Posted on 07/03/2015 1:25:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The man accused of gunning down a 32-year-old Pleasanton woman while she was out strolling San Francisco's Embarcadero with her father was in a Bay Area jail four months ago and should have been turned over to federal immigration officials upon his release, instead of being sent free, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
But that's not the way the San Francisco County Sheriff's Legal Counsel Freya Horne sees it. In an interview Friday with NBC Bay Area, she said the city and county of San Francisco are sanctuaries for immigrants, and do not turn over undocumented people if they don't have active warrants out for them simply because immigration officials want them to.
Still, Horne said she realized that letting Sanchez out of jail on April 15 after not being charged with marijuana sales is a shame. Sanchez was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle of Pleasanton as she was walking on Pier 14 with her dad after dinner.
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But, ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice told NBC Bay Area on Friday that Sanchez should have been returned to her agency's custody, because he had a "detainer" on his status in jail.
He was an "enforcement priority," Kice said. But Horne said that San Francisco treats these detainers as requests, not mandates.
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The blame rests on the racists in the Republican Party.
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This guy has been previously deported at least 5 times.
We need to seal the Southern Border with the Military.
Its obvious Donald Trump incited him to do it, if its good enough for the muslim culture why not the Mexican culture?/
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Trump and the Confederate flag, and George Bush made him do it.
Illegal-aliens-murdering-Americans PING
Obama lied, people died.
Still, Horne said she realized that letting Sanchez out of jail on April 15 after not being charged with marijuana sales is a shame.
IOW - we break the law by letting illegals go, despite arrest records - if some citizen gets killed by them, it's a shame.....
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