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Undocumented immigrant who was deported five times. It became an issue when he was picked up on an antiimmigration rants. It affected people in San Francisco. But the reason the bill wouldnt have kept sanchez from firing the shot that killed kate steinle is in the measures first sentence. It promotes prohibiting on a federal civil immigration detainer unless that individual has been convicted of a violent felony in the seven years prior. Sanchez did not have a history of violence and the sevenyear standard is the only one police can use. We want to set one clear standard for when we will allow local Law Enforcement to talk with i. C. E. Federal immigration officials. Not putting a firewall between local police and the feds feeds mistrust between cops and immigrant communities. But this republican activist and immigration specialist says the city should keep its nose out of it ....