Baltimore will not interfere with federal agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigrant deportation plans, but the city also won’t go above and beyond to help those agencies, Mayor Brandon Scott said Wednesday.

Scott, making his first public appearance since Trump was inaugurated on Monday, said he hasn’t issued any new directives to city employees in regards to immigration. Police officers and city agencies do not ask Baltimore residents their immigration status as part of routine procedure, which has been a standing policy in the city.

“Our approach will not change,” Scott said. “We are watching what the administration actually does, not just what they say.”

Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders since taking office, many related to immigration. Among his directives was the declaration of a national emergency on the country’s borders, an end to birthright citizenship and a pause on refugee admissions into the United States. He also issued an order restricting federal funds for so-called sanctuary cities that do not cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Late Tuesday, Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, one of Trump’s former criminal defense attorneys, sent a memo directing prosecutors across the nation to investigate and charge officials who don’t comply in carrying out the administration’s mass deportation agenda.

Scott said he is not scared by the prospect of being detained.

“You think about some of the biggest freedom fighters in the world whether it be Dr. King, whether it be Malcolm X, whether it be Rosa Parks, all of those folks were actually put in jail for some period of time simply for doing the right thing,” he said. “We are prepared for that.”

Scott said City Administrator Faith Leach would lead city government temporarily should he be jailed.

Baltimore, Scott said, is not a sanctuary city because it does not control its jails’ policies on honoring ICE detainers— the state does. ICE issues such requests to local jurisdictions if someone they have arrested is also accused of being in the country illegally.

That distinction may mean little to the Trump administration. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has previously said he would detain mayors of cities.

A letter sent to Baltimore leaders last month by a group headed by Stephen Miller, an adviser to the president, labeled Baltimore a sanctuary jurisdiction in violation of federal immigration law. The letter, which was also sent to leaders in Howard and Baltimore counties, threatened penalties if leaders are deemed non-compliant.

Scott said Wednesday the city has received no further correspondence from Miller or any other administration officials. The city will exploring all legal options to “protect our residents,” he said when asked if he would attempt to block ICE access to city buildings. However, the city will not do anything that violates the law, Scott said.

While the mayor was reticent to engage Trump, Scott expressed concern about other orders issued by the president including the end of birthright citizenship and the termination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government.

“We should be concerned. You can be angry, but ... this is what happens when the chickens go out in the barnyard,” Scott said. “The chickens always come home to roost.”