San Francisco Supervisor David Campos angry over criminal aliens being reported to feds

• March 10, 2010

SF David CamposLast week, San Francisco Supervisor David Campos publicly berated William Siffermann, chief of the Juvenile Probation Department, over Sifferman’s continued reporting of juvenile illegal alien offenders to the federal government.

In July 2008, Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city’s probation officers to report to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement all juvenile illegal aliens arrested on suspicion of a felony.

However, in November 2009, the Board of Supervisors amended the ordinance, claiming that probation officers can only report them after they had been convicted of a felony.

At Thursday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Campos accused Sifferman of violating the Board’s order and engaging in racial profiling.

Sifferman, though, was unwavering, saying: “We believe any modification of this policy would create an opportunity for the release of alleged felons who are undocumented into the community and place probation officers at risk of criminal liability,”

Campos threatened to withhold funding from the Juvenile Probation Department, if they do not stop reporting offenders to the feds.

Despite, San Francisco’s sanctuary policy, Mayor Newsom ordered his probation officers to report juvenile illegal aliens after a high-profile murder took place in his city.

On June 22, 2008, three members of the Bologna family were gunned down by Salvadoran national and gang member Edwin Ramos. Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16 were shot to death by Ramos as they sat in their car on a crowded street, in the Excelsior District.

Ramos who is a member of the notoriously violent drug gang known as MS-13, shot the Bologna family to death because Tony Bologna had temporarily blocked the car in which Ramos was traveling, as the two cars made their way through an intersection. The Bologna men were returning home from a family barbecue.

Though an illegal alien, as a juvenile, Ramos committed felony attempted robbery and assault, but was never deported.

Shortly after the shooting, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, Juvenile Probation Department officials, did not report Ramos to federal immigration authorities for possible deportation because of San Francisco´s stated sanctuary policy.

According to the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department, 107 illegal alien offenders have been reported to ICE since July 1, 2008.


SOURCEEXAMINER.com  -  March 10, 2010  -  Dave Gibson

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