In the letter to the Department of Homeland Security, the Newsom administration contends that court rulings have rejected the argument that California sanctuary law limiting law enforcement coordination with immigration authorities "unlawfully obstructs the enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Huntington Beach’s conservative City Council earlier this year approved a resolution declaring itself a “non-sanctuary city.”

The Department of Homeland Security has placed more than 500 jurisdictions on a list, claiming they’re “defying federal immigration law.”