ICE wanted to take custody of Sanchez for deportation
but San/Fran Sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi (above) refused
to turn him over. Sheriff Mirkarimi continues to defend
savage sanctuary city policies even after the Steinle killing.
WIKI--Rostam Mirkarimi was born in Chicago to Nancy Kolman, a 19-year-old descended from Russian Jews, and Hamid Mirkarimi, an Iranian immigrant. His parents divorced when he was 5. Prior to being Sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 5 from 2005 to 2011.
Mirkarimi was elected sheriff in November 2011. He served from January to March 2012, at which time he was charged with domestic violence battery, child endangerment, and dissuading a witness in connection with a December 31, 2011 New Year's Eve altercation with his wife, Ileana.
MUG SHOT---San/Fran Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi
WIKI--Mayor Ed Lee suspended him from office pending an ethics investigation. Sheriff Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment in the wife beating case. There are videos of her displaying injuries inflicted on her by Sheriff Mirkarirmi.
According to the San Francisco city charter, removing a public official for misconduct requires the vote of nine of eleven supervisors; only seven supervisors voted to remove Mirkarimi from his office and he was reinstated in October 2012.
Mirkarimi is a co-founder of the Green Party of California. However, in March 2010, he became a Democrat.