>>> HI THERE AND ASK FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO PICK UP GARBAGE BEFORE 7:00 IN CHICAGO.

WE ARE TRACKING A GARBAGE SCOFFLAW.

>> A COMMUNITY HUB IS CONSIDERED AS A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR MIGRANTS.

>> THE LATEST ON THE DEBT CEILING.

>> AND I AM IN EDGEWATER AS PART OF THE CHICAGO TONIGHT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

RESIDENTS ARE SEEKING ANSWERS AFTER THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CHOSEN AS A POSSIBLE RESPITE SITE FOR MIGRANTS FROM TEXAS.

I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> JOANNA, THANK YOU.

>>> TALK ABOUT A RUDE AWAKENING.

IF YOU ARE A LIGHT SLEEPER OR SOMEONE WHO WORKS OVERNIGHT, THE SOUND OF A GARBAGE TRUCK BACKING DOWN YOUR ALLEY IS NOT MUSIC TO YOUR EARS.

>> WE FOLLOWED UP ON A TIP FROM A VIEWER ABOUT A GARBAGE HAULER MAKING FOUR SEPARATE PICKUPS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT'S NICK LUMBERED REPORTS.

>> IN A QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, A GARBAGE TRUCK BEGAN BACKING DOWN THE ALLEY.

UNDER CHICAGO'S NOISE ORDINANCE, TRASH HAULERS ARE BANNED FROM WORK BETWEEN 10:00 P.M. AND 7:00 A.M. >> A LITTLE AFTER 6: 30 AND THIS IS THE THIRD PICKUP WE HAVE SEEN.

>> WTTW NEWS REACHED OUT TO THE COMPANY.

IN AN EMAIL, THE DISTRICT MANAGER SAID, QUOTE, WE TAKE ALL CONCERNS SERIOUSLY TO REMEDY ANY ISSUES AS THEY COME UP.

ALL OF OUR ROUTES ARE DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH ALL ORDINANCES.

>> IT IS PRETTY NOISY WHEN IT IS RIGHT OUTSIDE AND IT IS REALLY DISRUPTIVE.

WHILE IT MAY SEEM TRIVIAL, SLEEP DISRUPTION CAN MESS UP YOUR WHOLE DAY.

>> ALDERWOMAN SAID THAT HER OFFICE WAS GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT TWO PICKUPS.

>> THE OTHER COMPANY, WE ARE STILL GETTING SPORADIC COMPLAINTS.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT TYPES OF FINES MIGHT NEED TO BE LEVIED IN ORDER TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.

>> THE CITY DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE CENTRALIZED DATA ON HOW MANY OF THESE CLAIMS THEY RECEIVE, SINCE THEY ARE SPREAD ACROSS OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS.

BUT THEY SAY THAT SINCE IT IS A LOCALIZED ISSUE, A LOCALIZED APPROACH IS OFTEN BEST.

>> IT IS HARD TO SAY WHETHER IT IS A SPECIFIC DRIVER ON THE ROUTE THAT IS IGNORING THINGS.

HAVING THIS IS A CONTINUED ISSUE IS WHY WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE AROUND NOISE, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM IN BLUMBERG.

>> FOR ITS PART, THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY TAKE COMPLAINTS SERIOUSLY.

THEY SAY THAT UPON RECEIVING AN INQUIRY, THEY REACH OUT TO THE COMPANY AND REMIND THE COMPANY TO ADHERE TO THE HOURS OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE DEPARTMENT FOR ENFORCEMENT.

>>> NOW TO MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

IT DID NOT TAKE LONG.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAS A NEW GIG.

SHE HAS BEEN ASKED TO TEACH A COURSE AT HARVARD AND IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON DECISIONS MADE AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM GUIDING A MAJOR CITY THROUGH THE COVID PANDEMIC.

SHE SAYS SHE HAS ALWAYS LOVED TEACHING AND IS EXCITED TO SHARE HER EXPERIENCES.

>>> ADVOCATES SAY THAT THE RATE HIKE FOR GAS IS MORE THAN CUSTOMERS CAN AFFORD.

THEY ARE CALLING ON THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION TO PROTECT THEM.

