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Immigration

Nov. 19, 2008

Immigration Officials Ignore S.F. Sheriff's Request

San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey said he is frustrated by attempts to learn what happens to immigrants turned over to federal immigration officials.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Since July, San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey has been trying to discover the fate of Adolfo Chachan and 29 other men that his deputies turned over to immigration agents this year.

At least three times, Hennessey contacted the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that oversees detention, about the immigrants. Each time, immigration officials refused to answer his ...

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