happening in washington. so, mayor, you know, obviously it s unclear what exactly he will do this weekend. but are you going to actually help people hide? are you going to take that full stop to defy him? how far are you willing to go personally? we re doing a couple of things here in denver. what we re doing is really working with all of our partners in the communities, our the aclu, the seiu, the immigrant organizations, immigrant law legal services programs. we also have a legal defense fund we created here in denver in partnership with the private sector felon throppic organizations and individuals. to help provide information to immigrants about rights, how to protect themselves but also resources to help them deal with the su of potentially being deported. you ll probably be the first to hear this. we have on pretty god authority, erin, that i.c.e. is making calls to cities that they re targeting and wanting to of course reach out to the human
emanuel. his city today taking action against new federal regulations governing sanctiuary city. his city claiming the new rules are unauthorized and unconstitutional. the attorney general announced in late july that cities must agree to let federal immigration agents access local jails and give 48 hours notice before releasing certain people that the federal government might have their eye on. if they don t comply, those cities could lose millions in federal grant money. msnbc s mar anna aturns ois following this story. give us some context and some reaction. what are you hearing? chris, in chicago specifically, local lawmakers, immigrant organizations, are praising this latest lawsuit by rahm emanuel, saying it is a step in the right direction toward, quote, protecting our immigrant communities. there is a lot of fear on the ground over the undocumented population. i just got off the phone with a district where 40% of the population is undocumented and he says he s already seeing t