>> Hello and thanks for joining us on Chicago tonight.

I'm Brandis Friedman.

Here's what we're looking at.

The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for people from Haiti in Syria.

And as the country celebrates its 200 50th anniversary this year, Native American communities have complicated feelings we'll hear from some local leaders.

>> First off tonight, the Supreme Court upholds the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship in a 6 to 3 decision.

Chief Justice John Roberts joined conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Comey.

Coney Barrett along with the court's 3 liberal justices to strike down an executive order.

President Trump signed on the first day of his second term that attempted to end birthright citizenship.

Immigrant leaders gathered in Chicago today to celebrate the court's decision.

>> Today the Supreme Court affirmed that birthright citizenship.

It's a fundamental right.

more details shortly.

But here is what you need to know.

Now.

No family in America needs to wonder if their newborn or expecting baby or will be a citizen of the country.

They were born in.

>> Also today, the justices agreed to hear a case challenging Cook County's ban on assault weapons.

The case was brought by a pair of Cook County residents and gun rights activists seeking to overturn the county's law.

Barring residents from owning buying or transferring 125 types of rifles such as the AR 15 Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill.

Burke defended the ban as a lawful ordinance and says her office will fight to keep it in place.

Workers making minimum wage in Chicago and Cook County are set for peery's tomorrow.

Non-tipped workers in the city will see at least 17 0, 5, in our while tipped workers will earn at least 12, 96 an hour and in suburban Cook County, those minimums will be set at 15, 40 and 9.25 An hour.

Workers rights advocates are urging workers to check your check to make sure employers keep up with the change.

>> your rights and do keep quiet if employer is not paying correctly.

Your wages, it's pretty sure that he's not paying anybody.

>> Up next, how Supreme Court ruling could mean thousands of refugees will need to return home.

That's right after this.

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>> The U.S.

Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti in Syria.

The decision could leave longtime Chicago residents at risk of deportation to countries still grappling with violence, instability and humanitarian crises.

Here's what DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin had to say about the decision.

>> It's simply a book them on a flight.

We expect as from pretty full flights going back to Haiti and going back to some of these countries were TPS has been eliminated.

Maybe they can go back there and help restore their country.

Syria is a prime example.

Syria has come a long ways in just a few years underneath.

Are there new leadership that we have?

We we truly expect that Syria can be a great country again, but it it people Syria to build their country back to same thing in Haiti.

It takes the people of Haiti to win their country back that.

So joining us now are we took director of development and communications at the Syrian Community Network and adjunct professor of social welfare policy at Loyola University.

Chicago.

>> And on Zoom, we have Darrell August secretary of the Haitian American Lawyers Association of Illinois.

Thanks to both for joining us.

Darrell, starting with you, viewers for viewers who may not be familiar, what is temporary protected status and who usually qualifies for it?

>> So good afternoon, everyone.

And thank you for letting me be on this panel appreciated representing my community regards to temporary protected status.

It is the immigration status that was offered to patients, particularly in 2010 after the earthquake, but actually was started in the 1990's by George HW for people that were already in the country.

United States without status.

And that was giving them temporary protected status to be the country to work, to have work permits.

The people that qualify for this very recently in 2010 after the devastating earthquake that estimated the country, the economy, the health of the Haitian people under Obama President Obama, allow the government allow to apply and to come to the country.

United States under temporary protected status because of the influx negative aspects of the country of Haiti.

The key perpetual in Buchanan throughout the year.

TPS for just a can concisely TPS is 80.

The a cooldown Haitians from within the United States.

And also outside the is to come here in to live while their country.

country was in very, very mistake.

>> Syria's civil war may have technically ended, but many advocacy groups, including the ACLU and the International Refugee Assistance Project, say that the humanitarian crisis there is still far from over.

What is the situation today?

>> Get the day is a absolute we are the office and situation see as you said, the war has ended.

But the question is, people are able rebuild their life over.

There are not before.

And if I come here, I was checking the trauma state dot to which countries on safe for us citizen to go and to to tropical vacation.

shot and see.

say one of the 2 top just places for us cities into a trial that over I'm not here to talk about American citizen.

We are talking about people who are already here rebuild their life.

They and what they are part of our economy.

