{"id":28066,"date":"2025-01-29T10:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=28066"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:27:30","slug":"sanctuary-cities-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/sanctuary-cities-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Local leaders speak out against deportations and reaffirm sanctuary cities policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28067\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28067 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Local leaders speak out against deportations and reaffirm sanctuary cities policy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-1024x699.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-768x524.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-150x102.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-218x150.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-696x475.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario-1068x729.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of people gathered on the steps outside San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday to reaffirm the sanctuary cities policy and unite against President Donald Trump&#039;s deportations of undocumented immigrants across the country. Photo: (Alise Maripuu\/Bay City News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-28066-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lideres-locales-se-pronuncian-contra-deportaciones-y-reafirman-politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lideres-locales-se-pronuncian-contra-deportaciones-y-reafirman-politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario.mp3\">https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lideres-locales-se-pronuncian-contra-deportaciones-y-reafirman-politica-de-las-ciudades-santuario.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Alise Maripuu. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baycitynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay City News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hundreds of people from local unions, nonprofits, law enforcement and city government gathered on the steps outside San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday to reaffirm the city&#039;s sanctuary policy and unite against President Donald Trump&#039;s nationwide deportations of undocumented immigrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn San Francisco, we value our immigrant communities. We recognize your contributions to our city and we stand with you,\u201d said Mayor Daniel Lurie. \u201cThis city is your home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Trump took office just over a week ago, deportations have increased across the country, just as he promised during his campaign. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has carried out several raids across California, including in the Bay Area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, ICE reportedly conducted raids in downtown San Francisco, according to state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Olga Miranda, president of SEIU Local 87. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan confirmed that ICE was also active in his city on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are not going to be driven by fear,\u201d shouted Roberto Hernandez, a community leader from the city\u2019s Mission District. \u201cPlease send your children to school, don\u2019t be afraid! Go to church, don\u2019t be afraid!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of Tuesday&#039;s press conference was to demonstrate that many city leaders have no intention of assisting federal efforts to remove illegal immigrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lurie, Police Chief Bill Scott, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, City Attorney David Chiu and Public Defender Mano Raju were just a few of the many local officials who spoke during the event to establish their commitment to complying with the sanctuary city policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to make some things very clear,\u201d Scott said. \u201cFirst, the San Francisco Police Department does not assist in immigration raids\u2026 Targeting immigrants who have built families, businesses and homes here does not improve public safety, but does exactly the opposite. It makes people afraid to report crimes, get necessary medical care or use other city services. It makes children afraid to go to school.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco&#039;s sanctuary city policy was enacted in 1989 to prevent local agencies from assisting federal authorities like ICE in enforcing immigration law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, federal immigration authorities still have the power to carry out their own deportations in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, state prisons and county jails may cooperate and share information with ICE if they release an undocumented immigrant connected to violent crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy office is unique in that we are the only one that can communicate with federal immigration officials if they ask when a serious or violent criminal is going to be released from our custody and only if that person meets very specific criteria,\u201d said San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto. \u201cUnfortunately, there are people who commit crimes here, including those in the immigrant community. Sometimes, people are held accountable for that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supervisor Jackie Fielder introduced a resolution a few weeks ago to ensure that San Francisco reaffirms its sanctuary city policy. The other 10 members of the Board of Supervisors joined as co-sponsors of the resolution and officially approved it in a unanimous vote at Tuesday\u2019s board meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat this should say to Trump and anyone who wants us to back down is that we are not going to back down,\u201d Fielder said. \u201cNo matter your status, you deserve to feel safe and that is exactly what sanctuary is all about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strong turnout at Tuesday&#039;s rally, including many local leaders, provided a sense of relief to some members of the immigrant community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m not scared anymore,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cOur sheriff is here, the public defender is here, the district attorney is here. The firefighters are here, all the unions are here. We\u2019re in this together, so I feel safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/protests-against-the-upcoming-trump-administration\/\">San Francisco records second day of protests against upcoming Trump administration<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Por Alise Maripuu. Bay City News. Cientos de personas de sindicatos locales, organizaciones sin fines de lucro, fuerzas del orden y el gobierno de la ciudad se reunieron en los escalones afuera del Ayuntamiento de San Francisco el martes para reafirmar la pol\u00edtica de santuario de la ciudad y unirse contra las deportaciones de [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,118,78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cover-2","8":"category-migracion","9":"category-san-francisco"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28071,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28066\/revisions\/28071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}