00:05There are people in positions of power who want to provoke us to justify the unjustifiable,
00:14a military presence in our communities.
00:18But we are a resilient people.
00:21We will protect one another, and we will bring both our Mexican and our American flags
00:27and carry them with pride and peace as a reminder of our heritage
00:33and our rightful place in this nation, that this is our home and that this is our country too.
00:40Do not take the bait.
00:42Let us show that this is a city where we take care of one another,
00:49where we love one another, where we are in peace and in harmony with one another.
00:55We don't need the National Guard, and I say to all the National Guardsmen that are called,
01:04you too can follow your conscience, you too can follow your conscience and disobey an illegal order.
01:15El presidente Donald Trump anunció que intensificará las operaciones federales y de inmigración en Chicago.
01:20Las acciones se extenderán durante seis semanas con el uso de instalaciones de procesamiento cercanas a la ciudad.
01:27Las tensiones llevaron a posponer un festival del Día de la Independencia Mexicana por temor a operativos migratorios.
01:34Alexandra Gómez, residente y dueña de un negocio familiar, expresó temor por el impacto en sus hijos y en la
01:40economía local.
01:41We have family, you know, in the city of Chicago.
01:44We live in the suburbs, and I, yeah, I feel safe.
01:50I feel safe having my kids here.
01:52I feel safe being here.
01:54I don't feel safe with the rhetoric in these actions.
01:59My kids are mixed, English, American, and Mexican, and they have been personally impacted by people saying some pretty hurtful
02:09things since the start of this administration.
02:11Gómez explicó que prepara a sus hijos con documentos adicionales ante posibles redadas, aunque nadie quiere esa charla.
02:19You know, I've had conversations with them about preparing to have, you know, having extra documentation and, you know, what
02:26would we do and kind of putting some of those plans in action, but nobody ever wants to have that
02:32conversation with their kid.
02:34Su empresa de arte en vidrio también enfrenta presiones por tarifas y cadena de suministro ahora sumadas a la incertidumbre.
02:41La alcaldesa de Broadview confirmó en una carta que un centro de procesamiento servirá como base de operaciones de ICE
02:48durante 45 días.
02:50La noticia elevó la preocupación entre las comunidades latinas.
02:54El 5 de septiembre, maestros de Chicago repartieron volantes para informar a padres sobre sus derechos ante el ICE.
03:00La sindicalista Silveria Pittman, madre y abuela en Chicago, pidió frente a la escuela primaria Henry Nash que los niños
03:08conozcan cómo reaccionar si son abordados por agentes federales.
03:11So, this morning we are passing our flyers concerning defending your rights, knowing the rights of what's going on with
03:19for the invasion, just in case Trump decides to send the National Guard or any other national agencies that we
03:26want our parents to be well informed about their rights and knowing what is going on, so they can know
03:31how to protect themselves and to let them know that it is safe to bring your child to school.
03:36El alcalde, Brandon Johnson, sostuvo que las medidas del presidente son ilegales e inconstitucionales.
03:43What this president is doing is illegal and inconstitucional, and quite frankly is reprehensible, but as a city of Chicago
03:49we're going to stand firm on our values.
03:51We're not going to turn back the hands of time to a place in which federal troops and or National
03:58Guard prevents children from being educated.
04:01En Berwyn, un suburbio latino, padres expresaron temor por la intensificación de las medidas migratorias en escuelas.
04:08Una docente preguntó cómo aprenderán los niños si viven con miedo a que sus padres no estén al volver a
04:14casa.
04:36El gobernador J.B. Pritzker respondió que en Illinois la ley protege a las familias y limita a las agencias
04:43migratorias.
04:43We actually do have laws in place, and we have people in place, especially here, as opposed to some other
04:56county or some other place,
04:59where law enforcement, which I know they're afraid of, and I know their parents are afraid of,
05:04but where law enforcement not only can't or not allowed or disallowed, that's illegal, for them to do something that
05:15they're fearing.
05:16Mientras avanzan los planes de ICE, familias hispanas, docentes y autoridades locales en Chicago
05:21insisten en que lo que se necesita no son tropas, sino recursos para escuelas y comunidades.
05:38La amenaza de la Guardia Nacional sigue sobre la mesa, pero en Chicago las voces de víctimas hispanas
05:44y líderes comunitarios coinciden en rechazar la militarización de la ciudad.
