Young offenders in SF illegally get no more break

4 July 2008, 12:41 am

Minors who commit crimes while in the United States illegally will be turned over to federal immigration officials, a reversal of a nearly 20-year-old San Francisco policy, Mayor Gavin Newsom said Thursday.Under a loophole in the city's sanctuary policy for illegal immigrants, minors who committed crimes were being flown home or housed at the city's expense, Newsom said.But now, 'if you commit a felony, we will not become a safe harbor for you,' he said.The former policy came under fire last month after five young drug offenders from Honduras who were convicted in San Francisco escaped from a San Bernardino County group home where they had been sent by the city's juvenile probation department.... read more

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