>> WE KICK IT OFF WITH TODAY'S TOP STORY.

>>> A FIERCE DEBATE ERUPTED TODAY OVER THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO HELP MIGRANTS BUS TO CHICAGO, WTTW NEWS REPORTER, HEATHER HAS THE DETAILS HERE.

THE DECISION TO OPEN A SHELTER FOR IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL FROM THE START.

THE OLDER WOMAN, JEANETTE TAYLOR URGED THEM NOT TO CONSIDER THE MONEY UNTIL THE PLANS ARE SUBMITTED.

>> TO TRY TO MAKE THIS ABOUT BLACK AGAINST BROWN, STOP IT.

THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS PITTED US AGAINST EACH OTHER.

>> WHY IS SHE FRUSTRATED?

>> Reporter: SHE IS URGING THE MAYOR TO RECONSIDER THIS PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, SHE SAID THE MAYOR CONSULTED WITH ALDERMAN TAYLOR BUT OPENED THE SHELTER ANYWAY.

SINCE THEN, ALDERMAN TAYLOR SAID IT IS NOW OVERCROWDED AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THERE DON'T HAVE ANY SERVICES, AND THAT HAS EXACERBATED TENSIONS BETWEEN BLACK RESIDENTS AND LATINO RESIDENTS.

SHOWS THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO BLOCK THE PROBLEM.

>> OTHER PEOPLE PLEADED WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES TO ACCEPT THE MONEY AND WORK WITH THE NUMBER OF UN-HOUSED CHICAGOANS BY REUSING THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX.

>> IF YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT HEALTHY FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE FOR BRING CHICAGO HOME.

>> HOW IS THIS ISSUE CONNECTED TO THE CRISIS?

>> Reporter: WHEN THE MIGRANTS STARTED ARRIVING IN LATE AUGUST, IT WAS AT A TIME IN THE EMERGENCY SHELTER SYSTEM WAS ALREADY STRETCHED TO THE BREAKING POINT.

AND WITH THE ADDITION OF 5000 MORE PEOPLE REALLY PUT IT INTO CRISIS MODE.

THAT MEANT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BEDS FOR ALL OF THE UN-HOUSED CHICAGOANS WHO NEED THEM, WHICH HAS REALLY FRUSTRATED SOME PEOPLE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SIT SEE THE CITY DO MORE.

THAT IS WHERE THE TENSION IS.

AS WE HEARD, WE NEED MORE MONEY, WE GAVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THIS ISSUE TO THE VOTERS AND YOU ALL DECLINED AT THE