>>> ♪ >>> GOOD EVENING.

I'M ALEX HERN÷NDEZ .

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, A FEDERAL JUDGE DECLARES DACA ILLEGAL.

WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR DREAMERS IN THE WAKE OF THIS RULING.

>>> HOW A NEW RESEARCH INITIATIVE HOPES TO FILL THE GAP ON RESEARCH OF LATINO COMMUNITIES.

>>> A NEW EXHIBIT EXPLORES THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES THAT THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY FACES.

>>> FOR ME, IT IS ONE OF THE BEST STYLES OF MUSIC COMING FROM LATIN AMERICA.

>> WE ARE HERE TO GET YOU MOVING WITH HER PITCH FOR A CUMBIA CELEBRATION DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

>>> NEW LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR DACA RECIPIENTS.

WE BREAK IT DOWN RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE DECLARES THAT DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM, BETTER KNOWN AS DACA, TO BE ILLEGAL.

ULTIMATELY, IT IS EXPECTED THE DECISION WILL LIE IN THE HANDS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

THAT WILL BE THE THIRD TIME DACA HAS COME BEFORE THE HIGH COURT SINCE IT WAS INSTITUTED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN 2012.

THE FEDERAL JUDGE DID NOT ORDER AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE PROGRAM OR ACTIONS AGAINST DACA RECIPIENTS BUT THE RULING HAS, NEVERTHELESS, CREATED AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR THE ROUGHLY 580,000 DREAMERS IN THE U.S.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THE RULING'S IMPACT ON DACA RECIPIENTS ARE LUCY DOMINGUEZ, A MEMBER OF AND A DACA RECIPIENT, DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN DELIA RAMIREZ OF ILLINOIS THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND ERICA, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS.

I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION AS A DACA RECIPIENT?

>> MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS EXHAUSTION AND ALMOST LIKE D÷J÷ VU.

WE WERE JUST HERE A YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.

IMMEDIATELY, IT IS EXHAUSTION AND CONCERN FOR MYSELF, MY FAMILY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO WAIT ON DECISION AFTER DECISION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL BE NEXT FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> I IMAGINE YOU TALK TO OTHER FRIENDS WHO ARE DACA RECIPIENTS AS WELL.

WHAT HAVE THEY SAID?

>> A LOT OF THEM ARE WONDERING WHAT THIS MEANS, EVEN THOUGH NOTHING HAS CHANGED FOR DACA.

IT STILL PUTS COMMUNITIES IN EMERGENCY MODE, SURVIVAL MODE.

DO I NEED TO APPLY NOW?

WILL I LOSE MY STATUS RIGHT AWAY?

WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO GET IN LINE?

STUDENTS HAVE TO GET MESSAGING AND INFORMATION OUT TO COMMUNITIES.

>> WE HAVE HAD COMMISSIONS SINCE 2012 SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS INTRODUCED.

REPRESENTATIVE RAMIREZ, IN HIS RULING, THE JUDGE POINTED OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH DACA HAS COME UNDER LEGAL CHALLENGE REPEATEDLY, CONGRESS HAS NOT PASSED ANYTHING TO REPLACE IT YET.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHY THAT MIGHT BE?

>> FIRST I WILL SAY TO YOU, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE JUDGE ON ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT HE'S RIGHT, CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE PASSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CREATE THE PATHWAY.

THE REALITY IS THAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE MAJORITY, NEITHER HAVE PASSED IT.

I THINK IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE AT A PLACE WHERE THERE IS SUCH POLITICAL DIVISION THAT WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT OUR JOB IS TO GOVERN AND REPRESENT THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

MY HUSBAND IS A DACA RECIPIENT.

KNOWING THAT JUST GIVES ME A HIGHER SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN MAKING SURE THAT WE GET JUST FIVE REPUBLICANS ON THIS SIDE TO VOTE FOR IT IN THE SENATE.

>> ERIKA, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM DACA RECIPIENTS AS WELL ABOUT THE RULING?

HOW MIGHT THIS IMPACT YOUNG IMMIGRANTS' DESIRE TO STAY HERE IN THE US?

>> IT HAS BEEN CONFUSING.

IT HAS BEEN REALLY CONFUSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REPORTS, DECISIONS.

IT IS HARD.

