CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY FIFTH THIRD BANK AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> GOOD EVENING.

TWO CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES.

I AM ARCELI GOMEZ-ALDANA HOST AND REPORTER.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT A LOOK AT HOW THE ILLINOIS WAY FORWARD ACT IS CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE FOR IMMIGRANTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ILLINOIS.

PUERTO RICO IS FACING A MASSIVE BLACKOUT LEAVING THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER.

>> WE LOOK FANCY BUT WERE NOT EXPENSIVE.

[LAUGHTER] >> LOCAL RETAIL SHOPS ARE MAKING SUSTAINABILITY AND SAVINGS OF A LITTLE MORE STYLISH.

>>> FIRST OFF, CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY THAT ILLINOIS LAW FORCE WORKS WITH THE ILLINOIS WAY FORWARD ACT.

AMONG THE CHANGES ARE STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS AND EFFECTIVE CONTINUATION FOR FEDERAL DETENTION CENTERS IN ILLINOIS THROUGH 2022.

IT ALSO PROHIBITS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM SIGNING CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DETAIN IMMIGRANTS AN ACTION THAT ONLY ONE OTHER STATE, MICHIGAN, HAS TAKEN.

JOINING US TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR ILLINOIS AND IMMIGRANTS ARE DIANA RASHID IN ATTORNEY WORKING WITH THE DETENTION CENTER PROJECT AND KARINA DONAYRE THE DIRECTOR OF INTERFACE COMMUNITY FOR IMMIGRANTS.

DIANA I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH YOU.

WHAT DOES THE NEW LAW ACTUALLY CHANGE.

>> FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS LAW.

IT IS MEANT TO PROTECT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN ILLINOIS AND THERE ARE LONG-TERM RESIDENTS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS OR PICKED UP BY IMMIGRATION AT HOME, ARRESTED ON ILLEGAL WORK AND RECENTLY ARRIVED ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND MANY WHO ARE IN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE CHILDREN, SPOUSES AND THOSE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND, THIS IS A BILL TO ADDRESS THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER BE DETAINED HERE IN ILLINOIS AND THE COUNTY SHALL NOT PROFIT FROM A VERY UNJUST SYSTEM.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT SPOKE TO A TEENAGER WHO CAME FROM HONDURAS WITH HER FATHER AND HER AND HER FATHER WERE LIVING IN CRYSTAL LAKE WHEN I ELITE ICE DETAIN THEM.

SHE SAID NO REASON WAS THERE FOR HER TRANSFER INTO A DETAIN FOR FOUR-MONTH.

>>.

[SPEAKING SPANISH] >> WE HEAR HER TESTIMONY THERE.

KARINA, THE ILLINOIS WAY FORWARD ACT ALL DETENTION CENTERS WILL BE CLOSED BY 2022 AND THERE ARE THREE IN THE STATE.WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY CLOSE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU DETAINED?

>> THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE ARE ADVOCATING.

WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE RELEASE OF EVERYONE IN THE DETENTION CENTER.

WE LEARNED THAT MOST PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED AND TRANSFERRED TO McHENRY WITHIN ILLINOIS AND ALSO TRANSFERRED OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.

REALLY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RELEASE OF EVERYONE WHO IS DETAINED.

>> DIANA, PART OF THE NEW LAW PROVIDES CLARITY OF WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN AND CANNOT ENFORCE WARRANTS.

WHAT DOES THE NEW LAW CLARIFY AND I AM WONDERING WHAT THIS MEANS IN PRACTICE.

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT PORTION OF THE LAW FOR OUR PURPOSES IS REALLY ENDING THOSE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND SO THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE DETAINED.

IN ILLINOIS IN IMMIGRATION CUSTODY.

THERE ARE PROTECTIONS SO THAT COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER HOLDING NONCITIZENS, IMMIGRANTS TO BE TURNED OVER TO ICE IN THAT COMMUNICATION ASPECT.

