The California Attorney General’s Office countered that the Trump administration “cannot bully our local law enforcement into breaking the law.”

The U.S. Justice Department asked California counties to provide lists of all non-U.S. citizen inmates in their jails, ratcheting up the Trump administration's challenge to sanctuary policies.

The Department of Justice requested multiple California counties on Thursday for data about every noncitizen inmate being held in the state's jails. Why it matters: The request is a further escalation of the Trump's administration's crackdown on sanctuary cities in California.