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Do have a right to make the case if we feel this is endangering, immigrant communities will not talk to law enforcement. that will create danger and we will do that. similarly, nonprofits that detain people, have a right to check on them and making sure they are not in dangerous environments. >> you have local law enforcement agencies accepting federal grants to help enforce these laws or to house illegals that are detained. then they are not doing it. that's a real problem. that's not just a 10th amendment thing. >> what about the idea that the mayor is saying to illegal immigrants in our cit...

>> i think, yeah. i think he's on very solid ground. i support comprehensive immigration reform but in this case, the constitution is very clear. the supreme court has been very clear. california has been trying to block state and local officials and businesses by the way, from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. i think sessions is on very solid ground here. >> i don't think they're trying to block anybody. the counterargument is an interesting one because remember barack obama when after arizona and the court said as jason indicated, there federal law is to bring in the area of...

>>john: is that att can win? >> i think, yeah. i think he's on very solid ground. i support comprehensive immigration reform but in this case, the constitution is very clear. the supreme court has been very clear. california has been trying to block state and local officials and businesses by the way, from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. i think sessions is on very solid ground here. >> i don't think they're trying to block anybody. the counterargument is an interesting one because remember barack obama when after arizona and the court said as jason indicated, there federal l...

Many times, it's not immigration law that california is passing, it's public safety law affording to the 10th amendment. the 10th amendment is 28 words long and basically says anything not reserved by the feds gets to the states. you don't get to that analysis because clearly immigration is left entirely to the federal government. that's the battle we're on. it's not trying to invalidate everything california has done. the attorney general i met with after remarks here with law enforcement leaders privately, i think his intent was to be surgical and try to invalidate certainly conditions that-...

It, no? >> anderson, don't confuse what arizona did with what california does. arizona actually tried to enact immigration statutes that would require law enforcement authorities locally to do immigration work. and the federal government stepped in and said, wait a minute, that's for the federal government to decide how it should be done. in california, we're deciding how to do public safety, whether it's on the streets or in our jails. we're not trying to do immigration work. and so therefore there is a big difference between what arizona tried to do, which the court said was really a federal...