Immigration,
Criminal,
Civil Rights
Apr. 22, 2017
Courts are for justice, not bait
Jeff Sessions and John Kelly demonstrated a failure to comprehend the importance of public trust in courts in their response to Tani Cantil-Sakauye's request that federal agents refrain from immigration enforcement at courthouses.
Dennis J. Herrera
general manager
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
George Washington Univ Law School
Dennis Herrera is the city attorney of San Francisco. He filed the first lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities.
Courthouses are the home of justice. They are not bait.
We undermine the integrity of the law when victims, witnesses or parties to a case avoid courthouses because they fear deportation. When key players are absent, the truth suffers. That's the case whether we're talking about victims of unfair labor practices, a parent seeking custody of a child or a witness to a crime.
California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye recognized this in her March 16 letter to U.S. Attorney G...
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