IT IS PROHIBITED AS MUCH AS IT CAN BE UNDER THE LAW.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE, KARINA, YOUR ORGANIZATION IS OFFERING ORGANIZATIONS FOR THOSE NEW IMMIGRANTS AT THE BUS STATION.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT PROGRAM?

>> OUR PROGRAM IS A CHICAGO IMMIGRANT TRANSIT ASSISTANCE WE MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSFERRING TO THE RIGHT-HAND BUS STATION.

WE SEE TO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.

ONE FROM COMING FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDERS AND THE OTHER TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON A BUS TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION CAN BE CHICAGO OR ILLINOIS OR WISCONSIN AND INDIANA.

WE ALSO SEE POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE CURRENTLY DETAINED BY ICE IMMIGRATION CENTERS IN INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN OR KENTUCKY.

THEY HAVE BEEN RELEASED DURING IT IS IN THE POLICY OF ICE TO RELEASE THESE PEOPLE AT A TRANSPORTATION HUB AND THAT MEANS A GREYHOUND BUS STATION IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO IS ONE OF THEM.

ONCE WE MEET PEOPLE THERE WE OFFER THEM BASIC NEED ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD, WATER, CLOTHING AND EVEN HYGIENIC ITEMS AND WE ASSIST THEM TO GET TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION WHETHER THAT IS TO FIND THERE BUS TICKET OR A PHONE AND A SIM CARD TO LOCATE THEIR FAMILIES.

>> KARINA, HAVE YOU SEEN A SHIFT OR A CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEES COMING TO THE CHICAGO AREA?

>> WE'VE SEEN REALLY RECENTLY WITH THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE REMAINING MEXICO POLICY.

THAT AFFECTS OUR PROGRAM DIRECTLY.

WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE STILL IN MEXICO AND STILL LOOKING TO SEEK ASYLUM AND THEY STILL WANT TO COME HERE THAT WE SEE EVEN NUMBERS DECREASE WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE GREYHOUND STATION THIS LAST MONTH BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT THERE.

IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROBLEM HAS GONE AWAY.

IT JUST MEANS THAT THE POLICY HAS CHANGED.

>> DIANA, THE NEW LAW LIMITS WHEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ASK ABOUT CITIZENSHIP STATUS OR IMMIGRATION STATUS OF A PERSON IN CUSTODY.

HOW IS LAW ENFORCEMENT TAKING THIS CHANGE?

>> WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES WITH THE COUNTIES AS THEY ARE CHALLENGING SOME PORTIONS OF THE LAW.

WE KNOW THAT ACROSS COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IT'S DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THEIR APPROACH.

I THINK THIS ASPECT HAS TO DO WITH EDUCATION.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY LEVEL, WE PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS A NEW MECHANISM TO ENFORCE.

THE LAW ENABLES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY SO THAT LOCAL OFFICIALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW, UNDERSTANDING THE LAW OR ARE EDUCATED AND CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THERE ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THOSE BARRIERS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN PLACE SO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT DOING THE WORK OF ICE AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO DETAIN OUR IMMIGRANTS COMMUNITY NUMBERS.

>> THANK YOU.

OUR THANKS TO DIANA RASHID AND KARINA DONAYRE.

>>> IMMIGRANTS COMING TO ILLINOIS TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENON.

INTIMATES THROWBACK FROM 1985 CHICAGO TONIGHT JOHN CALLOWAY MET A COUPLE WHO LED CIVIL WAR FROM AUTOMALL A AND FOUND A FRAGILE SANCTUARY IN CHICAGO.

[MUSIC] >> THE CIVIL STRIFE AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA PARTICULARLY IN EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA HAVE CREATED AN EXODUS OF NEW IMMIGRANTS, MANY POOR AND UNSKILLED.

>> THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING CENTRAL AMERICA OR THE UNITED STATES USING THE OVERLAND ROUTE FROM MEXICO AND GUATEMALA.

