>> julie ramírez: quizás y eso es el terror, pero nosotros participamos con este entrenamiento.definición de la trata de persona, la ley federal dice que cualquier persona que es obtenida usando fuerza, fraude o coerción con propósitos de explotar a esa persona para propósitos laborales o explotación sexual, entonces muchas personas quizá en su país natal no era contra la ley el no pagar un salario mínimo, el no pagar tiempo extra. entonces muchas veces no saben que están siendo explotados. hemos trabajado con muchos individuos de méxico, de centroamérica que son traídos aquí y ahora deben una deuda por el transporte, deben una deuda por el albergue, por la comida, etcétera, y no saben que--tienen el temor de que si reportan van a ser deportados, van a ser tratados como criminales. >> damián trujillo: y ¿qué nos dice para que pierdan ese temor? >> perla flores: yo les digo que cualquier persona que está siendo explotada por su labor o sexualmente es víctima de trata de persona y tiene derecho a ciertos beneficios que incluyen manejo de caso, refugio, comida, beneficios sociales,

talk about that aspect, if you will. >> julie ramirez: that's true. we're talking about the most vulnerable populations in our community. so, again, it can include people like street vendors. sometimes these are immigrants who may not know or be familiar with the laws here in our country, are taken advantage of. ruth can expand on this if she wants, but there was a case where there was recently a bust of a vendor, or they thought they were gonna bust him because he didn't have a permit, but once law enforcement got there and actually started talking to this victim, they understood that he was left there without knowing where he was. he wasn't in control of his papers. he wasn't in control of what he was actually doing or of his life in general. he was dumped there and then told to stay there, and he wasn't gonna get picked up until they came back for him. that's a type of labor trafficking when one doesn't have control over their own life, and he was stripped from those liberties. so the county got involved. our law enforcement got involved, and they

july 4th crowds dealing with storms moving across the area. many people seeking shelter in the smithsonian museum. we go straight to stephanie ramirez on the mall, where they are already facing increased security. >> reporter: debra, happy fourth of july. everything just calmed down out here. the sun is back out again, so folks are starting to make their way back out to the washington monument after being in shelter. a few of the check point locations may be flooded as well if they are in the grass, so expect delays if you're heading out to those locations. with the severe weather now out of the way, looks like the focus can now go back to security and enjoying a safe holiday, which is what we saw during the parade today. ♪ >> reporter: cheers from the crowd came as the national independence day parade and old glory made her way down constitution avenue. hundreds of people not letting the rains-- >> rain jackets and umbrellas. >> reporter: -- or the possibility of a threat on the nation's capitol ruin their independence day celebrations. ♪ >> i'm not worried about it. we got the best police and security force in the world right here

the cleveland sheriff's department says they stopped juan ramirez on july 7 and when they called immigration officials word came back to let him go. what happened next is adding new fire to the debate over illegal immigration in the country. >> reporter: his 14-year-old niece called police claiming he tried to rape her at a park. when police and park rangers began searching for him they got a call about a shooting a 40-year-old woman riding bikes shot and wounded in the arm. police then used reverse 911 to warn residents to stay inside their homes. that is when detectives were flagged down by a man claiming he found his wife dead, 60-year-old lady had been shot multiple times inside her home. not long after that a father called 911 to report that a man was in his backyard pointing a rifle at his son. when deputies showed up he fired on them. they returned fire but he hid behind a rock later giving up. two weeks before the murder deputies spotted a suspicious car and approached the driver. he admitted to not having a driver's license. deputies contacted the border patrol who advised him not t

. >> i am derek mcginty, the suspect in the 4th of july stabbing was in court and we learn more. >> reporter: i am stephanie ramirez outside dc superior court, 18-year-old jasper spires showing a quick smirk before coming out of a room in the court house appeared in chains and white jump suit and heard little from him but learned this was an incredibly violent attack he is being charged with. according to the medical examiner the victim, kevin sutherland was stabbed 30-40 times, witnesses described a struggle on the train and suspect went back to stomp the victim before robbing 2 others on that same train. a support frr the suspect said after-- supporter for the suspect said he didn't believe the 18-year-old cause capable of this. >> i didn't believe he done it but we will sate and see what comes up. >> reporter: one person came out to support the victim. >> the friends of kevin sutherland are remembering him in a positive way, and remembering the life he lived and we want to focus on the positive with kevin as we let the justice process play out. >> reporter: documents say they collected spires through a bag with

. >> i am derek mcginty, the suspect in the 4th of july stabbing was in court and we learn more. >> reporter: i am stephanie ramirezasper spires showing a quick smirk before coming out of a room in the court house appeared in chains and white jump suit and heard little from him but learned this was an incredibly violent attack he is being charged with. according to the medical examiner the

graphing new information tonight in the july 4th stabbing death of american university graduate kevin sutherland, asking jasper be released from jail but stephanie ramirez was inside the courtroom and i am sure that did not go well with the judge. >> reporter: somebody gasped when they heard the attorney asking for him to be released possibly because wu know now spires the suspect was arrested a day or 2 before the fatal stabbing occurred, a brutal one we lurjed in charge-- learned in charging documents. 30-40 stab wounds, that is how many times 24-year-old kevin sutherland was stuck on a metro train in the middle of a day july 4 3-inch wound striking his heart and jasper spires wearing a white jump suit and chain around his belt cracked his smirk before turning his face to a wall. at least 4 witnesses saw the brutal stabbing, one describing a suspect with red colored bandanna ray ban sunglasses. it started when the suspect tried to take an item from kevin sutherland's waste believed to be a cell phone. he punched him to the floor hitting him with a black object and walking back to stomp on him were descriptions given to police. it was a dropped bag wit

25-year-old juan ramirez burned the bodies after killing the young woman and her son according to the cops. he is being held on $1 million bail. with us now here in new york city julietantaros. andrea is the co-host of the five and julie is a contributor for us. critical mass has been reached. it's not epidemic. you can't say every day americans are being gunned down on the street by criminal aliens. you can't accurately say that. you can say that the system is so chaotic and broken in places like san francisco that the pop plus populace is not protected from these kinds of people. what do would you do? >> i do want to comment because i listened to yowg talking points memo and i watched your segment with with jesse. to have dianne feinstein come out and say she wants to propose federal legislation right now to somehow prevent this from happening is such a lie and so disingenuous and here is why. i haven't heard anyone make this point yet. in the gang of 8 bill, feinstein herself a former san francisco mayor put an amendment in there, bill, that would allow cities like san francisco and larr raid doe where laredo for not deporting members. >> what is the gang of 8 bi