>> As we just mentioned, immigration enforcement raids continue to sweep the Chicago area Thursday shadowing the City Council's annual celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Alderperson Raymond Lopez use the celebration to tell his colleagues they should have listened to him and scaled back protections for undocumented immigrants.

Kerry is responding to comments from Alderperson Jesse Fuentes.

Let's listen.

>> When you had the opportunity to grant and the law, the transfer of custody of individuals from CPD to ICE when someone chooses to start shooting at people, sell drugs, human trafficking or any of those other crimes.

Spare me the fake tears because you brought this on our communities yourself.

And you're a hypocrite and someone who's never had a deal with undocumented because you come from an island where you're guaranteed citizenship.

So don't you dare talk them.

I want my people have to vote and director comes to me, sir.

Please fight that.

I want her censured for calling me a hypocrite in this room.

>> W t Tw News reporter Heather Sharon joins us now with more.

Heather, how did things get just so tense?

>> Well, we heard Alderperson Lopez essentially saying I told you so if we had made a deal with the Trump administration, he said on behalf of the city of Chicago, these militarized raids would not be taking place across the city.

That prompted Alderperson Jesse Fuentes to call him a sell out, which prompted the angry reaction we heard from Alderman Lopez now the city council declined to take up his move to censure her, but it was a tense 10 celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is typically a moment for school children and older people to celebrate Chicago's past Hispanic community.

With many people call it coming from Mexico and all over South and Central America.

Instead, many older people used to this celebration as another opportunity express solidarity for those who fear that they're going to be deported and their family and friends who fear they might be caught up in these rates.

>> Well, despite that clash, the city council voted unanimously to welcome a new member.

Tell us about the newest 27th port on the person.

>> Well, he is the youngest member of the city council, but he's got a familiar name.

Walter Redmon Burnett is now the representatives of the West Loop and parts of the West side.

He replaces his father and longtime alderman Walter Burnett, and he was only able to very briefly addressed the city council today after hours of delay as Mayor Johnson is his allies attempted to negotiate who would replace the former Alderman Burnett as vice mayor and chair of the zoning committee.

Those negotiations fell apart, leaving the council's leadership structure in limbo just as we head into a very difficult budget season.

>> once the city council did get down to business, they voted to close the chapter on the alleged wrongdoing by former Chicago Police Sergeant Ronald Watts settling 176 law suits.

What's the tac cost to taxpayers going to be?

>> So it is going to end up costing taxpayers more than 126 million dollars when it's all said and done that includes fees for the city.

The lawyers, the city hired to defend disgraced former Sergeant Ronald Watts who was federally convicted of engaging in bribery and it But it nevertheless close chapter on a number of wrongful conviction lawsuit and many alderman we're thrilled to spend 90 million dollars to resolve these cases saying it was the deal of the century because they thought it was going to cost the city a lot more and perhaps charts a new course for the city.

>> As they try to resolve police misconduct lawsuits, many of which date from miss caught alleged misconduct.

Many, many years ago.

>> Yeah, certainly a long-running problem there.

Well, City council is also set to lift a ban on tiny homes.

What with those new rules mean for property owners?

>> Well, it would still give each alderperson the final say over whether coach Houses and Granny flats and added units could be built residential areas of their wards, upholding the longstanding tradition of Aldermanic prerogative, which is Ben really accused of fueling segregation in Chicago.

However, the compromise that is still set to get a vote today at the city council will uphold that while allowing some older people to try this old.

But new form of affordable housing.

It will nevertheless lift a 68 year-old ban on those tiny homes in at least some parts of the city.

>> Sounds like it's been quite the topsy-turvy day down there at City Hall.

Heather, sure around.

Thanks so much.

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