FOR THE MOST PART THEY ARE WORKERS, PEASANTS, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING THOSE PEOPLE ARE ESCAPING REPRESSION WHETHER IT BE FROM THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT THEY COME FLEEING NOT LOOKING FOR A FUTURE.

MARIA AND JUAN CAME TO THE COUNTRY EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THEY ARE DISGUISED.

>> WE USE THESE MASKS TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES IN GUATEMALA BECAUSE IF WE SHOW OUR FACES AND THE GOVERNMENT FORCES THERE DS, OUR FAMILIES WOULD BE ASSASSINATED IMMEDIATELY.

>> THE SYSTEM HERE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM MY COUNTRY.

HE CANNOT GET USED TO IT.

WE RECENTLY ARRIVED SO BEGINNING WITH THE LANGUAGE, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT CUSTOMS HERE THAT ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM OURS.

>> MARIA AND JUAN ARE PART OF A CHURCH-BASED SANCTUARY UNIT THAT HARBORS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FLEEING REPRESSION FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.

THEY LIVE IN A CHURCH ATTIC WAITING TO GO HOME.

>> WE DREAM ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND WE HOPE TO RETURN.

IF WE COULD RETURN TODAY WE WOULD GO BACK.

BUT, AS LONG AS THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT WE CANNOT RETURN.

[MUSIC] UP NEXT PROTEST IN PUERTO RICO OVER MASSIVE BLACKOUTS.

>> THOUSAND SUPPORT REAGAN'S ARE TAKING TO THE STREET TO PROTEST MASSIVE BLACKOUTS.

THE ISLANDS ANTIQUATED POWER GRID HAS LONG TIME BEEN UNRELIABLE AND WAS DECIMATED BY HURRICANE MARIA IN 2017.

THIS SUMMER OFFICIALS HOPE OF A PHYSICIAN BY LUMA ENERGY WOULD HELP BUT PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDE SOLAR ENERGY AND CANCEL THE 15 YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE WIDESPREAD OUTAGES AND THE TAKEOVER ARE WHOLESALE DIRECTOR OF THE CULTURAL CENTER AND LECTURER AT THE USC LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT.

AND RICHARD NEGRIN VICE PRESIDENT OF ETERNAL PHILLY INTERNAL AFFAIRS WHO PROVIDED POWER AFTER HURRICANE MARIA AND MARGARET POWER.

JOSI, I WILL GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU.

YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH WORK IN PUERTO RICO AND YOU HAVE FAMILY THERE.

YOU KNOW THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING ON THE ISLAND?

>> THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ARE DEPLORABLE.

IT IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS FORMED BY A REALITY THAT IS REALLY WHAT MARIA, THE HURRICANE UNVEILED IN 2017.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EFFECT OF MANY PUERTO RICANS, LARGE MEMBERS OF PUERTO RICANS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS.

PUERTO RICO HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATE OF DIABETES WITH PEOPLE NEEDING INSULIN.

THEY ARE FACING AN INCREDIBLE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

PUERTO RICO IS OBVIOUSLY RULED BY AN OVERSIGHT BOARD BY WHICH PUERTO RICANS HAVE NO SAY SO OVER OR DETERMINES THE WHOLE BUDGET OF THE ISLAND.

IT'S BEEN PUTTING THE ISLAND IN A STATE OF DISPARITY OBVIOUSLY LET GO OF HUNDREDS OF WORKERS FROM THE ELECTRICAL COMPANY THAT WAS PUBLICLY OWNED.

SOLD ITS COMPANY TO THE HIGHEST THAT ARE AND IN THE END, PUERTO RICO HAS NOT SEEN A SINGLE PENNY FROM THAT IN TERMS OF THE OBVIOUSLY THE ENERGY.

PUERTO RICO COULD BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

PUERTO RICO HAS NOT ONLY SON BUT AIR AND WATER WHICH COULD DEFINITELY CREATE A NEW SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF 21ST-CENTURY ELECTRICAL, NEED THE 20TH CENTURY ELECTRICAL NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF PUERTO RICO.

>> THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE MARCHING AND TAKING TO THE STREETS.

MARGARET, WE WILL GO TO YOU.

WE KNOW THAT BLACKOUTS ARE NOT UNCOMMON IMPORTER RICO EVEN BEFORE HURRICANE MARIA DISRUPT THE POWER GRID.

WHY ARE THESE BLACKOUTS HAPPENING?

>> THEY ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL GRID IS IN SUCH PORSCHE EIGHT.

THINK IT IS GOING TO REMAIN IN SUCH POOR SHAPE BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE, THE LUMA WHO ARE RUNNING THE SHOW DON'T HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF PUERTO RICANS IN MIND.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN COMPANY PROFIT IN MIND SO THEY ARE QUITE WILLING TO GO INTO PUERTO RICO IN GET PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT NOT PROVIDE THE NEEDS OF PUERTO RICANS.

I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT JOSI SAID, NOT ONLY DOES PUERTO RICO HAVE ENOUGH SON SOLAR POWER TO PROVIDE FOR PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE NEEDS THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE EXTRA.

SO IN TERMS OF MEETING PEOPLE WHO ARE RELIANT ON A FOREIGN SOURCE FOR THEIR POWER THEY COULD BE A PEOPLE WHO COULD PRODUCE AND SELL FOR EXPORT WHICH WOULD BRING IN NEEDED REVENUE WHICH WOULD BE MUCH HEALTHIER IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO A RENEWABLE RESOURCE.TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY THE MEDIAN INCOME IN PUERTO RICO IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE UNITED STATES.

PUERTO RICANS PAY MORE FOR THEIR ELECTRICITY AND PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES TO.

>> JOSI, WE NOTE THAT THE SUPREME COURT REQUESTED INFORMATION RELATING TO THE OUTAGE FROM LUMA AND THE CEO SAID HE WILL NOT COMPLY TO THE RULING AND THE COMPANY SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO REVEAL ANY INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEES.

ARE THESE VALID REASONS NY HAS NOT PUERTO RICO IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON LUMA?

>> THE PUERTO RICAN GOVERNMENT IS A COLONIAL APPENDAGE OF THE US GOVERNMENT.

PUERTO RICO WAS DECLARED BY THE US SUPREME COURT IN 1942 IN A CASE US VERSUS THE PUERTO RICO PEOPLE.

WE ARE A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO THE UNIT STATES MEETING IN PUERTO RICO THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO WILL REALLY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CREATED BY THE US BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE OVERSIGHT BOARD WHOSE RECORDED TO PAY $600,000 A YEAR BY PUERTO RICAN TAX HOLDERS.

IT HOLDS ALL KINDS OF SECURITY ON AN ISLAND WITH INCREDIBLE CRISIS.

THIS PERSON GETS ALL KINDS OF BENEFITS AND THE PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING.

THERE'S NO ATTENTION PAID BY THIS BOARD FOR THE NEEDS OF THE PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE.

>> I WILL BRING RICHARD INTO THIS CONVERSATION.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS HAPPENING?

THAT THEY ARE CAUSING THESE BLACKOUTS IN CUSTOMERS HOMES?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, THE TERM THAT HAS BEEN OVERUSED, THE PERFECT STORM, IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE US.

YOU HAVE GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS OF A LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPORTER RICO.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT FORGET TO TALK ABOUT HURRICANE MARIA.

THEY NEVER FULLY RECOVERED FROM THAT.

OUR CRUISE, WE HAD LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF CREWMEMBERS ON THE TRUCKS THAT WE SENT OVER AND THEY WERE THERE FOR THE RESTORATION WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BUT WHAT WAS REQUIRED WAS A REBUILD OF THE GRID AND THAT JUST HASN'T HAPPENS.

WHEN IT IS FUNCTIONING AT 29 PERCENT CAPACITY AND WHEN IT'S MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 78 PERCENT OVER THE YEARS FROM WHERE IT WAS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A FORM LIKE MARIA AND GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS OF MAINTENANCE AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND MANY OF THESE POWER FACILITIES ARE MORE THAN 50 YEARS OLD.

THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

MODERNIZATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND IF YOU COMBINE THAT WITH INCREDIBLE HOT RECORD TEMPERATURES AND YOU TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND TEMPERATURES THIS SUMMER WITH DRASTICALLY INCREASED USE, IT IS GOING TO LEAD TO A COLLAPSE LIKE WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS A SERIOUS CONCERN ESPECIALLY IN THOSE HARD TO REACH AREAS.

PART RICO IS DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT LIKE ILLINOIS WHERE IT IS FLAT.

YOU'VE GOT VALLEYS, PLACES THAT TRUCKS CAN'T GET TO, AND WHERE FOLKS ARE HIKING TO CLIMB BIG POLES.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT THEY DID AND YOU BEAT ME TO IT SO I'M GLAD WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.

MARGARET, IN THE TIME YOU HAVE LEFT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR SOLAR POWER ENERGY TO HAPPEN IN PUERTO RICO?

>> I THINK THE EXPENDITURES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN MASSIVELY SHIFTED AWAY FROM PRIVATE CORPORATIONS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND WHO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEIR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HAS SOLAR POWER.

I THINK THE PRESSURE SHOULD BE PUT ON BIDEN.

IT NEEDS TO BE STRAIGHT TO THE TOP WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY, HERE'S THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANS THAT CAN REALLY WORK.

I THINK IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CAN WORK FOR PUERTO RICO.

CAN I SAY ONE THING?

IT IS AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE BUT ALSO AN ELECTRICAL OUTRAGED WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO.

>> THANK YOU AND OUR THANKS TO JOSI RICHARD AND MARGARET.

>> RETAIL IS A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

$20 BILLION IN 2018 ACCORDING TO RESEARCH BY THE ONLINE RETAIL STORE, READ UP.

RETAIL IS GROWING IN POPULARITY AS A WAY FOR YOUNG FASHION HE SAYS TO CARVE OUT A STYLE NEEDS FOR THEMSELVES.

TWO SHOPS IN LOGAN SQUARE HOPING THEY CAN CAPITALIZE ON THAT TREND BY ADDING A TOUCH OF LUXURY TO THE RETAIL EXPERIENCE.

PRODUCER ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THE STORY.

>> FROM THE GILDED CEILING TO THE NEATLY ARRANGED SHOE DISPLAY, EVERYTHING ABOUT EL DORANDO THRIFT STORE IS DESIGNED TO FEEL STYLISH BOUTIQUE.

THAT'S BECAUSE DIANE VILLAGOMEZ GREW UP IN CLOTHING THAT THEIR PARENTS PAINSTAKINGLY LOOKED FOR IN CRAMPED SPACES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY COULD AFFORD.

>> SHE WOULD GO TO THRIFT STORES FOR HOURS TO FIND A PIECE MAYBE TWO.

THE BIGGEST THING OF ALL WAS TO NOT GET CAUGHT BY ANYONE SHE BE LIKE OKAY, WHEN SOMEONE SEES YOU WITH THE SHIRT AND THEY LIKE IT JUST TELL THEM THAT YOU GOT IT FROM THIS STORE, DON'T TELL THEM THAT THEY GOT IT FROM A THRIFT STORE.

>> WIN SOPHIA AND HER FAMILY OPENED WTTW.com/NEWS BOARD THEY WANTED TO CREATE AND INVITED, WELL ORGANIZED STORE THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE PROUD TO SHOP AT.

>> FIRST, WE WERE LOOKING AT EL DORADO.

IT WAS A SMALL CITY THAT WAS FILLED WITH GOLD.

AS WE AIMED FOR IN THE THRIFT SHOP.

WE WANTED A HIDDEN AREA WHERE PEOPLE COULD FIND GEMS.

>> SHOPPERS APPRECIATE THAT LOOK AND FEEL AS MUCH AS THE PRICE TAG.

