Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass slammed the Trump administration for suing her city in an attempt to challenge its sanctuary city immigration policy, reports The Hill. Bass said Tuesday that the lawsuit is “an attempt to overturn the will of the city.”

“We are a city of immigrants who have had policies in place for decades,” Bass said during a news conference Tuesday.

Bass added that the law was originally written for public safety “so the newly arrived immigrant population that was being preyed on by criminals would feel safe in reporting crimes to law enforcement.” She said the city remains committed to “standing up for our constitutional rights and the rights of our residents.”

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