Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime and otherwise eligible to be released from custody.AB4 by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, was one of eight immigration-related measures Brown signed on Saturday. The governor also approved a bill allowing lawyers to be admitted to the California bar even if they living in the U.S. illegally.
Ammiano's legislation creates a statewide standard for how local agencies comply with the federal Secure Communities program, which requires law enforcement to check the immigration status of any one who is arrested.