By AMY TAXIN and JANIE HAR, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has come under fire after it released Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, a Mexican immigrant in the country illegally, despite a request by federal immigration authorities to keep him in custody so they could deport him for a sixth […]
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As S.F. shooting suspect apologizes, factions square off over noncompliance policy
July 7, 2015 By 4 Comments
By Eric Kurhi and Matthew Artz, San Jose Mercury News July 07–As Mexican national and five-time deportee Francisco Sanchez somberly stammered an apology to the family of the woman he admitted shooting to death as she walked along a scenic San Francisco pier, factions on Monday squared off on the city’s policy of noncooperation with […]
Senators: Feds should have deported SFC man before killing
July 7, 2015 By 4 Comments
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are criticizing the release of an immigrant with a criminal record who allegedly went on to murder a woman in San Francisco last week. They said he should have been deported before the crime. Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who chairs the Senate’s homeland security committee, […]
Barletta cites shootings in argument against amnesty
July 7, 2015 By 6 Comments
By Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pa. July 07–Congressman Lou Barletta cited a 2006 shooting involving an illegal immigrant in his hometown of Hazleton when railing on proponents of amnesty after a man who was deported five times shot and killed a 32-year-old woman on a pier in San Francisco last week. Barletta referenced the death of Derek […]
Minutemen Place American Flags on Shameful Excuse for a Border Fence at the California-Mexico Border on July Fourth
July 6, 2015 By 2 Comments
Jeb Bush’s immigration stance not in sync with Americans: Donald Trump
July 6, 2015 By 2 Comments
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump says former Florida Governor Jeb Bush does not understand the issue of border security, adding that he is out of touch with Americans. “Today, Jeb Bush once again proves that he is out of touch with the American people,” Trump said in a statement issued on Saturday night. “Just […]
