Governor Shoots Down “Anti-Arizona” Measure

Gov­er­nor Jerry Brown has vetoed a mea­sure that would have pro­tected some ille­gal immi­grants from fed­eral sta­tus checks. Brown vetoed the mea­sure dubbed the “anti-Arizona” bill. It would have stopped local author­i­ties from hon­or­ing so-called deten­tion “holds” on ille­gal immi­grants unless those peo­ple had been charged or con­victed of a vio­lent or seri­ous felony. Brown said in his veto mes­sage that the bill had exempted peo­ple who had com­mit­ted crimes such as drug traf­fick­ing, child abuse and sell­ing weapons.