On June 1, San Francisco's jail will begin releasing undocumented immigrants arrested for low-level crimes, even if federal officials want them held for a deportation hearing, the Examiner reported.
San Francisco's sanctuary ordinance prohibits local officials from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement in enforcing immigration laws unless it involves a felony. "I'm trying to enforce San Francisco's city of refuge law," Sheriff Michael Hennessey told the Ex.
Under the Secure Communities program, when suspects are arrested for a misdemeanor or a felony, their fingerprints are entered into a national database. Immigration officials use that database to flag suspected illegal immigrants, who are then detained.
Right now, San Francisco holds undocumented immigrants arrested for low-level crimes who have been flagged by the program until ICE picks them up. As of June 1, they will be released with a citation, just as a U.S. citizen would.
Dave Francis
IF STATE RESIDENTS ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH YOUR IMMIGRATION LAWS, THEN JOIN THE TEA PARTY.
Remember who your Political adversaries are in coming elections, whose main concern is more votes and additional amounts of illegal cheap labor. Hundreds of thousands of low income, less educated Americans of every skin color, has been replaced by illegal alien workers hired by dirty business owners, whose only concern is to fill their pockets with more money by exploiting and underpaying.
PLEASE TAKE AN ACCOUNTING OF WHICH POLITICIAN IS WORKING FOR YOU THE TAXPAYER? ARIZONA WAS JUSTIFIED AS A FRONTIER STATE, TO STOP THE FINANCIAL DEGRADATION BY ILLEGAL ALIENS SETTLING THERE. THE ARIZONA GOVERNOR JAN BREWER AND STATE SENATOR PIERCE ARE STILL FIGHTING OVERWHELMING ODDS IN THE MILITANT COURTS AND THE LIBERAL CZARS IN OUR FEDERAL CAPITOL. AMERICA IS A LAND OF LAWS, WHICH LEFTISTS AND SOME OF THE RIGHT TEND TO FORGET? MANY STATES WILL SOON ENOUGH LEARN OF THEIR ERROR FOR NOT LISTENING TO ITS PEOPLE. UNKNOWN NUMBERS OF FRESH ECONOMIC MIGRANTS WILL ATTACH THEMSELVES TO THE COMMUNITIES, EXHAUSTING EVEN MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS. MANY STATES COULD BECOME ANOTHER CALIFORNIA OR NEVADA, WITH INCREASING CRIME AND A WELFARE TROUGH FOR EVERY FOREIGN NATIONAL TO DRINK FROM?
We need more tough new politicians as US Rep. Lou Barletta to strengthen our borders fence, build a legal barrier of cutting further settlement of illegal nationals. He showed his abilities when he stood against the US government, the (ACLU) American Communist Lawyers Union, US Chamber of Commerce and the open border rapid leftists. As a man of conviction he would appreciate the TEA PARTY platform as a great organizer to draw in more Americans to our causes.
Our lawmakers must be persuaded by the threat of being voted out of office, that they must mandate such logical laws as mandating E-Verify, Secure communities and the 287 G. Our honest politicians should insure its unhealthy for businesses to hire illegal aliens. Not just small restaurant chains, but high end companies as McDonald franchises Become a "Whistle Blower" and report illegal aliens working to ICE or local police. Whistle blowers can send these company owners to prison; making hefty fines and loss of business assets essential. If ICE agency doesn't respect your patriotic duty, leave a message with NumbersUSA, as they will contact the right entities in the DC Capital. These people are not just the Senators or Congressmen-Women in Washington, but it’s also a mixed bag of Governors, Mayors, Police Chiefs and a wide range of city managers. Many of these Liberal-Democrats are in Congress to feather their own nests from special interest groups; there are no mitigating circumstances for hard line, wealthy Republicans either. Good Righteous Americans have come to the end of their tether, that's why "THE PEOPLE'S" TEA PARTY was born?
