IT THE MOST EXPANSIVE FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR IMMIGRANTS OVER A DECADE.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON FIELD EXECUTIVE ORDER PROTECTING ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES OF U.S. CITIZENS FROM DEPORTATION.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS ADVOCATES CELEBRATE THE 12TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM.

BETTER KNOWN AS DOC BIDEN'S POLICY.

ALSO EXPEDITES WORK VISAS FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DHAKA RECIPIENTS WHO ARRIVED IN THE U.S. AS CHILDREN.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ARE LOW TIME IN IMMIGRATION ORGANIZER OF THE REST ARE ACTION PROJECT DURING A TO B ASSUME JAIME BEEFALO PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ILLINOIS HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEVERAL THAT HE IS CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT ILLINOIS WORKERS ACTION.

I WANT TO WELCOME ALL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY ON VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

AS WE ALL KNOW LOUD.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU SINCE YOU'RE THE ONE HERE WITH US.

PHYSICALLY GETTING YOU TAKE DHAKA WHEN YOU'RE 24 YEARS OLD.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR A PERSONAL JOURNEY AND THE IMPACT HAS HAD ON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

YEAH.

DOT COM WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF MY HISTORY AND MY STORY HERE IN THE U.S.

SO I WAS 24 MEANING THAT I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A POW TOO.

I JUST MY STAFF IS REALLY WAS YOU KNOW, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO THINK ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE BECAUSE IT MEANT THAT ONCE I GRADUATED, I WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITHOUT A WORK PERMIT.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE THOUGHT OF LIKE, IS IT WORTH IT TO GO TO SCHOOL WHEN YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO HAVE A PATH?

AND THEN AT 24, I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT WORK PERMIT THAT ALLOW ME ACTUALLY MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK AND THEN ALLOWED ME TO GO AND START WORKING IN THE CAREER IN MY CAREER.

SO YOU HAVE NOW WORKING IN A SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS.

I WAS ABLE TO TO BUY A HOUSE, TOO, BY A CAR TO REALLY START THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT.

NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR MY PARENTS WHO ARE STILL ONE DOCUMENTED.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN THAT WAY.

HOW WOULD GAMING LONG-TERM SEDITION BENEFIT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AS WELL?

YES, THE RAIN NOW WITH DHAKA.

UP IN THE COURT.

SO FOR THE PAST 6 YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY KNOWN IF THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS A HOMEOWNER, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DO GET A POINT AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF THERE ARE A LOT OF AN ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO THE ABILITY TO HAVE A PATH REALLY ALLOWS ME TO THINK LONG TERM ABOUT MY LIFE HERE IN THE U.S. AND PLAN OUT MY FUTURE.

DEFINITELY DE SILVA, YOUR STORIES A LITTLE DIFFERENT, RIGHT?

YOU DO HAVE DHAKA ACTUALLY, YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 15 YEARS AS AN UNDOCUMENTED DREAMER.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE DHAKA.

MY FAMILY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY.

YOUR VERDICT.

I DON'T HAVE DOT COM.

A FAMILY RIGHT HERE IN 2009, I'M MARRIED.

AND WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN TO ME.

IT'S GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD HAVE A PATH TO GET A WORK PERMIT AND LEGALIZE MY STATUS WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

AND THIS MEANS EVERYTHING FOR MY FAMILY.

MARRIED.

I HAVE 2 CHILDREN.

2 SMALL CHILDREN, AND IT WOULD JUST MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER FOR US FOR ME NOT HAVING TO TO THINK THAT THAT THAT LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

YEAH.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOW WOULD CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US HOW THIS COMPLICATED PROCESS AND THE RISKS INVOLVED IN DOING THAT?

SO BASICALLY NO ATTACKS PAYING OUR STATUS IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO RIGHT.

BUT NOW WITH WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE, CREATED A PATHWAY WHERE I CAN STAY IN.

UNITED STATES TRYING TO ADJUST MY STATUS BASICALLY WANT TO REQUIRE ME TO GO TO THE COUNTRY ON MEXICAN SIDE, HAVE TO GO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

HOW MY POINT.

AND THERE AND THEN BECAUSE WE ENTER THE COUNTRY WITHOUT INSPECTION THAT WE WANT TO GET IT AUTOMATICALLY ARE A 10 OR 5 HERE PENALTY BAR.

WOULD YOU APPLY IMMEDIATELY?

YES, SO WE STILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT ALL THE DETAILS ARE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT THE POLICY AND THEN A GOING TO BE ABLE ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD TRY TO FIND SOON AS I HEAR TO START THE PROCESS AS WE KNOW, I'M A GRATION AND ADJUSTING STATUS THE PROCESS ARE REALLY LONG.

SO I WOULD I WOULD START IMMEDIATELY.

JAIME, GOING WITH YOU NOW, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT EFFECT DHAKA HAS HAD ACTUALLY ON HISPANIC BUSINESSES HERE IN CHICAGO?

