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>> Somebody who wants to it really save his brother's life.

>> A Chicago area man is pleading with ice to release his siblings so he can receive a kidney transplant.

We share the story of these 2 brothers.

Some residents on the city's southwest side, one bike lanes, but others worry.

Cycling culture could speed up gentrification.

And the countdown to Music Festival begins a preview of what to expect at this year's event.

>> And now to some of today's top stories, Chicago teachers union today took aim at Civic Federation boss Joe Ferguson, claiming the former city inspector general is undermining public education.

The union, which is reportedly very close to agreeing a new contract.

Raleigh this morning outside the federation's downtown office claiming Ferguson is an obstacle to the agreement.

>> Mr. Ferguson and the Civic Federation have pushed agenda of austerity.

Ferguson has acted like the shadow boss of the CPS with Pedro Martinez, seemingly unable to make a financial decision without his approval.

It is time for Ferguson to stop undermining public education.

>> And gad of the way of a contract that brings real progress Chicago students.

So we got.

>> In a statement to WTVD W News, the Civic Federation said it has always been, quote, an independent and non-partisan voice.

It added ultimately we aim to serve the best interest of Chicago's residents and children.

We remain committed to publishing research that informs and educates government officials, advocates and other stakeholders as they work towards a long term sustainability of the district.

And starting Tuesday, the city will begin issuing automated speed camera and forsman warnings at 16 new location, locations for the first 30 days vehicle speeding in the new children's safety zones will only be issued warnings, but after that and a 14 day blackout period, drivers will be fine.

35 $1 for speeding 6 to 10 miles over the limit faster than that will get you $100 fine.

Being a firefighter is not an easy job.

And today the public got a rare insight into their training this morning, Chicago firefighters carried out rescue drills and intervention exercises use in an occupied homes that were scheduled for demolition as part of the CTA Red Line Extension Project in Roseland.

The CTA has acquired over 60 properties to build a 5.5 mile 5.5 mile extension of the Red Line which will run from 95th Street 200 and 30th Street.

The Chicago Fire Department received approval to utilize at least 38 properties along 113 street in Princeton Avenue for training.

Up next, meet 2 brothers who are fighting for their lives.

We hear their story right after this.

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>> 2 local brothers are fighting for their lives.

One needs a kidney transplant.

The others willing to donate, but he's in ICE custody and facing deportation.

I recently sat down with one of those brothers to hear their story and how they're fighting to keep hope alive.

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With about >> It has been 3 years for the botanical Gonzalez last saw his wife and 3 kids.

>> With a that >> hope to have it for you.

I will go into political predicament for me.

>> In 2023 of for the was diagnosed with kidney failure with only 2% kidney function remaining.

>> Make look at by not being in a feeling of a ticket that they will on up the I let you know If will, in that way, no internet when they come up to what face.

call I love my legacy, multifamily.

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>> For those life changed overnight.

He now depends on dialysis 3 times a week to stay alive.

But he's luckier than some.

His older brother wants to donate his kidney.

>> It's in fatal, cut time for them.

They do not indicate the whole is going to continue.

They can.

You know, pay on a his brother wholesale.

Go to go.

Dylan Silence is now facing deportation.

Back to Venezuela.

>> Earlier this month he was detained by ICE outside of the home.

The brother share Jose was nearly deported last year, but instead he was able to remain in Chicago.

>> He wasn't deported because at the time there were deportation flights to Venezuela.

And so he was instead.

Released under supervision with an ankle monitor.

now it's possible that, you know, that place are resuming in and he could be deported.

>> The Resurrection Project is representing Jose and filing a humanitarian parole application seeking his temporary release from ice so he can donate his kidney to save his brother's life.

>> Because he had a prior deportation order.

He was at higher risk and despite the government knowing he was here, despite him not having any criminal record despite him being, you know, waiting to donate his kidney to his brother.

The government took it upon themselves to to put him in jail.

>> For the past says his brother had become his caretaker while he underwent dialysis.

They worked together delivering Amazon packages.

It's at the discretion of >> the federal administration wants.

It's going to be a hard fight ahead, which is why we need all the support that we can get.

>> As for the other has a pending asylum application and a work permit was no legal status to visit his family in Venice he is in Chicago, battling kidney failure without his loved ones by his side.

>> Wolf, a we have about the The commitment on model.

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>> We did contact ice about the status of Osaze case, but they have yet to respond.

The Resurrection Project says it has local support from state representatives and has launched an online petition to get the public's help to learn more.

Visit our website.

Up next, a local residents weigh in on bike Lane proposals for the city's southwest side.

Stay with us.

Residents of the 25th Ward, which includes Little Village and Pilsen are being asked to participate in a survey, their ranks that ranks which infrastructure projects are most and least important to them.