They are in it are hard.

War cares.

>> And the Dow member our society, right?

So I don't ask the next door neighbor.

Watch your immigration status is a part of this Part of the city.

>> So sending by sending them back to their dose country, which is down just for us.

It is absolute dime to support those people >> Darrell similarly, the Trump administration argues that conditions in Haiti have improved enough to end those humanitarian protections in your view, is that true?

Is it stable enough for Haitians to return home Haiti?

>> it has suffered so many setbacks most recently with the the station of the political climate, his destination of the President Jovenel influx of gangs throughout the country conjunction with the economic depreciation, natural disasters and having He's in total disarray in regards anyone, not people TPS, but anyone coming to return to the country.

In fact, ministry has said that he that ban on travel to Haiti because of all these things that I've stated right now.

So there's absolutely no condition right now for patients to go back there, particularly Haitians live, not live there decades to come back into in terms of the country safely.

>> Darrell is is there a path forward for people who might be impacted to stay in the country or will they have to return to their nation of origin?

>> You know, we want to be straightforward and clear with the Haitian people.

And TPS TPS is from that.

That court case committed.

One officially ended.

Nevertheless, you should go and consult with immigration attorney because there are avenues where you can receive status, whether it be a silent, whether it be employment visas, it said even permanent resident in the state of changed when it comes to the end of TPS or that the the framework of ending.

That doesn't mean that there's not any avenues.

So you have to look at all your options to make sure that you may have and haven't too.

be here in this country and do what you do best.

Make the country great for those that may not have the avenue.

Yes, is a highly likely that you may be sent back on voluntary same sent back.

However, that Haitian American Association, the coalition of Haitian organizations and many other conditions across organizations across the nation are fighting to keep here.

>> Ali, more than 300,000 Haitians in over 6,000 Syrians are living in the U.S.

and at risk of deportation.

And as you mentioned, you know, many of those people have been here a long time, right built a life here.

They've got children here.

What would losing hundreds of thousands of mean to the communities that they're settled in?

>> You know, as I as I said, they are part of our communities.

It's not right.

That country beaten today, economy, for example, Haitian coming through.

I was reading that they a country more than 6 billion dollars to the U.S.

economy and a paid I recall more than 600 million dollars to the federal government.

So.

Now is that is not that simple.

Just tell them, hey, you have to leave the country imagining The that the disaster in the situation with the family did live in Levin's.

I didn't have a lot stress.

And, you know, especially within the family with the children.

So, you know, we can we can and really explain and how much he's coming things.

And I'm joined now, but we have to remember they are part about coming to dog park up to see part of our neighborhood.

this is our job to protect these people.

>> Darryl in an Expos, DHS general counsel James Percival, he wrote, quote, The point of TPS is to delay a return home because temporary conditions do not allow it.

In other words, everyone agrees going home.

It is a question of when some time ago the left and their proxies on the judiciary figured out they could can.

They could slowly and quietly turned TPS into an amnesty program.

Fundamentally, the left is outraged because the gig is up How do you respond to that argument?

>> know, thing that argument does circular in makes the responsibility of TPS on the Haitian people.

And that is not true.

2 Ps was given up thing.

The patients benefit for from however, is the government established it.

government that saw that it was indeed it is the government that continued.

And it's the people that benefit from it, but also reestablish people that built the nation that mission going by paying taxes.

But rain members of this community to say that it's temporary, the tax has been paid one temporary work he did in the country was in temporary.

The people love of 100 TPS, the similarly themselves into this country to become part of the the the the community for decades.

And so to say that it was temporary, that was the intent of it.

That wasn't so because the administration saw that the conditions were not good for anyone to return and it still isn't good for anyone turn.

In fact, working on legislation to see if we can get some help actually make the country better.

However, looking at this position, that is they that is just temporary.

Go back.

doesn't benefit anyone in any concept.

He creates the notion that Haitians does.

deficit negotiations food distrubtion something here and that's not true.

>> Ok, that is where we'll have to leave it.

I know it's something that you're passionate of course, will continue to keep an eye on this.

I'll eat her oak and Darrell August.

Thanks you both for joining us.

>> Thank you very much.

I appreciate you.

>> Up next, local Native Americans reflect on celebrations of America at 250 years.

