATELY UNDERSTAND AN ISSUE THAT WE CAN'T SEE FIRST HAND, BUT ALSO TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH BORDER CITIES SO WE CAN HAVE TIGHTER COORDINATION.

YOU KNOW, I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE IN PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS AND WE HAD ONLY BEEN RECEIVING MANIFESTS FOR ABOUT A 3RD OF THE BUSES THAT CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR PLANNING AND UNDERMINES OUR ABILITY TO FORECAST FIGURE OUT WHAT TYPE SHELTER WE NEED AND WHAT TYPE OF RESOURCES WE CAN WRAP AROUND PEOPLE NOW THAT WE FORGE THESE RELATIONSHIPS, WE'RE GETTING MORE MANIFESTS.

THEY HAVE OFFERED US THEIR PLAYBOOK FOR THEIR MULTI AGENCY RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE STANDING UP SOON AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE TIGHTER, EFFICIENT PROCESSING AND GETTING PEOPLE ON PATHWAY TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

>> WELL, THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S ALL WE HAVE.

I KNOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS ALL DAY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK THANK AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

IT'S GOING TO BE A COLORFUL DAY IN PILSEN ON SATURDAY.

OVER 6,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME TOGETHER TO HONOR THEIR LATE LOVED ONES IN A 5 K RACE.

GOT THOSE WITH THOSE IS CELEBRATING ITS SWEET 16 THIS YEAR.

AHEAD OF DAY OF THE DEAD, A WELL-KNOWN MEXICAN TRADITION.

HERE'S HOW ITS FOUNDER DESCRIBES RACE DAY.

>> WE MAY SOUND CLICHE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SAY IT'S IT'S ONE GIANT PARTY.

IT'S ONE JANE FIESTA.

AS SOON AS YOU ARRIVE, YOU HEAR MUSIC, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH DJ.

AM NOT THAT PLANE IN THE HOUSE.

MUSIC READING IS AN ARE YOU IT IT HELPED FOR CLARK DANCERS.

HE HERE EXPENSES, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE RUNNERS READY.

THE RACE KICKS OFF AT 8.

WE GO AT IT AND YOU RUN THROUGH BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, PILSEN WHICH YOU KNOW IS YOU KNOW, I CAN ARGUE IT'S THE BEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHICAGO, I SAYS LATINOS.

WE LOOK AND DEATH.

>> WHICH FOR SOME PEOPLE MAY COME ACROSS AS VERY MORE BID AND VERY DARK.

AND AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TRULY SAD.

LOSING A LOVED BUT WHY NOT FLIP IT CELEBRATE THEIR THEIR THEIR LIFE RATE.

SO THE OTHER THOSE TO ME IS, IS THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S A TIME TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TO THE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE.

>> SOMETIMES INITIALLY FOLKS THING IS LIKE, IS IT LIKE MEXICAN HALLOWEEN AND, YOU KNOW, WE TELL HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S FAR FROM SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE START OF THE RACE, WHICH IS 2007, YOU CAN THE GROWTH OF THE OTHER WAS MY ACROSS NOT ONLY CHICAGO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHICH TO ME IS IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL.

SOMETIMES YOU SEE RUNNERS.

I'M WEARING SHIRTS WITH PICTURES AND IMAGES OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

RIGHT MESSAGE IS THIS IS FOR YOU IN MIND.

THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW.

AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIAL EVERY TIME I SEE THAT LIKE IT, IT IT INSTANTLY GETS TO YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THOSE WITH THOSE, IT IS COMBINATION OF BOTH.

YOU KNOW, OUR PREVIOUS PANIC ROOTS AS A CULTURE, BUT ALSO OUR APPLICANTS AS A CULTURE.

BUT WITHOUT ONE THE OTHER END OF THIS MONTH NOT HAPPENED.

SO DECIDED TO DO THIS YEAR IN THE DESIGN IS INCORPORATE THE ROUTES THAT WE HAVE.

>> I LOVE AND THE OTHER THOSE IN THE CELEBRATION DOESN'T END AT THE FINISH LINE.

THERE'S A POST-RACE CELEBRATION WITHOUT MY BILL.

SO THEY CRAFTS FROM LOCAL ARTISANS AND MORE FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5.37, FOR THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

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

I'M JOINED THAT NONE THIS STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH WHOSE ATTORNEYS EMBRACE A CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY IN SERVICE BY VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE TO HELP