The options are alleys, sidewalks, lighting street surf, resurfacing and protected bike lanes.

Bike infrastructure is an expression, a leak.

Controversial project.

Cycling culture isn't often perceived as a sign of whiteness and runs a risk of displacing longstanding resident.

But bike lanes actually cause gentrification.

Joining us to discuss Army I know a lot of minds of the director of advocacy at at Quincy City and Racial Equity Movement.

And we get a check on a long-term Preston resident in real estate broker.

Thank you both for joining us now.

This is a good topic to talk about.

Miguel, want to start with you.

You're a longtime polson resident are protected by bike lane.

Something you like to see introduced to the community.

Yeah, absolutely.

I think that we need to make sure that we have equitable access the bike lanes across the city of Chicago.

>> And I don't think that we need to be redlining.

One community and so that they belong and one community over another.

We need to make sure that all communities across the city of the same access, the bike lanes to better parks to better schools and that we're not segregating where those services and amenities go.

Why do you think there's this mindset about, you know, the word gentrification it's a hot topic for sure.

I think that anything that is perceived to be an improvement.

A lot of people made it seem that it's a form of displacement and it seems really unfair.

Sometimes we have you a professor example on your show and she said the justification for that bike lanes were gentrification lands and really absurd.

What whatever community you live in across the city of Chicago, you should have the same level of access and it shouldn't be seen as any improvement is a form of displacement.

It doesn't mean their demise and, you know, advocating for better schools is the same advocating for more bike lanes for more parking for parks.

And that's really what I want to see across the entire city and talking about displacement, Jose Little Village and Pilsen known as we just spoke about gentrified neighborhoods, wiser, concerned that bike infrastructure might the celery.

>> You don't displacement.

>> I think that because historically, whenever the city put cement amenities neighborhood, it's mostly been in in white neighborhoods in the downtown area.

And as black and brown folks and and Little village in the West and the South side, we see those when the star coming to our neighborhoods, people can help a question make or these 4.

But we have to remember that these are public services and when everyone we all just as much and it doesn't become fear tactic.

Do you think that the word into vacation has turned into?

>> You know what a bad word in some sense not on things I think is justify a lot of based on history, not just Chicago, but the United States on how it's been.

We allocating resources.

>> And neighbors overwhelmingly want a bike infrastructure.

What steps the city take to ensure that bike lanes serve existing residents rather the newcomers?

Yeah.

I think one of the biggest problems I hear talking to community members is always that the city just comes into our neighborhood and just do the project.

A lot of these problems can be avoided community members are at the table right from the beginning of of construction projects like bike lanes, our affordable housing, all the other services.

The city provides if community members are at thanks, Abel right from the start.

What are your thoughts new host Wright Community events where people from the community come together.

You know, what are your thoughts about this?

Yeah, I agree.

You know, a lot of the issues that we have is that it seems we have this kind of top-down planning approach into our community.

And we have sometimes people that don't live in our community don't understand the issues that we really face and they're coming down in a professorial, kinda way to tell oh, this is what you need.

And they don't understand the complexities that we face in our community.

>> We're not worried about hipster on a bike.

You know, we are more worried about a gang member with a gun and were more worried about the schools that are not being funded enough and the neighborhoods that need these level of services.

So to say that we're going to not going to starve the community, these resources like bike lanes and schools because we're afraid of gentrification because we're afraid of a condo building being our neighbors is just ridiculous.

That goes against the idea of making a better city for everyone across the entire city.

>> And you mentioned at the southwest side, Lex Green space and trails.

How does bike infrastructure incident, a broader environmental justice concerns in these neighborhoods?

Yeah, absolutely.

So one of the that the city of Plant is that sale, which would connect from Peoria, 18th Street, essentially all the way down Cermak Island and leading into Little village be a great connection between both communities are going to be a trail with bike lanes.

>> And you someone who has 3 kids neighborhood and we're riding her bike, you know, in putting them and glial and which is a very busy street.

It can be very nerve wrecking.

And so I think that those kind of things go well, doesn't everybody deserve to enjoy bike infrastructure across the entire city as far implementing more bike lanes and some of the busier streets.

I think that there are a lot of opportunities for there to be bike lanes, but that they don't take up any additional parking spaces for the and small business owners and mom and pop on as that makeup, the vast majority, the retail space on 26 Street and on 18th Street, those businesses will suffer if we are removing all of the parking to add to add some bike lanes.

We have a lot of other side streets that they can become that they could easily accommodate a bike infrastructure.

But we want to make sure that there's kind of timid to between our communities.

We have a lot more in common than than anything else.

a little village and Pilsen.

Do you believe that voices of the residents are being heard by those who are in charge of these massive project?

