A federal lawsuit accuses President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during an ongoing immigration crackdown that has put the region “under siege.

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.

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.