Americans nationwide are celebrating the 200 50th birthday of the United States.

The signing of the Declaration of Independence represents the birth of America but groups existed on this land long before English settlers claimed it as their own.

For centuries, Native Americans have fought for rights, land and sovereignty after the United States broke treaties and forcibly removed millions of natives from ancestral territory.

Now as America, 250 celebrations reach a crescendo.

Many native communities are still healing from a history of broken promises.

So joining us now, our Megan Baker, assistant professor of anthropology at Northwestern University, Shelley to vice president of the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative.

And Justin Velasquez, director of the Tunica, Biloxi, Chicago Branch Office.

Thanks to the 3 of you for joining us.

So first to serve, what are your general feelings about the celebrations of America's 200 50th anniversary make it will start with you first, please.

>> Brings up a lot of and billing kind of feelings.

Native people have tumultuous history with the United States.

But at the same time, this is our lands and we're going to protect it.

And some people are very enthusiastic about it.

Shelley.

Again, with you know, we've been here time immemorial.

So we are celebrating our existence and all we are a vibrant fabric of the Chicago >> community.

And we just do what you do want to continue to thrive.

>> Justin, I think 2.50, is very complicated for Native Americans because that's 250 years basically of admitting we've been Concord.

But at the same time, I am born an American.

I only know American.

I love this country.

So it as a very complicated feeling.

>> Do you think there's a way that Native Nations could be included and celebrated in some of those Absolutely.

If you invite these tribal nations and actually give them.

Respect in the invitation, I feel like a lot of them would show up and would actually be very educational for the rest of the people watching.

Megan, let's talk a little bit about terminology upfront.

Is there a preferred term for non natives to use?

Because I know that there have been.

>> Lots of people of color in this country have been getting lots of different over this Nations foundation.

But what what is the preferred term free will?

>> If you're talking about a specific, tried, the should use the name that they go by.

So chalk ties with preferred to be called talked, has.

But if you're talking a bit broadly, I think Native American, American Indian, those are good everyone.

Absolutely.

So Justin data from the 2020 census showed that Native American populations in the U.S.

are rapidly increasing, but that that data is not entirely complete.

Why not?

>> So Nate Americans in general are very underrepresented in any statistics.

It could be whether or not there seek out to be included and also there's just a vast under reporting from agencies and things like that.

>> Shelley, what's the impact of that lack of data?

So, you know, if we have one or 2 people, we need to be counted because a lot of times when we're trying to go for funding, what is the first thing that they ask for is a numbers.

What your budget, things like that.

So we need to be representative so that we can go ahead and apply for those funding sources just like everyone else.

>> There are also over 500 Native American tribes in the U.S.

but not all are federally recognized.

Show what does that mean and what implications does it have for those individual tribes?

>> I know that a lot of them that aren't federally recognized striving to do that because again, that comes with sovereignty and a lot of things that really help our tribal nations grow and helps them give them that economic independence.

So it's very important that we continue to strive and work with those communities.

There's also a bit of a lack of understanding also about where native people are living, right.

Like many folks think that everybody's on the reservation, when that's not the case.

Only 30% of Native Americans live on reservations in the 70% live in urban suburban or rural areas.

So yeah, we need to continue to work with those because of relocation.

Lot of people relocated.

Chicago's the relocation city Solana, tribal members moved from all different.

We service about 150 to almost 175 different tribal nations so that that relocated to the Chicago area.

So we want to make sure that we're servicing those those tribal members.

Megan, there's a vast history of treaties and agreements with native tribes and the U.S.

government or any of those still being upheld today.

>> Some of them alive.

But there are aspects that are There are different agreements have been broken things have not been provided as they're not supposed to as they're supposed to be funding is and strong as it should be in a lot of tribes and a lot made of institutions are suffering because of And just to help viewers with understanding what are some of those some of those treaties and what what were some of the promises made there?

>> So for that act when we were moved in 18, 30, we were kind of promised to that.

>> It would never be incorporating incorporated into another kind of state that they would be governed as sovereign nations and never included in the United States.

And that isn't the case anymore.

>> Justin tells about health health care in equity and the impact that that has a native communities, both in urban cities and and reservations.