Personally, I don't we have an ultimate alternate 6 show who he's very good being in Raleigh.

But when it comes down to actually listening to the community, we don't feel that he does that.

He hasn't done that with a lot of the schools with to, for example, which most of the neighborhood as opposed to he continues to push that forward.

And when it comes to bike infrastructure, we do or the improvements for improvements.

We don't necessarily see those are going to get done in the way that the community actually wants.

>> And Jose Research shows a black and brown cyclists are more likely to be stopped by police.

How should the city address the racial disparity in bike enforcement?

>> Yeah.

And the big reason that happens is that there's no bike lanes.

Will people feel safer riding on the sidewalk and it's against the law here in Chicago to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk.

So we need to provide residents with a safe way to ride a bicycle and go to pilsen going on the square, go different parts of the city's enjoy the different amenities and different service.

And I ride my bike on the sidewalk.

And sometimes I see these drivers.

>> It's scary, when you're on 26 tree and semi trucks run through there because there's a lot of factories.

Exactly.

Having protected bike lanes makes will enable people feel safer.

And if you build they will come and talking about that.

Do believe Chicago in the U.S. have invested in social infrastructure the way that you would like to see as much You know, the city just passed a budget just a few months ago.

>> not that much improvement was going to infrastructure.

Now there are and sunny new cameras, which, you know, people want other ways to make them feel safer.

That is not going to come with a ticket as infrastructure is how you force people to drive safer, drive slower and give other mode of transportation a chance to go around city.

What are your thoughts feeling?

think that we need to make sure that we're improving.

>> Infrastructure for the everyday life our communities is built around the infrastructure that we have.

And when people don't feel safe, they're not going to go walking to local stores.

They're not going to be riding their bike to the to the other businesses in our community if we don't feel safe and if we aren't safe because of crime, then we really don't have a community.

We have a community that is back up and in their cars as opposed to a more walkable livable community.

We only have time for one last question.

But to some bike lanes don't seem like a priority when there other public safety and health issues.

Why is this important?

>> For you?

It's important because it's a safety issue for all Chicagoans in all communities everywhere we need to make sure that we're providing equitable access across the entire city.

So every bike that that happens is a travesty.

And we need to make sure that we're saving lives which way we can.

What are your last thoughts?

Traffic.

Just my we hear it took me an hour to get here.

I wish I could hop on my bike and just write a yes.

Cut My own Dana could Elaine.

I a guy can dream, but it wouldn't make it easier sack to.

well.

Thank you both for joining Thank you having >> Up next, what to expect at this year's swing as music festival?

Stay with us.

It raises south sound bite at that and call me and Grand Park again this spring because Slingers Music festival is soon returning for its 4th year as a liberation of Latino culture feature features musical artists from across Latin America.

This time bringing Checkey dad my this a broom on and more.

Joining us now for what's what's up this year rundown for the a co-founder of swing as Music festival.

>> In all my thought is Courtright executive director of so wounded.

He's better these culture Thank you both for joining us.

What a fun event.

Aaron, I got to start off with who you have as headliners.

We're talking about secure as I just mentioned, we talked about this through We also have it on file Wiese Day, not to get got hit.

And as someone who grew up in the 2, thousands that I get on this is bomb.

But I want to talk about the passion to bring together those legendary artists with music artist of this area where that passion of this era.

Where does that passion come from?

>> think it's a passion of creating we have over 6 festival is in Mexico.

And the U.S. going is being crown jewel of them.

All.

Yeah.

I think it's just a passion to create not only music but everything that goes into a festival.

The culture, the food on the ons, everything.

It's it's that's the passion was at the idea from the beginning to bring back those legendary artists.

>> Like the old-school ones that we grew up with with the upcoming new, like hot artists of the era.

It's always a mix in a challenge.

But yes, we always makes a little bit of.

>> Regional little bit of all schools.

Some of the new young kids.

So >> we try to keep that fire that I like say.

The new young that young say, yeah, we can age or So and this year also changing Breda swing opening a second stage for local artists.

Why was that important to do?

>> We always like to hear our fans.

And last year they felt like it was a little bit too tight.

So we've got 5 year deal done with the city that gave us a bigger festival grounds and an option or 3 days, hopefully in the future.

So bringing a second stage.

Would be jays.

Are Latinos beyond some producers like to Jan?

So I think that's going to bring a whole different dynamic bill.

I do remember, that was one of opinions of can we make a bigger?

So we have more time to go get food.

Yeah.

And come and check out all the artists.

Oh, that's awesome night.

>> going to listening to that feedback.

>> Now festival also works to give back to local organizations.

One of those a partnership with the organization on Can you tell us how that came about and what the partnership has look like?

>> So nobody's been these cultural center has been around for over 50 years now, longest on the Latino cultural center in the city.

