{"id":5030,"date":"2021-02-24T11:37:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=5030"},"modified":"2022-09-30T12:59:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T17:59:32","slug":"en-un-pueblecito-una-comuna-de-artistas-liderada-por-inmigrantes-resiste-al-desalojo-de-un-promotor-inmobiliario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/02\/24\/in-little-village-an-immigrant-led-artists-commune-resists-as-developer-seeks-eviction\/","title":{"rendered":"En Little Village, una comuna de artistas liderada por inmigrantes resiste mientras el promotor intenta desalojarla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f8bbf1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The squat two-story, yellow brick building at 3200 S. Kedzie in Chicago\u2019s Little Village neighborhood wasn\u2019t always so quiet. In past years, the colorful space inside had been known to boom with the sounds of live punk music, cheering audiences, and heavy metal.<\/p>\n<p>A crew of Latinx immigrant musicians had built a thriving community arts hub out of the former office space, which was tucked next to a metal recycling company. They called it La Casa del Inmigrante: the Home of the Immigrant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2021\/03\/01\/en-la-villita-una-comuna-de-artistas-liderada-por-inmigrantes-se-resiste-al-desalojo\/\"><strong>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f8d28b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f8ddee\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f8e48a\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Here, people from the neighborhood could collaborate with other artists and learn about making music, DJing, theater and graffiti art. Local and out-of-state bands, like immigrant hardcore punk band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LAKRAS-323785867782536\/\">Lakras<\/a> from New York City, would also come through to play. Events would often double as fundraisers for communities in need: In 2017, the group sent money to Oaxaca, Mexico for families who were displaced by an earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>While a community arts space at heart, La Casa del Inmigrante has also served as a residence for an ever-changing roster of immigrants for the last five years. Juan Herrera, a graffiti artist and one of the residents, said there have been around eight people who have made their homes there, and a larger network of people who have used the space as an art studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fixed up everything to be able to have a kitchen, bathroom and shower,\u201d Herrera said in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI paid out of my own funds to create this space,\u201d resident Marcos Hernandez, who also plays drums in the local punk band Desafio, said in Spanish. \u201cLittle by little, people in the city started to join.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f90160\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210215_KedzieEviction_05.jpg\" alt=\"band, housing, pandemic, eviction, immigrant\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">3200 S. Kedzie resident Marcos Hernandez in his live-work space, where he arranged photo shoots and held practice sessions on a stage, Feb. 15, 2021 in Chicago, Ill. Hernandez has been living in the community space for about four years. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">April Alonso for Borderless Magazine\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f91b34\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>But this community has now come under legal scrutiny, and its members face eviction. The building\u2019s owner, the nonprofit Chicago Southwest Development Corporation, is seeking to demolish 3200 S. Kedzie and neighboring structures, which it calls unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>The CSDC plans to use the cleared land to develop the 32-acre Focal Point Community Campus, <a href=\"https:\/\/focalpointchicago.org\/\">described on the project\u2019s website <\/a>as a \u201cbold and visionary idea to provide Chicago\u2019s vibrant west and southwest side communities greater opportunity to thrive and sustainable change, while celebrating the diversity and rich history of its neighborhoods.\u201d The campus would be home to a new St. Anthony hospital facility, mixed-use retail and possible residences. CSDC\u2019s CEO Guy Medaglia also heads St. Anthony Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The property at 3200 S. Kedzie is currently zoned as a commercial, manufacturing and employment district intended to serve as a buffer between manufacturing and residential and commercial areas. The city zoning code does not allow housing in the zone, nor people living in the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are violating the law by not only trespassing but by converting part of the building into a residential dwelling unit,\u201d said Lenny Asaro, an attorney representing the CSDC, of the Casa del Inmigrante residents. \u201cThey never had a right to occupy the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f9256d\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-5878\" class=\"post-5878 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to tag-femme\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210409_FemmeDefensa_059_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"gender-based, violence, domestic, femme, Little Village, Chicago, Pilsen, community, care, protection, survivors, immigrant, strength, safety, food , housing, garden, La Ruda Farm, Femme