San Francisco -- Whose Sanctuary?

[AUtiger98 24]

So my questions is this: Are sanctuary city's a "disregard for the rule of law" or "civil disobedience"?

Did San Francisco's sanctuary city ordinance contribute to the senseless shooting death of Kathryn Steinle, 32, as she was out for an evening stroll on Pier 14 last week?

This is a national story, because the federal government released accused shooter Francisco Sanchez to a San Francisco jail in March and the jail released Sanchez to the streets April 15 after the district attorney dropped a 20-year-old charge for marijuana possession. Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi said he did so in keeping with San Francisco's sanctuary city policy.

Sanchez, 45, told San Francisco's ABC7 that he did shoot Steinle: it was an accident. Sanchez had been convicted of seven felonies, four drug-related, and deported to his native Mexico five times. He clearly believed he could break immigration and drug laws with impunity, and did.

He said he was aware of San Francisco's sanctuary city policy.

When this story broke last week, one question nagged at me: Why would the feds release a career criminal on an old marijuana charge to San Francisco, instead of deporting him? If a thinking law enforcement official spent 30 seconds considering the notion, he or she would have thought better -- with 28 seconds to spare.

You could bet money that District Attorney George Gascon would not pursue such a moldy two-penny case, and that the sheriff would release him. In a press release last year, Mirkarimi boasted that a revision he made to his department's detainer policy "reduced the number of individuals released to ICE authorities by 62 percent. Only one other county in California had a policy of similar strength."

Sunday on a San Francisco talk radio station, Mirkarimi said that he would have complied if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had issued a warrant, not just a detainer. Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies doesn't understand why ICE dropped that ball, given San Francisco's well-known reluctance to cooperate with immigration enforcement. Still, she added, even if Mirkarimi did not want to honor a detainer, "his officers should have been allowed to communicate with ICE." The real problem, she added, is the fact City Hall is "more worried about a quote-unquote illegal alien being deported than they are about a violent act."

In a statement, Mayor Ed Lee noted he talked to Steinle's family and recalled his threat to veto "any legislation that completely eliminated the sheriff's ability to make a case-by-case determination about honoring ICE detainers." (For the record, Lee sent a letter to the supervisors in which he stipulated he wanted the sheriff to have discretion in cases involving individuals convicted of serious, violent felonies. Sanchez's criminal history of drug and immigration violations would not qualify, if it had been written into law.) Lee also faulted Republicans in Congress for not passing Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

The real culprit in this story is the man who shot Kate Steinle for no apparent reason. Judging by his televised interview with ABC7, Sanchez is no criminal mastermind. Still, he was able to rack up seven felonies, and repeatedly slip back over the border. And San Francisco has a policy to make it even easier for guys like him.

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[aujeff11 6,243]

That seems to be a wrongful death lawsuit in the making.

[AUtiger98 24]

That seems to be a wrongful death lawsuit in the making.

+1

What about aiding and abetting on the criminal side?

[WarTim 3,456]

No matter if disregard or disobedience....either should be prosecuted to the full extent of the LAW. People are Dying .......

[AUtiger98 24]

No matter if disregard or disobedience....either should be prosecuted to the full extent of the LAW. People are Dying .......

Sen. Jeff Sessions thinks they could be charged with a crime.

[japantiger 4,051]

1st: the mayor should fire the PC

2nd: the mayor should resign

3rd: the AG should charge both

4th: the Governor should institute an investigation of all cities in the state doing the same and take appropriate action

5th: the State AG should charge all admins that do not immediately rescind all sanctuary policies

6th: the US AG should conduct an investigation on civil rights grounds; sanctuary policies are a violation of equal protection clauses

7th: the US and each states should enforce immigration policies to prevent continued strain on US resources (current estimates have the cost of illegal immigration at $113b annually; or roughly the same amount we spent on the Iraq War at it's peak each year). This is offset by ~$35b in tax receipts from the illegal population; or a rough household deficit of $14k per illegal household annually.

Per the GAO and DHS; 27% of the prison population is comprised of aliens; of which ~70% are from Mexico...or roughly 18%; the best other number I have seen is 16%; but couldn't find the source stated. The last stats I can find date to 2009.

[AUtiger98 24]

Rep. Mo Brooks weighs in.

During an interview on Yellowhammer Radio Tuesday, Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) said he believes more Americans have lost their lives at the hands of illegal aliens than were killed during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined.

“(T)his is based on judgement — there are no hard data to back it up — but if you were to look at all of the Americans killed by the Islamic State, the Taliban during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and add them all up, I would wager we have had more Americans killed at the hands of illegal aliens than in all of those conflicts put together,” said Brooks. “I know in my congressional district that’s true. And we have Redstone Arsenal in my congressional district, which is a fairly large military facility, and not withstanding the significant military presence in the Tennessee Valley, we’ve lost more lives — American lives — at the hands of illegal aliens than we’ve lost in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.”

The Department of Defense pegs U.S. casualties in Iraq at 4,491 and Afghanistan at 2,356 for a total of 6,847 lost servicemen during the two wars.

Rep Steve King (R-IA), one of the most ardent immigration hawks in Congress, estimated in 2006 that illegal aliens kill 12 American per day, which comes out to 4,380 per year, but the federal government does not keep track of such statistics, so any specific numbers are unverifiable estimates.

[WarTim 3,456]

PC leftinistas are willing to risk American LIVES to garner democratic voters. No other reason...

[japantiger 4,051]

PC leftinistas are willing to risk American LIVES to garner democratic voters. No other reason...

Of course...laws only matter when the left wants them...

[AURaptor 1,121]

Glad I don't pay city / property taxes in that cess pool. Sad thing is, historically, SF use to be quite a proud city and prestigious place to live. No more.

[cooltigger21 0]

None of these sanctuary cities could operate as such without implicit agreement by the feds. The real problem is that the immigration officers are not allowed to do their job.

[cooltigger21 0]

PC leftinistas are willing to risk American LIVES to garner democratic voters. No other reason...

More to it than just voters. Obama and his ilk want to change the face of this country. They don't like the ones that traditionally make up the majority here.

[homersapien 11,353]

PC leftinistas are willing to risk American LIVES to garner democratic voters. No other reason...

More to it than just voters. Obama and his ilk want to change the face of this country. They don't like the ones that traditionally make up the majority here.

Oh s***!

Tiggers done figured it out.