THE COMMISSIONER SAYS THAT WORKING CHICAGOANS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR WOULD BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE PROPOSED $402 MILLION INCREASE.

>> NEARLY 49% OF CUSTOMERS ARE BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.

THE AVERAGE DEBT PER CUSTOMER IS MORE THAN $1100.

TO SOME PEOPLE THAT SOUNDS LIKE $1 MILLION.

>> THE ADVOCACY GROUP IS RECOMMENDING $63 MILLION, WHICH WOULD INCREASE GAS DELIVERY RATES BY AN AVERAGE OF $12 PER MONTH.

>>> THE CITY HAS A NEW TOP LAWYER.

BRANDON JOHNSON NOMINATED LOWERY TO SERVE.

SHE IS THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST AND A FORMER TOP PARTNER AT THE SAME FIRMWARE LORI LIGHTFOOT WAS ALSO A PARTNER.

SHE WILL SERVE AS THE CITY'S CHIEF ATTORNEY.

>>> REMEMBER ALL THE PLEASANT WEATHER WE HAD LAST MONTH TAXI?

THAT IS BECAUSE MEI WAS ONE OF THE DRIEST MONTHS EVER RECORDED IN THE CITY.

STATE CLIMATOLOGISTS SAY THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING A FLASH DROUGHT.

>> THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MINI STORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.

THAT HAS NOT HELPED.

>>> COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, THE HOUSE PASSES A DEBT CEILING DEAL.

WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN THE SENATE?

'S >>> BUT FIRST WE ARE LIVE FROM THE EDGEWATER COMMUNITIES, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> THE CITY IS EYEING ONE OF THE LARGEST RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AS A POSSIBLE SHELTER FOR MIGRANTS.

THIS COMES AMID A CITY STRUGGLE TO FIND HOUSING AND RESOURCES FOR THE THOUSANDS OF NEW ARRIVALS FROM TEXAS.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES, WE GO TO THE EDGEWATER COMMUNITY.

JOANNA JOINS US NOW.

WHAT IS AT STAKE?

>> Reporter: WELL, BRANDIS, THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT THE FACILITY COULD BE CLOSED IF IT IS USED TO HOUSE MIGRANTS.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,, AND CLOSING IT FOR THE SUMMER COULD BE A HUGE LOSS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.

THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL PROGRAMS HERE FOR ALL THE KIDS AND THE SENIORS.

THIS WOULD ALL BE SHUT DOWN AND WOULD BECOME A SHELTER.

>> Reporter: LINDA WHITE SAYS THAT IN MAY A GROUP OF CITY OFFICIALS LOOKED INTO THIS ISSUE, AND THAT A PLAN TO CONVERT THE FACILITY INTO HOUSING FOR MIGRANTS AS POSSIBLE.

>> IS SHE GOING TO SEE A SPOKESPERSON?

IS THIS MEETING COMING UP?

>> Reporter: THE ALDERWOMAN SENT A STATEMENT SAYING THAT ALL OPTIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED ACROSS THE CITY AND NOTE THAT NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THE BROADWAY ARMORY AND NO DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITHOUT A PROCESS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, ARMORY PARK WAS CONSIDERED AS AN EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER.

THE BUILDING HAS MULTIPLE ROOMS, GYMNASIUMS, SHOWERS, SEVERAL BATHROOMS AND A KITCHEN.

>> I DON'T THINK I WOULD FEEL THAT PUT OUT BY IT, REALLY.

IN TERMS OF COMPARING IT WITH THE NEEDS OF MIGRANTS I WOULD SAY IT IS A GOOD SPACE AND IT SHOULD BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

IT WILL HOPEFULLY MOVE THEM ON TO BETTER HOUSING.

>> Reporter: IN NEARBY ROGERS PARK, CITY LEADER HAS BEEN LEADING EFFORTS ON THE NORTH SIDE TO HOUSE MIGRANTS FROM THE TEXAS BORDER.

IT HAS TURNED INTO A 24/7 OPERATION.

>> WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERING WITH ME, AND WE STARTED A GROUP THAT IS LIKE A PAY IT FORWARD.

SO WE INVITE THIS GROUP TO THE STORE.

