California will sue the Trump administration over a threat to withhold grant funds from sanctuary cities, a spokesperson for the California's attorney general office told Reuters on Monday.

San Francisco filed a similar lawsuit against the Trump administration over the same restrictions late last week, according to Reuters.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE said last month that the Department of Justice would begin to withhold law enforcement grants from so-called sanctuary cities that limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

To qualify for the funding, cities must give federal immigration officials access to detention centers and provide notice of 48 hours to federal authorities before releasing undocumented immigrants.

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Lawsuits against the administration's policy are piling up.

San Francisco became the second city to sue President Trump’s Justice Department over the threat, after Chicago filed a similar lawsuit last Monday.

The Trump administration pushed back forcefully on Chicago's lawsuit.

“This administration will not simply give away grant dollars to city governments that proudly violate the rule of law and protect criminal aliens at the expense of public safety. So it’s this simple: Comply with the law or forego taxpayer dollars," said Sessions.

California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, said earlier this month that he would support a lawsuit over the threat to law enforcement funds due to sanctuary city protections.