{San Francisco's Kamala Harris } D.A.: Illegal immigrants were playing by rules

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 6/24/9 | Jaxon Van Derbeken

[SmithL]

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris said Tuesday that half a dozen illegal immigrants whose drug convictions were expunged as part of a job training program that she oversaw were "following the rules" and deserved to be exonerated even after prosecutors learned of their status.

Prosecutors tightened guidelines, the district attorney said, after learning last summer that a man enrolled in Harris' Back on Track program was an illegal immigrant who allegedly robbed and assaulted a woman in Pacific Heights.

The suspect in that case, Alexander Izaguirre, was the only one of the seven enrollees who turned out to be illegal immigrants who did anything wrong while in the program, Harris said.

"This is an innovative program that has actually been proven to work, except with this one issue, which we corrected when we learned about it," Harris said.

"Once Izaguirre happened, bright lights flashed," she said. "It was crystal clear when that happened, and we fixed it."

Harris made her remarks in her first comments since news broke that prosecutors who run the 4-year-old Back on Track program had allowed the other illegal immigrants to graduate early from the program even after learning of the Izaguirre case.

Under the program, people between ages 18 and 30 convicted of their first drug offense undergo job training, education and counseling for one year, after which their convictions are wiped from their record. The district attorney's office says 113 offenders have successfully completed the program, while 99 have failed and been sent back into the court system.

Harris said that although it was implicit that people in the program need to be able to obtain and hold jobs legally, her office had not made that explicit until after she learned about the Izaguirre case. "We needed to make it explicit," she said.

[SmithL]

Playing by the rules?

THEY ARE ILLEGALS!

[cripplecreek]

Illegal immigrants were playing by rules

Except for the illegal part.

[tumblindice]

http://www.kamalaharris.org/about
Fun with lefties 101: Ms. Harris is a “Woman of Power.”
(above)

“Really ... power?
Who has it?” Ms. Harris
“You do.” td
“I do what?” Ms. Harris
“You have the power.” td
“What power?” Ms. Harris
“The power of hoo-doo.” td
“Hoo-doo?” Ms. Harris
“You do.” td
“I do what?” Ms. Harris
“You have the power.” td

“What power?” Ms. Harris

and so on.......

[Califreak]

She is running for California Attorney General.

Newsom wants to be Governor.

If that happens, it will be the final nail in California’s coffin.

[Cicero]

Well, he may have committed a little assault and robbery, but he followed the San Francisco guidelines when he did it.

[Uncle Hal]

Your right if Newsom and Harris are elected to state wide offices it will the end of CA. as we know it. They will have complete control of everything and they will make Arnold look like a conservative in comparison.

[Lurker]

The district attorney's office says 113 offenders have successfully completed the program, while 99 have failed and been sent back into the court system.

Roughly a 50% failure rate.

And Government calls it a success.

[Liz]

The DA's office says 113 illegal offenders have successfully completed the program, while 99 have failed and been sent back into the court system. ............ Roughly a 50% failure rate........And Government calls it a success.

"It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton

[a fool in paradise]

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris said Tuesday that half a dozen illegal immigrants whose drug convictions were expunged as part of a job training program that she oversaw were "following the rules" and deserved to be exonerated even after prosecutors learned of their status.

Playing by the rules. Except they were illegally here. And convicted of using illegal drugs. And likely had stolen or falsified their identities...

THREE STRIKES

[raybbr]

I notice there is no mention of a spouse in any bio that I can find. Her website bio makes no mention of her father either. I suspect she's one of those feminists who crave power all the time. Although she looks nothing at all like your typical feminist.

[calcowgirl]

The suspect in that case, Alexander Izaguirre, was the only one of the seven enrollees who turned out to be illegal immigrants who did anything wrong got caught while in the program, Harris said.

Better.

[Polarik]

My thoughts exactly!

Of course, the libtard Dem’Rats euphemistically call them, “undocumented immigrants.”

To call them “immigrants” is a major bastardization of the term.