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San Francisco homicide suspect was deported five times

Francisco Sanchez, 45, was deported to Mexico five times, the latest deportation occurring in 2009, and five times he returned to the United States.

Sanchez is now being held in the San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of committing murder. He was already on probation when he allegedly shot and killed Kathryn Steinle, 32, on Pier 14 near the Embarcadero and Mission Street, a popular tourist spot.

Francisco Sanchez  45  is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who has been deported five times.

Francisco Sanchez, 45, is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who has been deported five times.
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Steinle was shot in the back, the bullet piercing her aorta. Bystanders and police tried to help her while awaiting paramedics. Steinle was transported to a local hospital where she died. Steinle had just moved to San Francisco and was walking on the pier with her father and a friend.

Jim Steinle, the woman’s father, tried giving his daughter CPR. “She said, ‘Dad, help me, help me,” said Liz Sullivan, Steinle’s mother, when reached by phone. “She was so young. This is just like a bad dream.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said Sanchez has seven felony convictions. Four of those convictions involve narcotics charges.

ICE say they had Sanchez in custody for a short time in March after he had served time for his latest conviction for “felony-re-entry.” He was turned over to the San Francisco Count Sheriffs Department on an outstanding drug warrant.

ICE issued a detainer on Sanchez when he was turned over to San Francisco authorities, asking that Sanchez be returned to ICE when San Francisco was finished with him.

The detainer was not honored by San Francisco
The LA Times reported that Virginia Kice, a spokesperson for ICE said in a statement, “The detainer was not honored. ICE places detainers on aliens arrested on criminal charges to ensure dangerous criminals are not released from prisons or jails into our communities.”

The circumstances leading to the release of Sanchez started the day after he was turned over to San Francisco authorities. On March 27, a San Francisco Superior Court judge dismissed charges of possession and distribution of marijuana against Sanchez. He was held for an additional two weeks before being released, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Freya Horne, the legal counsel for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office said that during those two weeks, sheriff’s deputies checked with federal prison officials to ensure there were no holds against Sanchez for any other crimes he may have committed, or any immigration violations. Horne says none was found.

This resulted in Francisco Sanchez, a resident of Mexico and an illegal immigrant in the U.S. being released from custody on April 15, 2015. Referring to ICE, Horne said, “They are well aware of our policy, and it’s a policy that is being adopted by municipalities across the state and the country.”

San Francisco is a Sanctuary City
San Francisco, as well as the cities of San Jose, Oakland, and Berkeley, are among the Bay Area cities designated as sanctuary cities. So, what is a “sanctuary” city?

The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA ) requires local governments to cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. But many cities, both large and small, have adopted the so-called “sanctuary” designation.

Basically, city or town officials are told not to notify the federal government if they find illegal immigrants living within their jurisdictions. The policy also ends the distinction between “legal resident aliens,” and “illegal aliens,” allowing illegal immigrants to benefit from local and federal taxpayer-funded benefits and programs.

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