>> The Chicago City Council is set to consider scaling back protections for undocumented immigrants.

That's at the request of 2 older people who have long opposed the city's status as a self-proclaimed century city.

The showdown will come less than a week before President elect Donald Trump takes office.

He has promised to immediately launch the largest deportation operation in American history or Heather.

Sharon joins us now with more on the latest.

Thank you, Heather, for joining us.

I want to start off P please remind what it means that Chicago is the same tree city.

So for more than 40 years, Chicago leaders have protected immigrants in Chicago over guard lists of their citizenship status from deportation.

And in many cases have prevented city officials like police officers from working with immigration agents looking to deport them or otherwise have them face legal consequences for their status.

And now how with the measure authored by Alderman Raymond Lopez and Alderman Alderwoman Salon out, the bodies change the city's welcoming city right now, city officials are prohibited all cases from cooperating with federal immigration agent says if this measure passes on Wednesday, Chicago police officers would be allowed to help immigration agents deport some immigrants in limited cases when they've only been arrested and charged with certain offenses, gang-related offenses, drug-related offenses and prostitution related offenses or crimes involving minors.

Now that would be a big change and it could mean a significant change for how the city interacts with the federal government.

But we do say they want to make this change now.

Well, of course, we know President-elect Donald Trump is about to says he has vowed, as you said, to create, to operate the largest mass deportation in American history.

His so-called border czar, Tom Homan has vowed start that effort in Chicago.

And Alderman Lopez has said that if Chicago makes change, perhaps the Trump administration will spare Chicago and look elsewhere to start the big effort.

Mayor Brandon said Chicago police officers will not assist federal agents as part of this mass deportation plan.

Where does he stand on this proposal?

So he's urging members of the city Council to vote against it on Wednesday.

He said that it will add to the over-policing of Black and brown Chicagoans on the South and the West Side.

He says it's also likely to violate the constitutional rights of immigrants since they could be deported after just being arrested in not convicted of crimes.

What's well, this big showdown is going to happen Wednesday.

It's not clear whether there is a majority of the city council that would vote to approve this.

This measures been out there since the fall of 2023.

Hasn't even gotten a hearing.

Much less a vote.

But it's another indication that immigration is going to remain a hot but mission issue well into 2025.

In Chicago.

Thank you for that