San Francisco to Stop Detaining Arrested Immigrants for Deportation

[ChunkyMonkey]

San Francisco to Stop Detaining Arrested Immigrants for Deportation

San Francisco, one of the first sanctuary cities in the nation, plans to end its cooperation with federal immigration officials and start releasing illegal immigrants arrested for minor offenses before they can be picked up for deportation.
The city's decision is the latest development in a tug of war between several communities and the federal government over its controversial national program that automatically checks the immigration status of arrestees.
Officials in jurisdictions including Providence, R.I., and Chicago have also challenged the program, which they say undermines trust that it has taken local law enforcement years to build in immigrant communities.
California and Illinois lawmakers are considering measures to let communities retreat from the so-called "Secure Communities" program, which links up the FBI's criminal database and the Department of Homeland Security's records so that every time someone is arrested their immigration status is automatically, electronically checked.
Washington state has deferred to local governments on whether they want to join program overseen by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...#ixzz1Lh9q4pYE

Maybe they can bankrupt themselves w/ the criminals.

[Irving]

Anger wave.

[TFOGGER]

Hmmm...maybe we should just wall off SFO and deport our Illegal aliens there...


"eroding the trust built up in the immigrant communities"?

Seriously? They're f**king criminals! They SHOULD be apprehensive in the presence of police...

[Guylee]

Wow it must be nice to be able to pick and choose which laws you want to follow.

[Irving]

Kind of like Colorado with the legal pot?

With the legal pot in mind, I'm torn now. I think that states should have more rights, and less federal funding. Initially I was going to say that they should just stop getting federal funding, till I remembered that our state is doing something similar. Perhaps we should both stop getting Federal funding and do what we want.

[Guylee]

Kind of like Colorado with the legal pot?

With the legal pot in mind, I'm torn now. I think that states should have more rights, and less federal funding. Initially I was going to say that they should just stop getting federal funding, till I remembered that our state is doing something similar. Perhaps we should both stop getting Federal funding and do what we want.

I didn't even think of that, you're right. Although to be honest, I think illegals are a bigger problem than pot. But it's the principle of the matter.

[2008f450]

No surprise there.

[T-Jet]

Just wait until one that was detained, then released, then commits murder. The victim's family should sue the city into oblivion.

[BPTactical]

More cities have a similar policy than you think. Denver for instance has a memo penned by Jerry Whitman. It basically states that ICE shall not be notified on arrest. You can see it on KHOW's website under Peter Boyles page.
Enough to make you puke.

[Krasni]

How is it that liberal friendly states can shirk federal immigration law but Arizona is a horrible piece of shit for thinking they can do what they need to do?