THEY TEACH OTHERS HOW TO HELP.

>> THE PROGRAM HAS HELPED PEOPLE LIKE JUAN CARLOS OUT.

HE IS CURRENTLY LIVING IN A HOTEL DOWNTOWN.

AS VANEGAS WHICH TO GET HIS WORK PERMIT HE VOLUNTEERS AT THE LOCAL CHURCH, HELPING OUT OTHER ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

HE IS WORKING TO HELP MIGRANTS , AND SHE HOPES THAT THE CITY CAN HELP GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS ON THE FRONT LINES OF CRISIS.

>> I AM HAPPY TO GIVE ANY GIFT TO THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN DO THE LITTLE THINGS, LIKE DROPPING SOMEBODY AT THE HOSPITAL.

FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS IT DOES ADD UP.

I DON'T HAVE ONE VOLUNTEER IN MY GROUP THAT HAS NOT SPENT UP TO $2000.

>> THE FIELD HOUSE IN ROGERS PARK IS ALSO BEING USED AS A RESPITE CENTER AS ASYLUM-SEEKERS WAIT TO BE MOVED TO SHELTER.

PRESIDENT LINDA WHITE SAYS SHE WELCOMES MIGRANTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT HOPES THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT HAVE TO LOSE PROGRAMMING.

>> IT IS AFFECTING SO MANY PEOPLE.

IT IS NOT LIKE IT IS AN EMPTY SCHOOL OR AN EMPTY SITE.

PEOPLE ARE USING IT ON A DAILY BASIS.

IT IS A VERY VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SITE.

NOW JOINING US IS OUR OLDER PERSON.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS FACILITY COULD BE CLOSE.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

>> WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A NATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

WE ARE LUCKY THAT WE LIVE IN CHICAGO, WHICH IS A SANCTUARY CITY AND ILLINOIS IS A SANCTUARY STATE.

REGARDING THE HONORARY AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE.

AT THIS TIME, THE PARK AND SHORT US THAT THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO PLANS AND ALL SUMMER PROGRAMMING IS MOVING FORWARD.

WE AS A SOCIETY NEED TO STEP UP AND DO OUR PART.

>> SO YESTERDAY $51 MILLION FOR MIGRANTS WAS APPROVED.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?

>> THAT WAS DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.

YOU SEE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE GALLERY WITH THE PUBLIC SPEAKING.

THEY SAY THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PASS ORDINANCES, AND AT THE SAME TIME WELCOME NEW ARRIVALS AND PUT THEM ON A BETTER PATH FOR THEIR LIVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES.

>> WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES, BUT I WANT TO ASK IS THERE ARE MANY GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS JUST COMING TOGETHER FOR THE VOLUNTEERS TRYING TO HELP.

HAVE YOU SEEN THAT IN EDGEWATER?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY ARE ENGAGED.

RIGHT NOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THE ASSOCIATION AND WITH THE EDGEWATER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

BUT THERE ARE MANY ORGANIZATIONS, SO WE RECOMMEND CONTACTING THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS CLOSEST TO YOU.

>> REPORTING LIVE FROM EDGEWATER, JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>>> NOW TO PARIS WITH NEWS ON THE DEBT CEILING BILL.

>> BRANDIS, AFTER WHAT HAS LOOKED LIKE A GAME OF CHICKEN, THE HOUSE HAS PASSED THE DEAL TO AVERT THE U.S. DEFAULTING ON ITS DEBT.

>> I WANTED TO MAKE HISTORY.

I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING NO OTHER CONGRESS HAS DONE.

WE WOULD LITERALLY TURN THE SHIP.

TONIGHT WE ALL MADE HISTORY.

>> THAT OF COURSE IS HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY.

THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE SAYS THAT IT WILL PAY $1.5 TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS.

STILL, IT IS NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, AND NOW IT IS ON TO THE SENATE.

THE SENATE HAS NOT INDICATED WHAT WILL DO AS THE COUNTRY SITS MERE DAYS AWAY FROM ECONOMIC CALAMITY.

JOINING US IS CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER, CONGRESSMAN SEAN KASTEN, AND CONGRESSWOMAN DELIA RAMIREZ.

WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO HOUSE MEMBERS BUT THEY DECLINED.

WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE!

REPRESENTATIVE RAMIREZ, I WILL START WITH YOU.

>> WE WERE CLEAR WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE RESULTS OF 69 VOTES FROM DEMOCRATS, AND IT WAS CLEAR HOW MANY -- WHEN I GOT ELECTED I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR WORK REQUIREMENTS AND I CERTAINLY AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT NOW.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 1st WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING THE RENT.

IT SET THE PRECEDENT THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR US WHEN WE HAVE A SPEAKER AS DERANGED AS SPEAKER McCARTHY IS.

SO I GO BACK TO THIS DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT, AND SEMI-PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR 50s, THEY NOW HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE OF THE UNFORTUNATE REPUBLICAN HOSTAGE OVER OUR DEBT NEGOTIATIONS.

>> THEY WERE CONSIDERING CUTS TO SNAP BENEFITS AND THAT STUDENTS REPAY LOANS WITHOUT HAVING A BREAK FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS.

HOW COME?

>> WELL, THE STAKES, WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM LIKE THIS.

I HAVE HAD TO PULL A SHIRT OUT OF A DIRTY CLOTHES HAMPER JUST TO HAVE SOME CLOTHES ON.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $6 TRILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH $31 TRILLION OF THE FEDERAL ONGOING DEBT OFF THE BACK OF THE POOR.

THE U.S. HAS THE UNIQUE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE FINANCIAL RESERVE FOR THE GLOBE.

THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE.

I HAD TO SUPPORT RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT FIRST AMID THIS ONGOING BATTLE.

THIS IS GOING TO SPEED UP THINGS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

42 MILLION WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE NOW AFFECTED BY THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM.

THIS WAS AN ATTACK ON THE PORT.

THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR POCKETS PICKED.

NOW AS INFLATION RISES, WE DON'T WANT POOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ANY OF THE SHARDS.

I VOTED BECAUSE I WANT AMERICA TO KEEP ITS POWER AS A RESERVE CURRENCY.

IF WE DID NOT HAVE THAT, WE WOULD HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER AVALANCHE OF PROBLEMS.

>> SO BOTH OF YOU VOTED AS WELL.

IT IS NOW IN THE SENATE AND YOU HAD SOME SENATORS TALKING ABOUT INCREASING DEFENSE SPENDING.

SO CONGRESSMAN KASTEN, IF THEY CHANGE IT UP AND IT COMES BACK TO THE HOUSE, THEN WHAT?

>> I THINK PROCEDURALLY THAT IS UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN.

ALL OF US HAVE SOME THINGS WE DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS BILL.

WE ARE SURPRISED THAT WE EVEN HAD TO DO THIS BILL.

THE PROPOSAL WAS VERY POPULAR.

BUT I THINK THAT WHILE THE SENATE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AMENDMENTS, THEY GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT MAKES IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

I THINK ANYBODY TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT PAY ITS BILLS.

THERE IS SIMPLY NO TIME FOR THE SENATE TO ADJUST THIS.

IF WE HAVE TO, WE WILL.

>> THERE ARE RUMORS THAT PERHAPS THE SENATE COULD PASS THIS BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

CONGRESSMAN SCHNEIDER, OBVIOUSLY NOT DEFAULTING ON U.S. DEBT GIVES EVERYONE A SIGH OF RELIEF, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS BILL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT IS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE?

>> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION.

THE POSITION OF TRYING TO EXTRACT CONCESSIONS TO AVOID A DEFAULT.

IT WAS NOT JUST THE RESERVE CURRENCY.

WE WOULD HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN INTEREST RATES NOT JUST FOR THE COUNTRY BUT FOR HOMEOWNERS.

WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT FOR SENIORS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN DID, THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

HE PROTECTED SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE, MEDICAID.

THEY SAID 78,000 PEOPLE WILL GET SNAP BENEFITS UNDER THE TERMS NEGOTIATED.

THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THE FACT THAT OTHERS WILL LOSE THESE BENEFITS.

YOU HAVE WOMEN OVER 50, MAINLY BLACK WOMEN, WHO ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR BENEFITS.

SO WE DEFEND IT A LOT.