The Obama government of today and yesteryear administration has seen fit, to cater to the illegal immigration invaders, and now years of disgusting failures and complete incompetence is driving federal and State treasuries into bankruptcy. How many Trillions of dollars could America have packed into infrastructure, welfare nets, balancing federal State and local government, if that deceased Lib-Democrat Ted Kennedy hadn't rescinded the nationality "Quota System?." If the previous President LBJ' Immigration law had remained steadfast? But today with have nothing but economic illegal aliens threading their way across a poorly funded border; undermanned with no troops present to stop this incursion. Now America is going through a huge crime wave, as the sewers of South America have opened spilling there offal and bringing with it unfettered death and destruction to the American people. In Americas future we should issue special visas, for the highest caliber of talented, experienced professionals that will never become a public charge
To ensure America's future and your children, we must bring to a halt this invasion of our sovereign nation. The Liberal progressives and their philosophy have no respect for people’s freedom and self determination. We cannot afford to feed the world or allow activist judges to supersede laws such as illegal alien schooling or free health care. Our only real choice is to unseat the factions of "Tax and Spend" We have massive US deficit through entitlement programs that is partially caused by the 300.000 annual Birthright baby citizenship law illegal parents to settle with expenditures in the billions of taxpayer dollars. The TEA PARTY has an unparalleled growth membership that is threatening the two party system of government, which is totally destroying this country through partisan economics. But the TEA PARTY is rapidly moving ahead with the assurance, that the illegal immigration occupation will be halted. The TEA PARTY will not vote for any Sanctuary State policies; NO Chain Migration; NO more Amnesties as promised by the late Teddy Kennedy; NO more Immigration Reform packages of any kind.
All new members are welcome as long as you entered this country legally, without any prejudiced to your previous skin color, religion or allegiance to a foreign nation. This is a firm commitment to honest legal immigrants, who have assimilated into the American culture. America can no longer support the impoverished peoples in our country or across the Earth. COME! Join us today! Join your local chapter or national TEA PARTY, and make your single voice join tens of millions more against the corruption in Washington. Call and raise hell with your local and federal lawmaker at Senate—202-224–3121/ House—202-225–3121 or locate the in your phone directory blue pages. Learn the immigration grades of those amongst lawmakers at NumbersUSA.
Attn: America is being ripped-off by Communist China, Mexico and other countries in unfair trade agreements. Our nation is losing our manufacturing to foreign cheap labor countries. As Donald Trump stated, "Place a 25% import tax on every product that enters our country. Stop subsidizing American companies that have disappeared overseas. They businesses will return if we begin taxing everything that comes through customs?
Diane Chavez
I get the biggest kick over this new tall tale of getting Bin Laden!
And the staged photo shoot of Obama and Hillary all seriously interested in the Obama killing operation had me rolling on the floor in hysterics!
Everyone knows this fairy-tale was meant to stop the criticism over the murders of the family of the Libyan leader! As well as other true stories out there.
What is convenient is how the Military Industrial complex is now
looking for Billions to secure American's safety!
A Win Win strategy for the deep pockets robbing us U.S. citizens BLIND!
And don't forget to report any unusual situations Americans!
Look under your bed too! Those shiny shoes under there might be
AL the boogy man!
h. brown
This is great,
And, it's gonna be on the ballot, right? Along with the Hellman/SEIU 'Smoothing' thing that's already been declared to be illegal? Then, of course, we usually have drug measures that are illegal.
It's to the point that you could be arrested by the FBI just for voting in San Francisco cause one way or the other you're contributing to a felony?
Go Giants!
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Gordon
I wish the Feds would arrest Hennessey...
Baja Rat
This so-called sheriff ought to be rotting in prison for endangering the public not enforcing laws he doesn't like. That goes for practically every brain-dead "official" in San Francisco.
All illegal aliens are CRIMINALS! Parasites, too. Practically everything they do on U.S. soil is illegal. They need to be ferreted out, rounded up like cattle, punished for their numerous crimes, then booted back to whence they snuck in from with such extreme prejudice that they will never, ever think of violating our sovereignty again. Enough is enough.
Jon R
I commend the Sheriff for doing this - it will help improve public safety. Under the current, deeply flawed S-Comm program, ICE pressures the jail to hold for an extra two days *victims* of domestic violence and people who have been brought in for offenses as minor as small traffic violations. These people haven't even had their day in court yet, and even if they are innocent still get torn from their families and deported. Immigrants want to live in safe communities, but this practice undermines trust between community members and police and makes it harder for crime victims and witnesses to come forward. There is NO legal requirement, though, to submit to ICE's unreasonable requests. And there is NO reason SF should submit to these requests when an unbalanced and inconsistent federal program endangers public safety and distracts from the work of fighting crime.
h. brown
Campers,
Hennessey is the best sheriff in the United States. His programs have cut the recidivism rate. He stands up for immigrants and has the best designed jails in the country. For 20 years he had a top aide who'd done years in prison for murder. He's low key and has gotten by far more cumulative votes than any official in SF history.
That said, he was a big time supporter of giving Aaron Rowand a long term contract, so he's not perfect.
Daly's Dive for Bulldog Salon Noon til 3pm. $2 pints and $2 fries.
Brandon Belt was 2 for 5 yesterday with another RBI and is hitting .461.
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Diane Chavez
Sheriff Michael Hennessey, I doubt if you will go down in U.S. history as an amazing law enforcement officer.
But in Mexico they might build a shrine with your likeness on it.
Bald with a big wide smile!