San Francisco Board Votes New Immigration Rules
October 21st, 2009 | Published in Newsroom Alerts
October 21, 2009 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Undocumented youths arrested on felony charges in San Francisco would have to be convicted before police could turn them over to federal immigration officials under a new policy approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
The supervisors voted Tuesday to overturn an existing ordinance that allows police to hand over juvenile illegal immigrants after they have been arrested on felony charge.
The supervisors’ 8-2 vote is enough to override an expected veto from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Calling the new policy ”unenforceable,” Nathan Ballard, a spokesman for Newsom, told the San Francisco Chronicle that the mayor would continue to direct law enforcement officials to hand over undocumented youths charged with felonies after their arrest.
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