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million undocumented immigrants ? Is he going to end abortion ? Is he going to ban Muslims out of the country ? All of these different issues . The reason why I put together this forum is to find experts in the Chicago region that work on these issues . We ended up putting together a pretty good panel to talk about the community ’ s issues and demographics . People are uniting because they want their rights guarded and to live peacefully in harmony . We have a long history of racism , discrimination and segregation , but we also have a long history of people who fought this “ baggage ” that we have when it comes to injustices .
MADE : Thoughts on Trump ’ s response to abortion laws ?
M One of the issues here that ’ s very serious is that if women do not have the opportunity to choose of having legal means for an abortion , women are more than likely to use illegal means . The main thing is that women were forced to find means that were not medically approved , sanitary , or safe - which creates other health risks . In terms of millennials , this could be the first generation where it ’ s not a woman ’ s right . Also , another challenge here is socio-economic and educational issue . The issue of equity is here as well - who will be able to receive the services that they need to receive ? The challenge is that these are not easy decisions . These are decisions about life and death for the child and mother . The real issue is how far is the government going to reach in control of what a person does and does not do .
MADE : In your opinion , do you believe that some of Trump ’ s proposals will actually be approved ?
M Well , yes and no . For the most part , Donald Trump talks a big game , but he ’ s also putting people around him that will carry out the policies as long as they can . Some of these things border as unconstitutional or really raise a question on what kind of society do we want to develop . The short answer would be yes , he ’ s going to try and move forward with all of the policies that he says for as long as he can .
MADE : What about health care ? Anything that was talked about that could make a difference for millennials ?
M : Trump vowed to repeal Obamacare , which is the

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Affordable Care Act . The goal of the Affordable Care Act was to bring more people into the tent of having health insurance - to try to slow the roll of the Federal budget ’ s growth . Medicare , Medicaid and Social Security ( which are the largest social services in the country and the world ) takes over 60 % of the Federal budget . So , individuals who do not have health care and / or needed some sort of medical procedure , eventually the fees will be paid by the Federal government . The goal of the Affordable Care Act was to slow down
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