The mayor’s remarks came a day after Trump’s Department of Justice sued the city, saying its sanctuary law has hindered the federal government’s ability to combat "a crisis of illegal immigration."

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reports on the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Los Angeles over its sanctuary city policies. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to react.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the city on Monday, alleging that L.A.’s sanctuary city policies are “illegal” and “interfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law.