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Handling of francisco sanchez. he had been deported back to mexico five times and was in federal custody in april when the sheriff's department had planned to bring him here to answer for a 20 year old drug offense before being deported. when the charges were dropped he was let go even though ice made it clear they wanted him back. the sheriff said he was following the city's sanctuary law which says a detainer request is not enough and officials need to issue an arrest warrant and there was none for sanchez. >> a simple phone call from the sheriff letting them know we were going to release so...

Arraigned today in a san francisco courtroom. the the 11 supervisors directly responsible. san francisco sanctuary city that does not cooperate with the federal government even on holding and identifying criminal aliens. sanchez was in custody in san francisco and the sheriff, ross merkarami let him out defying ice officials. >> why not inform ice when you have a felon in your custody? why not draw the line at some place where maybe you are protecting the public. >> they already know he is in our custody. they actually knew because he came from serving time in another prison. >> why not work w...

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Garcia zarate guilty on one count, being a felon in possession of a firearm. the not guilty verdicts on the homicide charges came despite the fact that mr. garcia zarate both admitted to shooting mrs. steinle and to coming to san francisco to take advantage of its sanctuary city policies. remember, garcia zarate had been in custody of san francisco authorities until april of 2015, but then they released him without notifying ice, ignoring a detainer request. despite this fact, his attorney had the gal to say that the case had nothing to do with illegal immigration. >> i believe today is a vind...

Garcia zarate guilty on one count, being a felon in possession of a firearm. the not guilty verdicts on the homicide charges came despite the fact that mr. garcia zarate both admitted to shooting mrs. steinle and to coming to san francisco to take advantage of its sanctuary city policies. remember, garcia zarate had been in custody of san francisco authorities until april of 2015, but then they released him without notifying ice, ignoring a detainer request. despite this fact, his attorney had the gal to say that the case had nothing to do with illegal immigration. >> i believe today is a vind...