And we have been dedicated to a young and coming artists in Africa be an arts and culture and also getting back to our professional artists and investing in them.

So basically story with swine quite unique because they found the not being a mainstream organization.

And and, you know, not being the flashy is still a to me.

It speaks a lot about how they did their homework and really found a connection with us.

So they they they call those.

They came to see what we were doing.

and they've been the most incredible partner that you can think of what was important to make.

Those connections was like local connections lighting.

That was the plan says the beginning and I were coming into Chicago.

>> We know it's one of the biggest Latino CDs in the U.S. so.

>> We wanted to not only give them an experience to celebrate culture but also impact the community a positive way.

And we've been doing it since you want.

>> And people There's a large I mean, Puerto Rican and Mexican culture here in Chicago.

Absolutely.

So would you say that the collab has really impacted the organization?

What has that done for, though, I would say has been transformational because the level of support and and the multi-year support.

>> So not only do we have a opportunities like ones that they provided for some of our artists to even be like part of the roaming performances.

And they did last year, but also the investment in young people like, for example, of the trip to Puerto Rico, which was opportunity for young people, emerging musicians from Chicago to present their work one of biggest gas festivals.

Important Perry go it was so fun.

That bias one.

Yes and not.

And then the investment in our facilities.

So we we have big projects.

One has been the media center.

We're we have recorded with artists where we have had the young people experiment.

And then we also caustic project and lighting project which is asked.

Transform our multi disciplinary facility that we have 4 arts and culture.

>> What does it make you feel like to hear that the impact, you know, that this festival now this I'm sure started as an idea and has grown and to hear someone say this is impact that it's had on some of the kids here Spanish because he's the best rate that you what I saw it fills your heart that like being able to.

>> to it.

And then could use the festival and then.

Going a bit.

Then following year, come and see the results of and then year after year, all mice.

It's such a great human dedicating his time and effort into impact in 2 and younger kids to time.

Hathaway music So it's not only writing a check we always I was at home.

I like what else can we do?

And we get them into the festival playing some Seth, can we do?

We've tried to bring in it is to have get up in the United Center said that.

So super cool.

And like a purpose in there.

And I do want to talk about the 20 days of swing as will be coming back this year.

Can you tell us about that initiative?

>> That when swing is I mean, the food at.

So, he's amazing.

It's like a high seal.

The TikTok sits a rating TikTok.

has a don't play around So going back to that point of how to get him on the community.

We always try to have the community be the one that comes out and has a benefit as well.

>> So all the food vendors come out.

We doing 20 days, kind of tour.

Why we give out tickets if they go to to the food vendors, locations.

>> So what is there for these free tickets or tickets that they could win or have the kids that they can win, okay tickets if they can so they go into these restaurants.

Yeah.

You got to go swing Instagram and check out all the >> information.

But it's Super Easy and it supports here.

>> Your local.

>> Businesses someone or want to go back to the organizations that for Latino culture.

Describe what that means.

Describe that music and how that shows up in mainstream get on and what it's like coming together for celebrations like this.

>> Oh, my God, of the day will come that on So it's of course.

Still on.

Really open open the way for for this after Caribbean music to be represented in day it on.

And now I think that the side of the spectrum is bunny with his newest album, you know, like so the genre itself has paid respect to the people that came before them.

And I think that there's some artists have really pushed that.

And I think dad swing us knows that very well.

And has made that connection.

can't say enough about to like to say I don't like saying old.

>> But do you like to see it?

I was all the aging ourselves.

But you like to see like the old-school died at artist was like new ones because I feel like there's some makes of even yeah, young people with older crowd.

>> I was telling him how I discover young Mikko basically through a swing and she is the you.

She's for the pride and joy in Puerto Rico.

has been like on top for a few years now.

But the first time that she performed, you know, with them, you know what?

She wasn't that big right?

And and you know me being like from like that, that all school generation, you like if you actually go like I learned about it.

And I think that the same way young people are like, oh, wait a minute, you know, like we've seen Dan, and techie dad.

I was like, yeah, we got check that out take that 6 only have time for one last question.

We have a couple seconds.

I know you have filed a 5 year secured with the city through 2029.

You know what goals do you have for the future of the festival?

>> I mean, if they keep.

Going as a festival, but also keep the impact in the community going in that 5 year deal guesses that pathway and that's okay to keep on investing in.

Different friend nations and organizations that support the local community do hope it stays in Chicago.

>> It's got to think it's gonna hit.

That's able.

Thank you guys for joining us.

And I can't wait to see all the pictures and videos.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The festival is May 24th and 25th in Grand Park.

You can find more information on our Web site and we're back right after this.

And I attended the festival.

The singles festival for us here.

And I can tell you it's tons of fun.

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