So in my opinion, this is the biggest issue that faces Native American that need Americans are currently facing Native Americans on average live.

11.2 years less than the general population.

That is any race.

Just anyone, 10 and a half 11.2 years of less time with our loved ones and families is completely unacceptable and it goes back to Dayton, not having those correct numbers on a lot of.

Intake forms for medical things were listed as another.

So it goes back to the lack of data of how can we get to the bottom of.

What's causing us to live a decade less than everyone else when we don't have those numbers.

2, get to the bottom of it, right?

It also sounds it could be a lack of access to health care, for example, for the 30% who do live on a reservation.

>> Yes, there absolutely is.

Lack of health I trust has a lot of gaps and servicing Native Americans and >> they also have other challenges such as even getting to a medical facility.

what could be done to address this just like all the data solve the problem.

I think that's a very complicated question how.

Yeah, how do we?

Close a decade life expectancy gap amongst our people.

>> And because is a big thing, I think we just need to advocate more and again, will our even our health center here in Chicago doesn't have a dentist.

And so that's one thing that we definitely are going to get trying to get in front of to make sure that we get the funding to bring a dentist and for community K I'm Shelley Chicago is located on the ancestral lands of several indigenous tribes.

Tell us more about how the traditions and relationships of these tribes helped to shape.

>> The Chicago that we know today.

the roads, you know, we we would like to be honored for some of those something.

A lot of things that we've given to the community here.

Chicago love the roadways are old Indian tribes.

A lot of the naming of the streets are Indian name.

So again, honoring some of the one of tribes that have been here or in memoriam.

So again, being able to address all those tribes that have been here you know, providing services that we What are some of those street names for folks that to mean that it might not know least a name that we've all known?

Whatever the name is right will know where it came from.

What are what are the some of that?

Some of the names that need to be recognized?

>> I can't begin but yeah, there's plenty of places where Native Americans should be given recognition and they are just not given that recognition.

We were here before anyone else.

And you wouldn't think that.

>> I'm Justin.

A law passed in 2023 and it requires all public elementary and high schools in Illinois to teach about Native American history, sovereignty and contributions.

How would you rate the implementation of that heavy think that's been doing?

>> Honestly, could've been done a lot better.

There is still a lot of work that can be done to actually finalize what that curriculum is and what's going to be taught there could also there also needs to be more funding to help move that along and mean, it's easy to just hey, this is what we're going to do.

Not actually implement anything behind You know, one of the things that we need to do is not only get the Kirkland together, but we have to train the teachers tenure, the trend of children.

And yeah, goes back to we need funding to be able to do that.

>> Show your organization visionary ventures.

You're part of a joint effort to create the first affordable housing project with Native American Focus in Chicago.

Tell us about that project about the need for affordable housing for natives in Chicago.

The housing is called exhibit and it's up a KGUN of pretty name for at the river's edge because we're near the Chicago River.

And water is life for our community.

So having this housing again, we were promised housing over 60 years ago during relocation.

So to be able to have this housing that is targeted to our community.

>> We were very deliberate and intentional about the cultural aspects of this housing.

45 units studios to three-bedrooms so that we can have the intergenerational community within community.

So we're just very happy to be able to provide this housing after so long for our community.

what is the status of that where going ease 29?

0, 9, West Irving Park Road.

It's about 65% complete.

And the construction we actually have the river flowing through the front of the building in the brick, starting to go on.

So it's looking wonderful, right?

Winds are expected to and about ribbon.

Okay.

All right.

>> So before we go Megan, what are some of the ways that you think the relationship between native and nonnative communities could be better going forward?

>> I think there should be greater recognition of tribal sovereignty.

And people trying to support it and help allowed tries to determine their own kind of community.

Showing.

>> I think we need to be have a more of a voice in having that being on more boards and on more being out there in the community so we can provide what our community needs.

>> Justin, we need to start being in charge of telling our own There's so much need of a media within these past 10 years that isn't actually made by Native Americans.

if we let someone else tell our story, they're going to tell the wrong.

>> think that's a good place to leave it.

thanks to the 3 of you for joining us to share your stories.

Megan Baker, Stanley to really and just in the last missing Thank Thank you.

And we're back to wrap things up right after this.

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