San Francisco policymakers said they will not be bullied by federal homeland security officials into weakening their sanctuary city policies.
At their weekly Tuesday meeting, the Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 that a request from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to assist federal immigration authorities was not a legal requirement. The decision further reinforces the city’s sanctuary protections for undocumented residents.
After two suspects accused of murder and rape in San Francisco were found abroad, homeland security officials told the District Attorney’s Office in February that they would only extradite the suspects if the city made an exception to its sanctuary city policies.
The suspects, located in Mexico,