DA backs SF Sanctuary City liberation initiative

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District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is dropping his demands last month to circumvent sanctuary city rules as a means to prosecute two Mexican citizens who fled the country after allegedly committing crimes in San Francisco.

Jenkins asked the Board of Review on Feb. 7 for permission to cooperate with immigration authorities in the case of one man accused of child rape and another man suspected of domestic violence-related murder. As first reported by The Standard, Jenkins said federal authorities will only extradite suspects from Mexico if San Francisco agrees to alert immigration officials if any person is released from jail.

San Francisco law generally prohibits local law enforcement from telling federal authorities when an undocumented person will be released.

But Jenkins on Wednesday said she no longer wants city lawmakers to consider her requests “after meeting with victims of these horrific crimes and community leaders.” Instead, she will call on the federal authorities to bring the suspects to San Francisco without concessions.

“I understand and believe in the community’s concern and how sacred our sanctuary city policy is to the various communities of San Francisco,” Jenkins said in a statement. “Our sanctuary city as it stands does not prevent the federal government from working with us or prosecuting these criminals.”

Jenkins’ cancellation comes a day after the board of directors passed a resolution by Supervisor Hillary Ronen urging the Biden administration to extradite the suspects so the city won’t make any exceptions to its asylum rules. Federal authorities did so in a 2019 case after making a similar claim.

The coalition of lawyers opposed to the proposal issued a statement welcoming the decision. Called the FREE SF coalition, the group includes immigrant and civil rights organizations such as the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the Asian Legal Assembly, and the ACLU of Northern California.

“Let’s be clear: any collusion between law enforcement and DHS makes it difficult for survivors to get the help they need,” the statement said.

Jenkins’ proposal was one of two consecutive attempts to weaken the protection of the San Francisco hideout last month.

Another, from supervisor Matt Dorsey, was to make an exception allowing San Francisco to help deport some undocumented fentanyl traffickers. Facing opposition on the board of directors, Dorsey is considering putting his proposal up for an upcoming vote.

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