WASHINGTON.- One day after California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the ‘’anti-Arizona’’ bill, the California legislator Tom Ammiano offered to review the bill that would protect illegal immigrants from being subjected to federal status checks.

The bill known as the ‘’anti-Arizona’’ would of prohibited law enforcement from verifying an individual’s immigration status that could possibly lead to their deportation.

Brown explained that although he supports a comprehensive immigration reform, the bill was ‘’fatally flawed’’ because it would exempt individuals who had committed crimes such as child abuse, drug trafficking and the illegal sale of firearms.

‘’This is more than just about the governor, this is a movement and we will accomplish it’’, stated Ammiano.

The legislator said he is willing to review the bill, and see what crimes will exempt some illegal immigrants from being subjected to an immigration status check, and plans to introduce a similar bill in January.

‘’Obviously it is within our hands to fix it’’ he stated.

‘’Brown has failed California’s immigrant communities, imperiling civil rights and leaving us all less safe’’ Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, said in a statement.

On their part the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) made an announcement to Efe today, that they will make a complaint to the Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca ‘’to change his position on this topic, because he is the main reason for the governor’s decision on the veto’’.

Brown recognizes the important role that illegal immigrants have in the California economy, and reassured that the ‘’significant differences’’ the bill has can be fixed and will lead to a new legislation in his hands soon.

Editorial@SanDiegoRed.com