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Ainsley: dismantle the whiteness, brian. doj's lawsuit against the state sanctuary laws so westminster city council voting 3 to 1 to opt out of a law limiting cooperation with local law enforcement and ice. it's the third is i in just two days to challenge. newport beach city councilman scott pieter. he voted in support of this move and he joins us now. good morning to you councilman. >> glad to be here. ainsley: we're so glad to have you. your council voted 7-0. everyone is in favor of opting out and not complying with sb-54. why is that? >> well, we felt that the -- it's a tool in the toolbo...

Systematically and aggressively removed from our country. >> i encourage the council not to pass this resolution. i don't think it's necessary to take this stance at this point. >> the sixth most populous county in the united states in one of the last bastions of conservativism in the golden state, orange company has sided with president trump. the county and nine cities openly opposed sb 54. california's law that limits state local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities. while the sheriff's office had decided to opt out of following the law altogether. the public battle is as...

With another california city fighting back against the golden state far left stance on immigration. the escondido city council voted 4-10 to file -- 4-1 to file a brief challenging the sanctuary laws. they are first to file against the state laws. we are joined now by grif jenkins at the u.s.-mexico border in san diego. grif? >> there is an undeniable backlash of the controversial sanctuary laws. sb-54 in particular that prohibits the cooperation between the local and the federal law enforcement and folks who live in san diego county along the fence bordering between san diego and tijuana. the...

County to join the president's lawsuit against california sanctuary laws. we saw that wednesday but what will happen april 17th the board of supervisors will vote to take any action. we spoke with chairwoman kristin gasper about what she hopes will happen in that vote. take a listen. >> you want to do something more than a resolution, i personally do because that is seemingly meaningless. we will be working to explore any and all options to provide meaningful input into this lawsuit. >> now we wait for the san diego vote at the heart of this, sb 54, and cooperation from federal and local law e...

Where escondido is, the board of supervisors for san diego county are next april 17th will vote to take action similar to that of which we saw with escondido. here is the chairwoman kristin gasper. and vice chair diane jacob telling us what they plan to do next. take a listen. >> we want to do something more than a resolution or at least i personally do. that's seemingly meaningless. we will be working in closed session with our legal team to really explore any and all options that we have as a county to provide meaningful input into this lawsuit. >> i represented about 50 miles of our san die...