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PARK SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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>> AND NOW TO JOANNA HERNANDEZ

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WHO SPENT THE DAY IN SUBURBAN

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BURR RIDGE AS PART OF OUR "IN

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YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

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JOE HANNAH?

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>> THANKS.

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WE ARE HERE WITH THE MAYOR OF

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BURR RIDGE GARY GRASSO.

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

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TONIGHT.

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NOW, I WANT TO START OFF THERE'S

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60 MIGRANTS STAYING AT A NEARBY

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HOTEL.

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CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE

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RESOURCES THAT YOUR OFFICE IS

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PROVIDING THEM?

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>> WELL, THERE ARE 64 OF THEM

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AND THEY ARE ALL FAMILIES.

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NO UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WHICH WE

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NOW LEARNED WE DIDN'T KNOW IN

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THE BEGINNING.

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WE'RE PROVIDING THEM EVERYDAY

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AMENITIES.

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WE HAVE POLICE PROTECTION HERE,

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OF COURSE.

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THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE

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VILLAGE THAT HAVE STEPPED UP

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WANTING TO GIVE FOOD, CLOTHING,

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OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT.

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THE SCHOOL BOARD REACHED OUT

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ABOUT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IF

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ANY ARE GOING TO STAY IN THE

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AREA.

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SO WE'RE KIND OF EVERYDAY LIFE

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NOW JOANNA.

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>> THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY SOME

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OF THE KIDS WILL HAVE AN

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OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE

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SCHOOLS HERE?

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>> SURE.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OPEN AND THEY

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ARE HERE LEGALLY.

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THEY ARE SEEKING ASYLUM.

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AND IF THEY SHOULD GET THEIR

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ASYLUM AND WANT TO STAY HERE

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THEY CAN BE EDUCATED HERE.

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>> AND YOU MENTIONED YOU VISITED

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THE HOTEL TWICE.

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CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT

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WHAT YOU SAW.

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DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK

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WITH INDIVIDUALS THERE?

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>> NOT TOO MUCH I AM NOT A

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SPANISH SPEAKER.

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I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS A

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GROUP OF TEENAGE BOYS OUT FRONT

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SUNDAY MORNING I WAS THERE, THE

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DAYS ARE BLENDING AT THIS POINT.

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AND I COULD TELL WHAT THEY WERE

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TELLING ME WHAT A BEAUTIFUL

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PLACE THEY KEPT CLUTCHING THEIR

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HEARTS HOW THANKFUL THEY WERE TO

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BE HERE.

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I'M SURE THEY'VE COME TO US

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HAVING TRAVELED FROM WHERE THEY

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DID.

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AND I THINK THAT THEY PROBABLY

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THINK THIS IS WHAT FREEDOM IS

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ABOUT.

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LOOK AT THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

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AND I'M PROUD AS THE MAYOR OF

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BURR RIDGE AND I KNOW MY

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RESIDENTS ARE THAT THEY WILL SAY

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THEY STARTED IN BURR RIDGE,

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ILLINOIS.

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>> AND WHAT WAS THAT FEELING AS

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YOU WERE SEEING FAMILIES SITTING

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OUT, WALKING WITH THEIR

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CHILDREN, PUSHING THEIR

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STROLLERS.

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WHAT CAME TO MIND?

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>> TWO THINGS:  ONE, THEY WERE

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IN AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION AND

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NOW THEY ARE HERE SAFE.

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BUT TO YOUR POINT, THEY KNOW

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RIGHT AWAY IT WAS NORMAL THINGS.

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MY WIFE AND I RAISED SIX KIDS.

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AND YOU COULD SEE THE MOMS WITH

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THEIR STROLLERS AS YOU SAID.

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THE TEENAGE BOYS CROWDING AROUND

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PUSHING EACH OTHER.

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JUST WHAT WE ALL DO ALL THE

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TIME.

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SO THE NORMALCY IS WHAT

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IMPRESSED ME.

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>> YOU'VE EXPRESSED CONCERNS

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OVER LACK OF COMMUNICATION FROM

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GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND MAYOR LORI

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LIGHTFOOT HAVE YOU HEARD

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ANYTHING FROM EITHER OF THEM?

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>> YES, I WILL TELL YOU I WAS

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UPSET WITH BOTH OF THEM.

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AND AFTER ALL THEY PUT US IN A

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VERY DIFFICULT POSITION.

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THEY STOOD AND HAD PRESS

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CONFERENCES AND THEY EXCOREIATED

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GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND ANYBODY ELSE

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WHO DID NOT GIVE THEM FAIR

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NOTICE.

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THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT 500

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PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME HERE AND

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ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS VERY

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UPSET THAT DID NOT AFFORD US THE

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SAME COURTESIES.

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AND THEN FOR THE GOVERNOR IN

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PARTICULAR TO CALL US WHAT HE

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CALLED US THROUGH HIS PRESS

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SECRETARY AND THEN DOUBLED DOWN

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YESTERDAY SAYING WE WERE

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GRUMBLING.

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AND YET HE TURNS AROUND AND

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DECLARES AN EMERGENCY AND CALLS

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OUT THE NATIONAL PHENOMENA GUARD

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FOR 500 PEOPLE.

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>> HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE

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GOVERNOR?

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>> I HAVE NOT.

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I SENT HIM A STRONG LETTER TODAY

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ABOUT ALL THAT.

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I HEARD FROM LORI LIGHTFOOT

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DURING THE BEARS GAME ON SUNDAY

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AND SHE CALLED ME AND

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APOLOGIZED.

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SHE IS FEISTY AND SHE GOT FEISTY

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ON THE PHONE WITH US.

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BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A

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PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATION AFTER

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THAT SHE ADMITTED I HAD EVERY

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RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

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AHEAD OF TIME SO WE COULD

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PREPARE FOR THE NORMAL QUESTIONS

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TO BE ANSWERED.

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SHE THEN CALLED ME ON TUESDAY,

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AND FOLLOWED UP AND WANTED TO

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KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE

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SHE CAN DO.

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I GIVE HER A LITTLE CREDIT NOT

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SO MUCH THE GOVERNOR.

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>> AND IT WAS NOT ABOUT THESE

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INDIVIDUALS BEING HERE?

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>> NO.

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IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT ABOUT THAT.

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IT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE HANDLED.

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THE SAME THING THAT THEY WERE

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COMPLAINING ABOUT WAS ABBOTT

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WHEN IT SUITED THEIR PRESS

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CONFERENCES TO MAKE A STRONG

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POINT TO SHOW HOW OPEN THEY

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WERE, WHICH IS FINE, THEN BE

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PREPARED.

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WHY AREN'T YOU PREPARED AND WHAT

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IS THE BIG DEAL IN THE LONG-RUN,

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THESE ARE GREAT PEOPLE, WHAT IS

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THE BIG DEAL WITH 500 PEOPLE?

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NEW YORK'S GOT 10,000, 11,000?

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>> AND MAYOR, I WANT TO ASK YOU

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A QUESTION.

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WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU WANT TO GIVE

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THE COMMUNITY WHO IS CONCERNED

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ABOUT MIGRANTS BEING HERE IN THE

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COMMUNITY?

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>> DON'T BE CONCERNED.

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DON'T BE CONCERNED AT ALL.

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THINGS ARE FINE.

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THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR FREEDOM.

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THEY WANT A BETTER LIFE.

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ALL OF US ARE PRODUCTS OF

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IMMIGRANTS AND HERE IN BURR

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RIDGE WE CALL IT A SPECIAL PLACE