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."

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spoke at City Hall on Tuesday morning, a day after the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit claiming that the city's sanctuary policies are illegal and "interfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government's enforcement of federal immigration law.

The Department of Justice alleges that Los Angeles' sanctuary city policies interfere with the federal government's ability to enforce immigration laws.