San Francisco Passes 'Due Process For All,' Exempting City from ICE Immigration Hold Robin Wilkey - The Huffington Post
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed an ordinance that exempts the city from a nationwide program that holds people who are arrested, even on minor charges, for potential deportation.

The ordinance, dubbed "Due Process for All," is a response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Secure Communities program. The program asks that authorities hold undocumented people charged with any crime in custody, even if they would normally be released, so federal agents can consider deportation.

Under the new ordinance, approved on Tuesday, unless an individual has a prior conviction for murder, sexual assault, trafficking or assault with a deadly weapon, San Francisco authorities would be unable to keep the person in custody based solely on immigration status.

ICE calls its Secure Communities program "a simple and common sense way to carry out ICE's priorities." But supporters of San Francisco's ordinance argue the program discourages undocumented immigrants from reporting crimes out of fear of deportation.

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