EVEN FOR MYSELF, I AM A DACA RECIPIENT.

IT IS FOR MYSELF TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COURT MANEUVERS AND THE DIFFERENT DECISIONS.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW THIS FOR A LIVING LIKE I DO, HOW HARD IT MUST BE TO TRY TO KEEP UP AND UNDERSTAND.

IN SOME WAYS, A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TUNE OUT.

SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS AND WE MAY NOT HAVE THE GREATEST OUTCOME.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, CONGRESS WILL BE READY.

WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STAY IN THIS COUNTRY SAFELY.

WHEN WE GOT TO THAT POINT, PEOPLE ARE WORRIED .

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE NOT NECESSARILY TUNED IN BECAUSE IT IS SO CONFUSING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> DEFINITELY.

IT HAS BEEN 11 LONG YEARS FOR DACA RECIPIENTS, AS YOU WELL KNOW.

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THIS MIGHT COME TO THE SUPREME COURT.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FROM CONGRESS AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN THE SHORT TERM?

>> I THINK TO CONTINUE WORKING TO PUSH FOR PROTECTIONS FOR DACA RECIPIENTS.

THE RESPONSE WE HAVE BEEN SEEING TOWARD VENEZUELANS, THOSE ARE THE URGENT DECISIONS WE NEED TO BE MADE AND WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT TO MORE PEOPLE.

FROM CONGRESS AND FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN, CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS TOP OF MIND AND NOT PUT THIS BEHIND.

>> GOING BACK -- SPEAKING OF ACTIONS, REPRESENTATIVE RAMIREZ , WHAT ACTION WILL YOU AND LIKE-MINDED CONGRESS PEOPLE BE TAKING IN RESPONSE TO THIS RULING?

>> LOOK, WE HAVE THE PROMISE THAT HAS BEEN REINTRODUCED.

THIS TIME WE HAVE A FEW REPUBLICANS ON THE BILL.

WHAT I SAID LAST WEEK WAS, WE KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING.

PUT THE FIRE OUT UNDER US TO FINALLY PUSH THIS FORWARD.

IN THE MEANTIME, CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE THOSE PROGRAMS AND PROTECTIONS.

THE REALITY IS, WE KNOW THE DECISION WILL BE IF IT GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE AT THE BORDER, DACA RECIPIENTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE 10 TO 15 YEARS AND NEW ARRIVALS.

WHAT I AM HEARING FROM PEOPLE IS WE CARE ABOUT THE DACA RECIPIENTS, THEY ARE KIDS.

THE REALITY IS, THEY ARE NOT CHILDREN ANYMORE.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS, UNTIL THEY CLOSE THE BORDER, WE WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT DACA.

IT IS PITTING US AGAINST EACH OTHER.

80% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR DACA RECIPIENTS.

WE NEED TO CODIFY.

WE NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION THIS CONGRESS.

>> ERIKA, ABOUT HALF OF CURRENT DACA RECIPIENTS LIVE IN THREE STATES.

CALIFORNIA HAS 20%.

TEXAS HAS 17% AND ILLINOIS HAS ABOUT 5% OF THE DREAMER POPULATION.

WHAT HAS THE NATIONAL RESPONSE BEEN TO THIS RULING, SINCE THE RULING WAS ANNOUNCED?

>> WELL, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE TRY TO UNDERSTAND.

I WOULD SAY, IN TERMS OF ADVOCATES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS, WE REALLY HAVE HAD THE URGENCY FOR YEARS NOW SINCE DACA WAS SUED.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH CONGRESS AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO ASK, ALSO, AND DEMAND THAT DEMOCRATS SAY THEY ARE THE PARTY THAT SUPPORTS IMMIGRATION REFORM, TO HAVE COURAGE , ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO HAS SO MUCH POWER IN THIS COUNTRY, TO PUSH HARDER.

OTHERWISE, PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, PEOPLE LIKE DULCE, WE WILL BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO WORK .

WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

THIS PROGRAM HAS CHANGED OUR LIVES.

WE HAVE REALLY BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.

FOR THIS, AND MANY OTHER REASONS, WE NEED TO PASS SOMETHING PERMANENT.

>> THIS BRINGS ME BACK TO YOU, DULCE.