WELL, HE'S HUGE.

I OBVIOUSLY WE HERE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

WHAT HE DID IS NOT WHAT WE WANTED, BUT IT'S BEEN WE'LL TAKE THE WIN.

KEEP IN MIND THAT 52% OF ALL LATINO IMMIGRANT BUSINESSES AND A UNITED STATES THAT MOVE IT ON.

SO A GOOD PERCENTAGE THE OF GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS UNDOCUMENTED.

SO IT'S A GREAT, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO YOU KNOW, THROUGH TO BECOME LEGAL BECAUSE THEY BE PAYING TAXES AND CREATE EMPLOYMENT CREATE WEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO WHY GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY?

YOU KNOW, PUT WHAT HAPPENED IN BALTIMORE 6.

THE PEOPLE THAT DIED ON THE BRIDGES 6 LET THE MOST.

IS THIS NOT CALM GOING TO.

YOU KNOW, THAT BUILDING THIS COUNTRY DECEMBER, FOR TOO MANY IN 3 OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT I ACTUALLY OWN BUSINESSES, YOU DOCUMENT SO YOU KNOW, IT THE I MEAN, HOW IS THE HISPANIC CHAMBER ACTUALLY HELPED CITY RESIDENTS TO DHAKA.

WELL, WE WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH RESTORATION PROJECT IN MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY GET THE WORD OUT HELP HIM, YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE THOSE APPLICATIONS AND GET GOOD WORD OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MISINFORMATION.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING A MAN IS A OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT CONGRESS MP.

SO WE'VE GOT MONITOR THAT POLICE THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT GO TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND GET TO MY CHIN IN THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

AT THE END THE DAY, WE'RE PART OF MAY COME DEFINITELY A LOT OF GOING BACK WITH YOU.

YOU ACTUALLY DESCRIBE THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE.

THAT'S ECOSYSTEM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR WORK WITH THE RESURRECTION PROJECT IN HELP BIDEN'S NEW POLICY?

WE'LL ACTUALLY BE A GAME CHANGER.

YES, SO MY THE RESURRECTION PROJECT IS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE LIVES OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE IS BETTER.

AND ONE OF THOSE WAYS THAT IT COULD BE BETTER RACED THROUGH BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PATH TO ADJUSTING THEIR STATUS.

SO THAT IS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE PART OF THE WORKFORCE.

WE THERE ARE STILL MANY THERE'S SO MUCH DATA AROUND HOW MUCH WE CONTRIBUTE.

AND WE WE CREATE, LIKE FOLLOW.

WE CREATE JOBS OR AND EVEN WITH IN JOBS THAT ARE READY, ESTABLISH IF YOU LOOK AT A RESTAURANT, YOU RIGHT, YOU HAVE BACK OF THE HOUSE BACK OF THE HOUSE TENDS TO BE PRIMARILY IMMIGRANT AND THEN THAT ALLOWS OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE FOR THOSE PRIMARILY U.S. CITIZENS, PRIMARILY ENGLISH SPEAKERS TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN JOBS.

SO IT'S ALL RELATED.

WE ARE.

THE BASE OF THE WORKFORCE AND WE'RE ALSO CREATING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THE REST ARE ACTION PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE INCLUDED IN POLICIES.

AND THEN WE ACTUALLY DO HALF A PATH TO ADJUSTING THE STATUS FOR THE 11 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED THAT THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE U.S. AND FEEL WAITING RIGHT AFTER PERMANENT CITIZENSHIP THIS COUNTRY.

DO SO YOU ACTUALLY FOUNDED THE ILLINOIS WORKERS ACTION WITH THERE HAS BEEN IN THAT 2021, COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR GOING STATION AND WHY YOU LAUNCH THIS INITIATIVE?

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO ORGANIZATIONS CALL IN A WORK ACTION AND OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER WORKERS TO EDUCATION, ORGANIZING A POLICY THAT ALLOWS LEADERSHIP AND OFFER RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND BASICALLY THE IDEA IS TO HELP OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND MOST OF OUR IMMIGRANTS ARE WORKERS STILL BEING MIMIC GRANT AND WORKING KUNTAR SITES.

AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM.

MY MOTHER HAD BEEN A TEMP WORKER ON HER LIFE HAS FACED MANY DIFFERENT.

AND JUST AS MISTER OUT, I MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE WORKING TO BRING JOBS FAST FOOD OR EVEN ANOTHER NONPROFIT SPACES FOR.

SO I TOOK ALL THE EXPERIENCE I HAD TO TRY DEVELOP AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BE ON SPECIAL OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO HELP AND SELL.

AND MY HUSBAND IN 2021 DECIDED TO CREATE THIS NONPROFIT TO CONTINUE OFFERING DIFFERENT RESOURCES IN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS OUR TIME FOR TODAY.

WE COULD SPEND PRETTY MUCH A