ASK FOR OUR CULTURE, IT'S BEEN ABOUT FINDING THOSE GOOD DEALS, BEING ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR FAMILIES AND IT HAS TURNED INTO SOMETHING FUN, I THINK.

>> I STARTED LIVING ALONE A YEAR AGO.

CAN'T AFFORD SOME OF THESE BRANDS STRAIGHT OFF THE RACK.

I DON'T FEEL ASHAMED GOING TO A THRIFT STORE.

I DO MAKE OWN MONEY NOW BUT I WOULD RATHER SPEND WISELY.

>> THEY ALSO HAVE AN ECOLOGICAL MOTIVATION TO SHOP USED.

>> IT IS A SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS.

I LIKE REUSING AND I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THROWING THINGS AWAY.

I LIKE TO REUSE WHATEVER POSSIBLE AND ALSO, TO SPICE THINGS UP.

>> A FEW BLOCKS NORTH ANOTHER RETAIL SHOP REACHES BACK THROUGH TIME TO GET JIN Z KIDS TO SHOP YOUTH.>> IT'S THE BEST WAY TO SAVE THE PLANET AND CUT BACK ON FED FASHION.

IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE AND KIDS ARE MORE AND MORE ON A BUDGET ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC.

THEY ARE THRIFTY LIKE CRAZY.

>> VINTAGE FRILLS OWNER KELLY PRESENTS THESE OPTIONS BY COLOR AND ERA.

THAT'S RIGHT CLOTHES FROM 2000'S ARE OFFICIALLY CONSIDERED VINTAGE.

>> WHAT BRINGS THEM HERE A LOT OF TIMES IS THE STREETWEAR, T-SHIRTS, BAGGIE DAD JEANS OR MOM JEANS.

I HAVE REAL MOM JEANS WORN BY A MOM!

THEY LOVE URBAN STREETWEAR IN PARTICULAR.

I TRIED TO SCOUT THAT OUT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BORN YET AND THUS THE HONEST TRUTH.

>> VINTAGE ENTHUSIAST SAY THE CONSTRUCTION OF VINTAGE CLOTHING PIZZA PAN OFF FAST FASHION.

>> THE PIECES, THE QUALITY, THE CLOTHES, I HAVE NOTICED WHEN I VINTAGE SHOP AND I LOOK AT TAGS INSIDE THE CLOTHING A LOT OF CLOTHING IS MADE IN AMERICA, UNION MADE CLOTHES AND THEY WERE MADE VERY WELL.

>> BEST OF ALL THE COZY GRANDMA SWEATER MAKES HIS WAY TO YOU NOW YOU ARE PART OF THE STORY.

>> WHEN YOU REUSE THINGS YOU ADD ON TO THE MEMORIES OF OLD PARTS OF CLOTHING THAT USED TO BE PART OF SOMEONE ELSE'S WARDROBE AT ONE TIME SO IT'S PRETTY NICE.

>> AGAIN THAT WAS PRODUCER ERICA GUNDERSON.

IF YOU LOVE VINTAGE BUT DON'T LOVE LEAVING THE COUCH, WTTW.com/NEWS BEFORE ALLOWS THEM TO LOOK AT FUTURE ITEMS THROUGH THEIR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THAT ON THE WEBSITE.

>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THE WEEKEND.

MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.com/NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST IN NEWS AND A NEWLY PROPOSED MAP BY THE PATINO CAUCUS.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING US ON SATURDAY NIGHT YOU CAN NOW ALSO WATCH US AND LATINO VOICES AND LACK VOICES ON SUNDAY GETTING AT 10 PM.

YOU CAN CATCH ME HOSTING WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS AS WELL AS MY REPORTING DURING THE WEEK.

NEXT WEEK ON LATINO VOICES, ALEX HERNANDEZ WILL BE HERE IN THE HOST CHAIR.

NOW, FROM ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES, IM ARCELI GOMEZ-ALDANA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.