San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, January 24, 2010
San Francisco's sanctuary city ordinance - crafted in the late 1980s to shelter refugees fleeing from Central American civil wars - is supposed to let illegal immigrants report crimes, serve as witnesses and access city services without fear of deportation.
In 2008, The Chronicle reported the city was shielding undocumented youth convicted of felonies. Newsom revised the policy that July, requiring that youth be turned over to federal officials as soon as they're arrested.
Immigration advocates said the mayor's policy was ripping apart families over crimes as minor as graffiti or bringing a BB gun to school.
Supervisor David Campos last year introduced legislation requiring youth be turned over only after conviction - and it had enough votes to survive a mayoral veto.
Under Campos' law, the Juvenile Probation department has until early next month to implement the change. But Newsom has directed city officials to ignore it because federal law prohibits local governments from preventing their employees from providing information about an individual's immigration status.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/24/MNDI1BLR40.DTL#ixzz0dlflGk6Q
[Posted by Yoori Chung]
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