"It’s important, given these rumors that are out there, to let people know — more specifically today, employers — that if they voluntarily start giving up information about their employees or access to their employees in ways that contradict our new California laws, they subject themselves to actions by my office," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said. | Alex Wong/Getty Images California state rep: 'Trump and Sessions should come here and arrest Xavier Becerra'

A California state lawmaker is asking President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to come to the state and arrest its attorney general, Xavier Becerra, for "crossing the line" in enforcing an immigration law.

"He's crossed the line. This is now a criminal defense; the Department of Justice needs to come," Travis Allen, a GOP assemblyman from California, said on Fox News on Monday night. "Sessions needs to come, and Trump need to come to California to literally arrest and indict Xavier Becerra for breaking federal law."


Allen, who is running for governor, was responding to comments the Democratic state attorney general made last week in regard to enforcing a new California immigration law.

"It’s important, given these rumors that are out there, to let people know — more specifically today, employers — that if they voluntarily start giving up information about their employees or access to their employees in ways that contradict our new California laws, they subject themselves to actions by my office," Becerra said, according to a Sacramento Bee report. "We will prosecute those who violate the law."

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Becerra's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The new California law is the state's latest step to thwart the Trump administration. The law is sparked by fears that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will conduct large raids of workplaces.

The measure does contain provisions that tell employers to comply with federal law when compelled to do so, but generally tries to make it difficult for immigration officers to have the information they need to conduct raids.