WE DO AN ADMIRABLE JOB PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAID.

REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE A LOT OF UNFORTUNATE DEMANDS, AND AS MY COLLEAGUES SAID, WE PASSED BECAUSE WE HAD TO, NOT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE THESE CHANGES.

SO NOW WE LIVE ANOTHER DAY AND TRY TO WORK HARDER FOR THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT.

>> IS THERE ANY WAY DOWN THE ROAD TO RESTORE SOME OF THESE BENEFITS?

>> I THINK THE TRUTH IS GOING TO COME OUT.

THERE IS NO DENYING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM THAT McCARTHY IS LEADING THE NATION INTO.

WE HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

WE HAVE EXPORTED TOO MANY OF OUR JOBS.

WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $800 BILLION ON DEFENSE.

WE WENT TO WAR UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND WE HAD TAX CUTS.

UNDER THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY WE HAD TAX CUTS.

WE NEED TO INCREASE TAXES TO INCREASE REVENUE.

>> NOW CONGRESSMAN RAMIREZ, WE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE AND I HAD TO GET TO THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION HERE.

THE CITY JUST PASSED $51 MILLION TO HELP WITH RECENT MIGRANT ARRIVALS BUT EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS A STOPGAP.

THE COUNTY, CITY AND STATE ARE ALL ASKING FOR MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WILL MORE MONEY BE ON THE WAY?

>> $350 MILLION , UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY RECEIVED ABOUT $9 MILLION OF THE $200 MILLION REQUEST.

THE REALITY IS THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE RECEIVING PARITY IN FUNDING FROM HOMELAND SECURITY TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS.

$450 MILLION SHOULD'VE BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE COMING WEEKS.

MANY OF US HAVE SIGNED A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, WHICH I SERVE ON AS THE ONLY STATE OF ILLINOIS NUMBER.

BUT WE WANT CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND STATES LIKE ILLINOIS TO BE USING THEIR RESOURCES.

>> THE OTHER THING THAT I KEEP HEARING FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS IS THAT THEY WANT A WAY FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO LIFT WORK REQUIREMENTS WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THEIR ASYLUM CLAIMS.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ON THAT FRONT?

>> WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN IN TRYING TO GET MORE RESOURCES BACK TO THE STATES.

I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT CHICAGO IS A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND A TRANSPORTATION HUB.

I THINK ALL OF US KNOW THAT THE FOLKS WHO COME TO THESE COMMUNITIES COME HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WORK AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE PACIFIC CIVIL WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FEDERALLY, BUT I WILL LET MY COLLEAGUES WEIGH IN ON THAT.

>> GO AHEAD CAN'T, CONGRESSMAN.

>> WE HAVE SENT LETTERS AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SAME THINGS THAT FOLKS IN NEW YORK ARE SAYING.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WAIVE THE 150 DAY MARK BEFORE THEY CAN BEGIN TO WORK.

WHEN THEY ARE COMING HERE THEY WANT TO WORK RIGHT AWAY.

IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET PERMANENT HOUSING.

WE ARE TALKING WITH HOMELAND SECURITY ABOUT THAT.

WE THINK THIS WILL HAVE TO BE AN EXECUTIVE ACTION FROM THE PRESIDENCY , AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME TENSION AROUND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS WHO ARE ALSO ASKING FOR WORK AUTHORIZATION.

>> WE SEE THAT PLAYING OUT ALL OVER THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> I THINK WHAT THIS IS ILLUSTRATING IS THAT WE NEED COOPERATION.

WE HAVE NEEDED IT FOR DECADES.

CONGRESS NEEDS TO ACT TO ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES FROM ASYLUM TO THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE TRY TO DO.

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO CONGRESS 10 YEARS AGO, THIS WAS A CONCERN.

UNTIL IT HAPPENED, IT IS ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE ACTION.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IS NEEDED.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING ALL OF YOU TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

JUST NOT ENOUGH POLITICAL WILL IN CONGRESS IN GENERAL TO GET THAT DONE YET.

WE DO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP AFTER THIS.

>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

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NOW FOR ALL OF US A CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD AND SAFE REST OF YOUR NIGHT.

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