Defensa\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How a Femme Liberation Collective is Practicing Community Care<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/april-alonso\/\" title=\"View all posts by April Alonso\">April Alonso<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">mayo 13, 2021<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"an-underground-community-space\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">An Underground Community Space<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Erected in 1974, 3200 S. Kedzie sits on the south end of Little Village not far from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The property is next to the site of the former<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2019\/8\/22\/20828376\/st-anthony-hospital-little-village-expansion-project-opposition\"> Washburne Trade School,<\/a> a union-supported education center that was demolished a decade ago, which the CSDC also plans to develop as part of the Focal Point campus.<\/p>\n<p>The 3200 building\u2019s previous owner, Azteca Mall LLC, had intended to transform the property into an incubator space for local merchants. When those plans fell through, the City of Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.legistar.com\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3055897&amp;GUID=C1ABD095-B81B-4A28-94BC-C692219DD25D&amp;Options=&amp;Search=&amp;FullText=1\">passed an ordinance<\/a> in 2017 allowing the city to use eminent domain to acquire the 3200 S. Kedzie property as well as neighboring properties as part of a TIF plan for the Little Village Industrial Corridor Redevelopment Project Area with the intention of transferring the properties to the CSDC. Ultimately, however, the city did not use its eminent domain power, and the CSDC purchased the property outright in 2018 for $4.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>The CSDC\u2019s development plans are now on hold as the dispute over the residents\u2019 rights to live in the property makes its way through Cook County court. CSDC filed an eviction complaint against Juan Herrera and Marcos Hernandez on February 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Casa del Inmigrante residents argue that they have a right to remain in the building at least as long as the state\u2019s residential eviction moratorium is in place. With Gov. J.B. Pritzker\u2019s latest extension of the moratorium, evictions in Illinois are suspended until March 6. 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Kedzie, pictured in front of his DJ equipment Jan. 23, 2021in Chicago, Ill. Gonzales used to DJ at venues and events around the city, but he lost work because of the pandemic and has had a hard time finding stable work. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Alex Arriaga for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f97a54\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Many of the Casa del Inmigrante residents worked in the music industry before the pandemic and have since lost their jobs and their regular housing. Juan Gonzales was regularly DJing at venues and parties in Chicago before the city shut down due to COVID-19. He has since taken up odd jobs to make up for his lost income but said he has a hard time finding stable work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLittle jobs here and there, cash jobs,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n<p>Latinxs have been amongst the hardest hit by the pandemic. In Chicago, Latinxs account for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/covid-19\/home\/latest-data.html\">35 percent of COVID-19 cases<\/a> despite making up just 28 percent of the population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s completely illegal,\u201d Marcos Hernandez said of CSDC\u2019s attempts to evict him and other residents. Hernandez noted that CSDC has not yet obtained a demolition permit. Asaro counters that the CSDC cannot obtain a demolition permit until the property is vacated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are we going to go?\u201d asks Hernandez. \u201cThey took away a form of our work, that\u2019s where we made our living. Why are they coming to a poor neighborhood to build this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The community at La Casa del Inmigrante began five years ago with Guillermo Hernandez, a theater producer. A lease provided by CSDC shows Guillermo Hernandez as signing a three-month industrial building lease in January 2016, which converted to a month-to-month lease thereafter. The lease notes that \u201cthe premises are to be occupied and used solely for the purpose of storage of theater equipment and for no other purpose whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the lease did allow Guillermo Hernandez to sublease the space with the landlord\u2019s written approval, CSDC\u2019s Asaro states that neither the CSDC nor the prior owner gave such an approval.<\/p>\n<p>When Guillermo Hernandez became sick with cancer, the Casa del Inmigrante community came to his aid. Last January, they raised funds for his medical costs through a show featuring bands such as Maldixion de Malinche, Chango Pardo and Marcos Hernandez\u2019s own band, Desafio.