In the Summer, 2015, a news story shocked the Nation. A young woman, Kathryn Steinle, who was strolling the Embarcadero with her father, was shot and killed. Francisco Sanchez, a seven-time felon, had been deported from the United States on five separate occasions. When he shot and killed Kathryn, he was freely roaming the streets of San Francisco, one of America's growing number of Sanctuary Cities. Sanctuary Cities, by policy and practice, refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities to detain illegal aliens.
Had San Francisco held Sanchez until ICE could retrieve him, Kathryn would still be alive. Had ICE refused to surrender Sanchez to San Francisco so that the City could decide whether to prosecute a decade-old drug warrant against him (it chose not to do so) because ICE knew that San Francisco, a Sanctuary City, would not subsequently honor ICE's detainer request, Kathryn would be alive.
The evidence mounts to demonstrate that neither ICE, which can deport illegal aliens that have been convicted of felonies but chooses to surrender them to Sanctuary Cities, nor Sanctuary Cities, which choose an avant garde policy over the safety and lives of their resident, care sufficiently for Americans to protect them from this completely avoidable harm.
I have collected here the posts I have penned. These include posts about the killing of Kathryn Steinle as well as posts on the Congressional response to the problem.
Kathryn Steinle: Sad Death in a City of Refuge and How Congress Can Address the Failure of CoRs to Protect The Public
City of Refuge, or City of Sitting Ducks?
OPINION: ICE Did Not Want Killer of Kathryn Steinle Deported So Giving Him to San Francisco Suited Its Purposes
City of Refuge Sheriff: Obama at Fault for Death of Kathryn Steinle
"Help Me, Dad!" Survivors of Victims of Illegal Alien Criminals Address Congress
In addition to the foregoing, I have some posts that predate the Steinle murder and its aftermath. These touch on border security, Obama's illegal DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), and Obama's disinterest in border security.
Border Security First, and How to Preserve the Role of Congress in Immigration and Naturalization
DREAM Act Birds Come Home to Roost
Stolen Page from the Obama Diary, July 9, 2014
