Order. We‘re going to have much more on that in just a moment. But I want to get to what we are trying to understand. If there‘s details, what‘s really happening here in newark. Whitney Wild joins me live. And whitney, these raids in newark come as cities across the country are bracing. You are in Chicago tonight where you have been bracing and and local businesses bracing for raids. What are you seeing right now?
>> Well.
>> What we have seen.
>> And what we have.
>> Heard.
>> From the officials.
>> Here and the leaders here, especially in the business community, is that people are changing their day to day lives because they are so afraid of these stepped up ice actions. For example, I spoke with a congressman who represents this area earlier this week. He said that people are moving around. They‘re afraid that ice may have access to their address, and so they are moving their homes regularly because they are so afraid. And that fear is pervasive, especially in neighborhoods like this little village, heavily Hispanic. Again, we spoke to people here who are very concerned about these stepped up ice enforcements. With President Trump moving swiftly to deport undocumented immigrants across the country, what does this space mean to you? What does this room mean to you? Bueno tranquilidad en.
>> UN aspecto.
>> Relief is one aspect of it. I feel calm because I‘m sheltered. This bedroom is part home, part hiding place for this woman whose name we are withholding because she fears deportation.
>> When importancia.
>> Porque estoy.
>> Nerviosa.
>> Estoy angustia. A lot of helplessness because I‘m nervous, she says. I‘m anxious. I‘m afraid of losing this trip I took across the darien. I‘m afraid of losing those dreams of having something in my country because I‘m 50 years old. She says she has been in the U.S. for more than a year. She hoped to make some money here and then go back to Venezuela, where her two children and mother stayed. She had planned to find a job this week, but was too afraid to leave this apartment.
>> When. To me, to hoy.
>> I put on makeup today because I had a job interview and it was really like putting on a mask because I‘m really devastated, she says.
>> De verdad, yo estoy destrozado.
>> Fear is spreading. As the Trump Administration makes clear that cities like Chicago, a sanctuary city, are major targets for enforcement here. Local ordinances generally bar officials from helping immigration and customs officials. Unless there is a criminal warrant.
>> If they‘re in united.
>> States illegally, they‘re going to be arrested, too. So sanctuary city is going to get.
>> Exactly what they.
>> Don‘t want more agents in the communities, more people arrested, more collaterals arrested. So that‘s a game they want to play.
>> Game on.
>> Now the Department of Justice is threatening to prosecute local and state officials who obstruct, resist or fail to enforce immigration law. The impact of stepped up immigration actions could be massive, according to leaders here, particularly for businesses who regularly use migrant labor. Here in heavily Hispanic little village, normally busy streets are slow.
>> Ever since the word got out over the weekend, we have seen and heard from our small businesses that foot traffic and that the amount of people that are seeing is just going down drastically.
>> It‘s a real fear that is impacting an entire community.
>> We‘re a very.
>> Independent restaurant.
>> Community.
>> Not a.
>> Chain restaurant. So we could.
>> See some.
>> Of our independent restaurants closing.
>> With so much uncertain. This woman can only hope to still fulfill her dream of being a. Para por algo bien. I came here for something, she says. I came to fight. I came to get ahead and I haven‘t done anything. I don‘t want to feel like a failure. Erin, the officials here, the Illinois governor, you know, Chicago‘s mayor, people I‘ve spoken with, other you know, the congressman who represents this area. They have all made very clear they have no problem with these stepped up enforcement against violent criminals. But what they are very concerned about is that these enforcements are also going to capture people who otherwise have no criminal record. And so that is the major concern here. They say outreach is absolutely critical. So what the Chicago city of Chicago did today, erin, was in vail unveil a Chicago transit authority. Wide system video system display that is a know your rights display. Again, that is going to be out throughout the Chicago transit authority system. Erin, a lot of major questions remain, though, right?
>> Right.
>> And of course, the Trump Administration has has.
>> Said and this was one of.
>> The things in the campaign, right, is crossing the border itself a crime and how they see criminal. We‘re now seeing that play out on the streets, possibly as as news of this raids starts to come out.