<\/p>\n<p>When Guillermo became too sick to pay rent, Marcos Hernandez sent the Chicago Southwest Development Corporation a check for $3,000 on May 1 to cover the cost of rent. (Monthly rent under Guillermo\u2019s original contract was $1,000). While a representative from CSDC acknowledged receiving the check, the money was never deposited. Marcos Hernandez was told via text message that CSDC would communicate only with \u201cthe official lease holder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guillermo passed away in August 2020, and Marcos gave the rejected rent money to Guillermo\u2019s family to help cover his funeral expenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f98a34\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210215_KedzieEviction_12-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"eviction, demolition, housing, immigrant, Chicago\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Five residents at 3200 S. Kedzie are facing eviction as the building&#039;s owner, the Chicago Southwest Development Corporation, seeks to demolish the building.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f997f9\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>In October, the CSDC posted notices of demolition on the building giving residents and tenants until November 2 to vacate the property. CSDC hired American Demolition to erect a fence around the building, and the demolition company hired a security guard to monitor the building.<\/p>\n<p>Marcos Hernandez says that one of the security guards harassed him and other people living at the property. Two videos recorded by Marcos Hernandez on January 13, 2020 obtained by Borderless Magazine* shows an instance in which a female security guard confronts him and appears to taunt him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re homeless with no money, you have no money,\u201d the guard says in the footage. \u201cIt\u2019s cold in there, so how do you sleep?\u201d She then calls the police, saying, \u201cHe\u2019s standing here by my car, I will shoot him if he don\u2019t [sic] get from my car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe security guard should not have said that,\u201d Asaro said after Borderless Magazine shared the videos with him. \u201cWe do not condone anybody disrespecting anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asaro said that CSDC has alerted the demolition contractor of the videos, which in turn addressed the security company. The security guard has since been removed from the site and replaced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoislegalaid.org\/legal-information\/lockouts\">Both Illinois and Chicago law <\/a>prohibits \u201cillegal lockouts,\u201d when landlords turn off utilities like gas and electricity, block entrances and change the building\u2019s locks before residential eviction proceedings are completed. In the case of 3200 S. Kedzie, Asaro estimates that the eviction process will take three to four months, slowing down the development process and costing the nonprofit money in utility payments, insurance and security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"tenants-or-squatters\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Tenants or Squatters?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>For Metropolitan Tenants Organization attorney Philip DeVon, the Casa del Inmigrante case is not black and white, but it illustrates a clear power dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe developer who is well-heeled and funded with spokespeople has all the power,\u201d DeVon said. \u201cIt\u2019s evident when you can erect a fence around people while they sleep at night you have the power in the relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s scary, but the tenants do have rights \u2014 they can&#8217;t just be locked out,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd that would be decided in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f9a9e0\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210215_KedzieEviction_03.jpg\" alt=\"resident, home, housing, eviction, pandemic, immigrant, Chicago\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Juan Herrera, a resident of 3200 S. Kedzie, plays music and makes art in his studio, which doubles as his bedroom Feb. 15, 2021 in Chicago, Ill. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">April Alonso for Borderless Magazine\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f9b6f7\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Ald. Michael Rodriguez (22nd), who oversees the ward where 3200 S. Kedzie sits, has been following the situation and hesitated to refer to the residents as \u201ctenants\u201d or \u201csquatters,\u201d instead calling them \u201ctenants\/squatters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say there are emergency situations and that a court has to determine if it\u2019s an emergency situation,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cThe best way through this is an arrangement between the impacted groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez noted that throughout the ward last year, his office has fielded a potential record number of requests for help stopping illegal lockouts or utility shut-offs. Despite the COVID-19 residential eviction moratorium in Illinois, tenants across the city have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/coronavirus\/some-landlords-are-using-harassment-threats-to-force-out-tenants-during-covid-19-crisis\/2289586\/\">continued to face harassment<\/a>, with some being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citybureau.org\/the-housing-cliff\">forced out by their landlords. