Posted on 06/23/2009 11:14:24 AM PDT by Steelfish
D.A.'s office let illegal immigrants go Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris' office on Monday defended allowing about a half dozen first-time drug offenders to clear their records by going through a job-training program, even after prosecutors learned they were deportable as undocumented immigrants.
But Harris' aides said they have since made changes in the program that would prevent a recurrence of instances in which illegal immigrants got their criminal records cleared by going through the Back on Track jobs program, which trains offenders for jobs that undocumented immigrants legally would be prevented from holding.
The Los Angeles Times first reported Monday that illegal immigrants had been enrolled in the program and that Harris' office had let several graduate and go free even after learning of their status.
The fallout Monday highlighted the pitfalls that could lie ahead for San Francisco politicians seeking higher office from a statewide electorate more conservative than the city's.
Last year, Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is now a candidate for governor, ordered juvenile justice officials to stop shielding illegal immigrant youths who commit crimes from possible deportation. On Monday, it was Harris, a candidate for attorney general, who came under scrutiny on the illegal immigration issue.
Not S.F.'s job Harris was quoted in the Times as saying that enforcing federal immigration law was not the job of local authorities. The district attorney was explaining how her office handled the case of Alexander Izaguirre, an illegal immigrant from Honduras who had been enrolled in the Back on Track program in July when he allegedly robbed a woman of her purse in Pacific Heights, then got into an SUV that drove into the victim.
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Knowingly aiding and abetting a criminal is a violation of the legal Canons.
Like these jerks care.
Kamala Harris the NAMBLA approved racist persecutor of San Fransicko can only prosecute those that defend themselves from illegal alien criminals.
Laws don’t mean a damn thing to liberals anymore. As long as Hussein is in office, they have a license to do as they want.
Is she running for state AG?
I thought I heard that on the news last night.
Can you imagine... Newsom as Governer and Harris as AG?
That would surely be the final blow for California.
I believe so.
That would surely be the final blow for California.
Yep, Kalefornia blows.
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