Donald Trump's $500 million breach-of-contract lawsuit seems to not have made a big impression on Univision's lawyers, who on Tuesday deemed the presidential candidate's complaint "factually false and legally ridiculous."

Trump filed the lawsuit after the Spanish-language television network decided to cut ties with "The Apprentice" star, whose comments about Mexicans and immigrants caused a backlash in the Latino community. In a June 16 campaign speech, the Republican presidential candidate said that Mexico brings drug dealers, criminals and rapists to the United States."

Trump alleged, in a statement posted on social media, Univision's move to terminate its contract with the Miss Universe Organization and not to air the July 12 Miss USA contest constitute a breach of contract and are aimed at compromising the real-estate mogul's presidential campaign, his conglomerate -- known as the Trump Organization.

"Univision is required to broadcast the pageant live on television in Spanish," Trump's group contended. "While Univision claims its decision (to cancel the broadcast) came solely in response to comments by Mr. Trump during (his June 16 announcement) ... the decision was, in reality, a politically motivated attempt to suppress Mr. Trump's freedom of speech under the First Amendment as he begins to campaign for the nation's presidency."

But the network insisted that its relationship with the Miss Universe owner was terminated because of its "responsibility to speak up for the community we serve." Univision also upped the ante by promising a continued focus on the TV personality's controversial statements, Mediaite noted.

"We will not only vigorously defend the case, but will continue to fight against Mr. Trump's ongoing efforts to run away from the derogatory comments he made on June 16th about Mexican immigrants," Univision's statement read.

Meanwhile, department-store chain Macy's announced it wil drop several products bearing the candidate's name. A MoveOn.org petition asking the retailer to sever ties with Trump had already garnered more than 700,000 signatures.