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an immigrant neighborhood like Little Village, undocumented immigrants are some of the most vulnerable. For some immigrants, fear of deportation and language barriers can be an extra barrier to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citybureau.org\/newswire\/2021\/1\/31\/undocumented-renters-carry-pressure-of-housing-crisis-with-no-safety-net\">enforcing their rights in these situations<\/a> as well as added restrictions on accessing employment and aid. Undocumented residents, for example, are unable to access subsidized public housing unless one of the family members they live with has <a href=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/guide\/housing-for-immigrants\/eligible-noncitizens#:~:text=Federal%20housing%20programs%20are%20either,regardless%20of%20their%20immigration%20status\">U.S. citizenship or a qualifiying noncitizen status<\/a>. For these reasons, it\u2019s \u201cvery common\u201d for undocumented immigrants to live in units without a formal lease, said Lucky Camargo, a neighborhood organizer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"calls-for-community-input\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Calls for Community Input<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>As the standoff between the development corporation and La Casa del Inmigrante intensifies, the building\u2019s residents have leaned on community organizers, some of whom have been scrutinizing St. Anthony\u2019s $600 million development plan for years. Many see the issue as part of a broader trend of displacement. In a neighborhood where about a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/little-village-residents-welcome-diversity-fear-rising-rents\/\">third of residents<\/a> live below poverty level, development plans such as this or those for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/whats-the-fate-of-chicagos-little-village-discount-mall\/3a9577c2-0c36-4994-95bf-a502771af1ed\">Little Village Discount Mall deepen those worries.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organizer Camargo has been vocal about her opposition to the hospital\u2019s expansion, in the past going door to door to inform residents and organize concerned community members.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/ct-biz-hilco-little-village-demolition-settlement-health-clinic-20201120-ixkekneboncg3mycgmnq5uc54u-story.html\">a botched demolition<\/a> of a smokestack at the nearby Hilco site last year, Camargo said she was surprised to see a demolition sign appear on the building at 3200 S. Kedzie. Once again, she felt that developers had skipped over a community engagement process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have this, you have the discount mall and Hilco, big changes that are happening in the neighborhood, and people are deciding how these neighborhoods are shaped and not including the people who live here,\u201d Camargo said. \u201cSo concerns about gentrification are there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosa Esquivel, a housing advocate with Pilsen Alliance, said that rising rents and displacement that have transformed Pilsen are also starting to affect Little Village. She used to be neighbors with Marcos Hernandez in Pilsen. \u201cI\u2019ve known [the musicians] for a long time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to take the harassment,\u201d she added. \u201cWe should not be harassing human beings in the middle of a pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f9c8a1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210215_KedzieEviction_06.jpg\" alt=\"art, housing, eviction, Chicago, immigrant\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Juan Herrera, a resident of 3200 S. Kedzie, plays music and makes art in his studio Feb. 15, 2021 in Chicago, Ill.  <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">April Alonso for Borderless Magazine\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51e2f9d4b3\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Willie \u201cJ.R.\u201d Fleming, an anti-eviction community organizer, said that he\u2019s seen the way evictions in Little Village and other parts of the city disproportionately affect immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call it urban and economic cleansing. These are human rights violations,\u201d said Fleming, who serves as the executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoantievictioncampaign.com\/\">the Chicago Anti Eviction Campaign<\/a>. \u201cThese communities have been displaced by urban and economic displacement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fleming said that the Chicago Anti Eviction Campaign and other groups have been monitoring the situation at Casa del Inmigrante to show support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We are] watching what we call market activity,\u201d Fleming said. \u201cThat\u2019s going to dictate the activity we\u2019ll take, when we pull up with busloads of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, the tenants are working with legal representation to prepare for when the sheriff eventually serves them an eviction notice. They say they have no plans to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat really makes me mad, it\u2019s the way they\u2019re treating us like we\u2019re not human,\u201d graffiti artist Herrera said. \u201cRight now the problem is with them. They call the police on us, telling us to go. It\u2019s not that we want to stay here forever, but right now the situation is we\u2019re in a pandemic. They need to give us time. It\u2019s been a hustle every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>*Editor\u2019s Note: Borderless Magazine has chosen not to publish these videos. We believe hate speech should be recognized but not amplified. 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