SF Mayor Newsom pledges sanctuary for illegals
After presiding over a debacle with the Yale singers being beaten by grads from a prep school, he is now trying to score political points by promising to make San Francisco a sanctuary for illegal immigrants and will take steps to discourage federal authorities from conducting immigration checks.
Obviously, the city cannot stop the feds from doing so, but he can tell the city employees not to cooperate in any immigration enforcement.
If Newsom wants to give illegals safe harbor, then I think the city should be held responsible if any one of them is found responsible for killing a person in a hit & run, robbery, assault, and other crimes. It's a fair exchange.
Comments
Posted by: Nate
Posted on: April 23, 2007 10:34 PM
Shame on you, having immigrant background yourself (either you or your forefathers are asian) for this view.
So if illegals are to be held accountable for crime, are you going to let citizens get away with murder and robbery ??
Posted by: James (Author)
Posted on: April 23, 2007 11:24 PM
First of all, you fail to read my post correctly. Of course, we expect that all citizens, permanent residents, those with visas need to abide by all local, state, and federal rules.
My point is that if a city wants to harbor illegal citzens, essentially protecting them, then they have to be financially responsible for whatever crimes they commit within the city district.
Since when did I mention that legal citizens get a freebie? Nowhere!
All I want is that if I am driving in SanFran, and for example, a truck driver who is an illegal immigrant hits my car, then the city should pay the damages. It's quite simple as that.