>>> now to a controversial bill in california dubbed by supporters at the anti arizona law. the measure is designed to prevent racial profiling by police. it would allow local authorities to ignore federal requests to detain nonviolent illegal immigrants for deportation. that, by the way, conflicts with federal policy. the measure is awaiting final approval by the assembly. it passed the state senate last week. the big question, will governor gary brown veto it? joining me is the author of the bill, tom ammiano . i've read reports from law enforcement personnel who feel this proposal by you puts them at odds with do they follow state law or do they follow the rules of the federal government in place?
>> we're not really violating the federal law . i understand. i have sympathy for law enforcement . we or working very well with them.
>> you've heard that feedback, right?
>> yes. the more we converse with law enforcement , the more they are convinced, you know, we have quite a few police chiefs, et cetera , who are supportive of the trust act. they don't want to waste resources detaining people with no serious criminal records at all. they would prefer to be taken out of this process rather than be the tool of the i.c.e. program which unfortunately has gotten a little cavalier, a little cowboy. we had 75,000 people deported in california last year, and only about seven out of ten of them -- rather only 30% of them had anything seriously wrong. it cost the cities a lot of money, caused families to be broken up. that's not how we want to do it in california . we'd like to take the lead on this and exercise some standards and some --
>> what would be those standards then? if a law enforcement person pulls over someone -- it was only two weeks ago the supreme court did strike down certain portions of the as adds law, but they did let stand that "show your papers" provision, allowing police to check someone's immigration status.
>> yes, only if there's a questioning of the seriousness of their charges. so remember the i.c.e. program is a program, not a law. it's simply requesting we detain anyone that they feel should be detained. we're going to say, no, we want community standards . we'd like to re-establish the trust that a community has to community policing programs, et cetera . and also not expend resources, law enforcement resources. if we do detain people, it's at our expense. there used to be an mou that tailored this law or program more specifically to communities. they did away with that. we're trying to reinstate that. we feel it's the right thing to do. we feel it's humanitarian. again, we do need comprehensive immigration policy here in the nation. so the trust act is really part of that movement.
>> what kind of feedback are you getting from the governor there?
>> he doesn't usually remark on potential legislation. i know historically he's been on the side of social justice issues such as this. we also know that he's been hearing from many of the -- of our allies, whether it's the faith community or labor. and we feel that any education or any conversation that's needed we're here to do this. you've got to remember this is more than california . this is really national.
>> obviously that's why it hit home when we saw it happening in arizona. thank you mr. ammiano.
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