Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Reuters: Family of slain San Francisco woman push for immigration reform - Reform not easy with both cities and feds on the side of illegal aliens against Americans. --tma


Family of slain San Francisco woman push for immigration reform

FILE - This undated photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Francisco Sanchez. The fatal shooting of a woman at a sightseeing pier has put San Francisco under an uncomforable and nasty spotlight because Sanchez, the Mexican man under arrest, was in the U.S. illegally, had been deported five times and was out on the streets after San Francisco officials refused a request from U.S. immigration authorities to hold him. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A man whose adult daughter was shot dead in San Francisco by a convicted felon who was in the country illegally urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to reform immigration laws and crack down on local policies intended to protect undocumented immigrants.
Jim Steinle testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington about the July 1 killing of his 32-year-old daughter, Kathryn Steinle. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a convicted felon who had been deported to Mexico five times, is charged in her murder.
"Due to disjointed laws and basic incompetence on many levels, the U.S. has suffered a self-inflicted wound in the murder of our daughter," Steinle told the panel.
"Legislation should be discussed, enacted or changed to take these undocumented immigrant felons off our streets for good," he added. ...
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