SPEAKING OF WORKFORCE SHORTAGE THAT THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN SEEING, HOW DO YOU EXPECT INDUSTRIES TO REACT AND DEPEND ON IMMIGRANT LABOR IN RESPONSE TO THIS RULE?

>> WE NEED TO HEAR A LOT MORE FROM THEM.

WE HAVE A GROWING AGING POPULATION AND A BIG DEMAND FOR WORKERS HERE.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE POPULATING THE COUNTRY WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO BRING IN IMMIGRANTS.

WE WANT TO SEE MORE EMPLOYERS, MORE CORPORATIONS SPEAKING MORE ABOUT HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THEM.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, ALSO CITY AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.

THIS IS AFFECTING THEIR LOCAL ECONOMIES.

>> THANK YOU.

WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE BUT I WANTED TO END WITH THIS QUESTION FOR YOU, REPRESENTATIVE RAMIREZ.

DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE U.S. WILL BE EXPANDING THE TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS AUTHORIZATION, BETTER KNOWN AS TPS, WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HAVE HERE IN ILLINOIS AND NATIONWIDE?

>> IT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

THE NUMBER JUST AWAITING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO START WORKING, THIS WILL REALLY HELP THEM MOVE ALONG AND DO THAT.

I AM ASKING -- I JUST SENT OUT A RELIEF.

I UP PLOD THEM AND WE NEED THAT FOR OTHERS THAT ARE HERE, BOTH NEW ARRIVALS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

IT WILL ADDRESS THE 8 MILLION JOB OPENINGS IN THE COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES.

TREND 19, DELIA RAMIREZ, ERIKA ANDIOL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>>> UP NEXT, ART MEETS ACTIVISM IN AN EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

STAY WITH US.

>>> THERE IS A NEW EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CALLED ENTRE HORIZONTES , ART AND ACTIVISM BETWEEN CHICAGO AND PUERTO RICO.

THE EXHIBIT FEATURES ARTISTS OF DIFFERENT MEDIUMS AND ORGANIZERS SAY THE GOAL IS TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES THAT THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY FACES FROM HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND HEALTHCARE TO MIGRATION AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION.

>> A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND PUERTO RICAN MIGRATION FOCUSES ON NEW YORK AND FLORIDA BUT PART OF THE ARGUMENT AROUND THIS SHOW IS TO CENTER CHICAGO WITHIN THAT CONVERSATION.

A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT PUERTO RICANS HAVE BEEN MIGRATING TO CHICAGO SINCE THE 1940s.

COMPANIES BASED HERE IN CHICAGO RECRUITED PUERTO RICAN WORKERS TO COME TO THE CITY TO WORK.

WOMEN AS DOMESTIC WORKERS AND MEN WORKING IN THE STEEL MILL.

PUERTO RICAN FORMS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF CHICAGO HISTORY.

IT IS PUERTO RICAN CHICAGO AS WE CALL IT.

THERE WAS NO DISTANCE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND PUERTO RICO WHEN WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT PUERTO RICAN CHICAGO AND THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HUMBLE PARK IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AND THERE IS NO PLACE THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND STRUGGLED TO REALLY MAKE HUMBLE PARK A CULTURAL ENCLAVE OF RICAN CULTURE.

>> YOU CAN SEE ENTRE HORIZONTES, ART AND ACTIVISM BETWEEN CHICAGO AND PUERTO RICO , AT THE McA UNTIL MAY 5.

>>> WE CONTINUE WITH MORE.

THE INSTITUTE HAS RESEARCH INTO LATINO COMMUNITIES EXPANDING REPORTS ON COVID'S IMPACT TO GENTRIFICATION.

IT CAME NATURAL TO PUT THEIR EFFORTS TOGETHER TO CREATE THE LATINO RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

THE GOAL IS THAT IT WILL SERVE AS A DATA HUB FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS, POLICYMAKERS AND MORE.

JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE INITIATIVE ARE THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO AND SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE INSTITUTE AND COHOST OF DEMOCRACY NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US NOW.

>> WHAT SPURRED THE INSTITUTE TO CREATE THE INITIATIVE?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE.

AS LATINOS, WE HAVE OVER 100 YEARS OF HISTORY IN THIS CITY AND WE ARE A GROWING COMMUNITY.

WITH THAT GROWTH COMES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND NEED.

ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE LATINO INITIATIVE IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HARNESS THE VARIOUS RESEARCH PRODUCTS THAT WE ENGAGE IN WHICH WILL BRING TOGETHER THE BERRIES STAKEHOLDERS AND POLICYMAKERS, ACTIVISTS, SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH FOUNDATIONS.

TO BRING FOLKS TOGETHER, WITH THEM, WE PRODUCE THE KIND OF RESEARCH THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF NOT ONLY THE GROWING POPULATION BUT A DIVERSE POPULATION.

>> JUAN, AS A JOURNALIST, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS AND FORMS ON HOW WE REPORT?

>> EVERYONE NEEDS ACCURATE INFORMATION, ACCURATE DATA.

THE REALITY IS, THE LATINO POPULATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN GROWING AT SUCH A RAPID RATE THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN AWARE.

THERE ARE MORE LATINOS NOW IN THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO THAN THERE ARE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

2 MILLION LATINOS IN THE SUBURBS VERSUS 800,000 IN THE CITY.

WE ARE SEEING IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS ESPECIALLY, ENORMOUS GROWTH, NOT ONLY IN THE POPULATION BUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET A SENSE, TOWN BY TOWN, AREA BY AREA OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA WHERE THE WORLD IS AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF LATINOS.

THE FUTURE OF LATINOS IS THE FUTURE OF AMERICA TODAY.

>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.

>> WHAT TYPES OF RESEARCH HAS THE INSTITUTE ALREADY PRODUCED?

>> SOME OF THE RESEARCH WE HAVE DONE IS THE LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS REPORT.

WE ARE ABOUT TO UPDATE THAT REPORT.

IT SHOWS SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE KNOW THAT GENTRIFICATION IS A BIG ISSUE.

THERE ARE COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE EXPERIENCING DECLINE.

WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION AND HEALTHY FAMILY FOUNDATIONS TO LOOK AT THE WESTERN SUBURBS.

WE PARTNER WITH METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL AND LATINO POLICY INSTITUTE.

WE PARTNER WITH OTHERS ON GENDER VIOLENCE.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PUERTO RICAN AGENDA, TO PRODUCE A DATABOOK FOR PUERTO RICO TOWN.

WE JUST DID A REPORT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON TILSON AND WHO IS NOW LIVING IN TILSON.

THE LIST GOES ON.

WHAT WE HOPE WITH THE INITIATIVE IS THAT IT HELPS SPUR EVEN MORE OF THAT KIND OF RESEARCH.

>> JUAN, YOU ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE SUBURBS JUST A MINUTE AGO.

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS POTENTIAL AREAS FOR MORE RESEARCH?

>> THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SITUATION.

FOR INSTANCE, 97% OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS LATINO.

79% IN WAUKEGAN, 65% IN JOLIET, 66% -- THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE SUBURBS ARE EXPLODING WITH LATINO STUDENTS.

WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED?

WHAT IS THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF TEACHERS AND THOSE WHO WORK IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THESE SCHOOLS?

WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW WE ARE, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A SOCIETY, DEALING WITH THIS EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF THE LATINO POPULATION.

WITH THE VENEZUELANS COMING IN, IT WILL GROW EVEN FASTER.

>> ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED IN CPS AND PART OF THAT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF NEW ARRIVALS.

>> TERESA, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GAP IN RESEARCH AROUND LATINO COMMUNITIES?

>> ONE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH THAT WE ARE DOING IS TO SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND SETTLEMENT DATA, WHERE WE LIVE AND WHERE WE WORK.

HISTORICALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE SETTLED WAS VERY MUCH IN CONNECTION TO WHERE WE WORKED, WHETHER IT WAS SOUTH CHICAGO, NEAR THE WEST SIDE.

ONE OF OUR YOUNG SCHOLARS, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS PRODUCED A MAP AND WILL FURTHER UPDATE THE DATA SHOWING WHERE WE ARE IN THE LABOR FORCE, THE OCCUPATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL SITES FOR EXAMPLE AND, WE HAVE THE LOWEST WAGES.

FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE CONCENTRATED IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONAL INDUSTRIES AND WE HAVE THE LOWEST WAGES OF ANYONE.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, FOR EXAMPLE, IT MAY LOOK HIGHER FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

WE HAVE HIGHER HOUSEHOLD SIZE.

WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN, YOU SEE WE HAVE REALLY LOW WAGES.

SO, ISSUES AROUND EMPLOYMENT, ISSUES AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE IMPACT OF OUR LOCATION IN RELATION TO INDUSTRIAL SITES AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR HEALTH, OUR RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR INCIDENCES OF CANCER AND DIABETES, OBESITY CAN ALSO TRACE BACK TO THIS ISSUE.

>> I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE HERE IN CHICAGO AS WELL.

JUAN, WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS?

>> THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

SO MANY UNIVERSITIES HAVE VERY LITTLE CONNECTIONS.

THEY DO A LOT OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH BUT VERY -- ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS.

WE TELL THEM, WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS?

WHAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO CRAFT POLICY INTO CHANGE?

THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP THAT WE ARE THINKING OF BUILDING, FOR YEARS, IT HAS BEEN CRITICAL.

WE HAVE BEEN ARMING THE COMMUNITY WITH THE KIND OF INFORMATION THEY NEED TO EFFECTIVELY CHANGE POLICY.

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING IN HERE AND SHARING THAT WITH US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO TERESA C÷RDOVA AND JUAN GONZ÷LEZ.

THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, UPDATING YOUR PLAYLIST WITH THE SOUNDS OF CUMBIA.

STAY WITH US.

>>> THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH SO IT IS TIME TO KICK THE PARTY INTO HIGH GEAR WITH SOME TRULY CELEBRATORY MUSIC.

MUSIC JOURNALIST SAYS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET PEOPLE ON THE DANCE FLOOR IS WITH THE SOUNDS OF CUMBIA.

>> WE ARE CELEBRATING LATINX HERITAGE MONTH AND THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THAN WITH MUSIC.

FOR ME, CUMBIA IS ONE OF THE MOST FESTIVE STYLES OF MUSIC COMING FROM LATIN AMERICA.

CUMBIA HAS ITS ROOTS IN COLUMBIA .

IT IS INFLUENCED BY AFRICAN AND SPANISH DANCE RHYTHMS AND I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE BANDS THAT WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE 60s WHICH IS LESS GOLDEN BOYS.

THEY WERE COMBINING TROPICAL AND BROCK WITH POP AND WITH A TWIST WHICH MADE THEM SUPER POPULAR RIGHT AWAY.

THEY ARE VERY CHARISMATIC.

IF YOU WANT TO FIND THEIR MUSIC NOW, MISSISSIPPI RECORDS, BASED IN BROOKLYN, DID EVERY RELEASE OF THEIR ALBUM, CUMBIA DE JUVENTUD.

LET'S PREVIEW ONE OF THE TRACKS FROM THAT ALBUM.

>> ♪ >> CURRENTLY, AN EXAMPLE OF A BAND FROM COLOMBIA DOING COOL THINGS WITH THE MUSIC BUT INCORPORATING TROPICAL SOUNDS INCLUDE COLOMBIAN SOUNDS BUT A LOT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC.

THEY ARE SUPER POPULAR RIGHT NOW AND THEY JUST RELEASED A NEW SINGLE.

IT FEATURES -- LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO IT AND SEE HOW IT DIFFERS FROM THEM, THE RETRO SOUND TO THE MODERN SOUND.

>> ♪ >> NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PSYCHEDELIC SIDE OF CUMBIA.

THERE IS NO BETTER REPRESENTATION FROM PERU .

I MENTIONED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF A FESTIVAL IN 2018 ALL THE WAY FROM PERU TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THEM PERFORM.

LET'S LISTEN.

>> ♪ >> I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOMETHING FOR THE CHICAGO-BASED FANS IN THE SAME VEIN OF MUSIC.

THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.

>> ♪ >> IF YOU LIKE THAT MUSIC, WE HAVE LINKS FOR ALL OF THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE.

DON'T FORGET TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO HEAR SANDRA TREVIÑO 'S TAKE ON THE MUSIC OF THE TROPICS.

>>> THAT WILL BE OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

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THERE YOU GO.

THERE WE HAVE A.

AS WE ENTER THE PRIMARY SEASON, WE WILL BE IMPACTING THE IMPACT OF POLICIES AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL AND WHAT LOCAL LEADERS YOU TO KNOW.

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FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES, I'M ALEX HERN÷NDEZ .