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Immigration

Nov. 20, 2009

An Immigrant Haven, at a Crossroads

San Francisco County Supervisor David Campos authored an ordinance reducing efforts to refer juvenile suspects to immigration authorities.

By Sandra Hernandez

Daily Journal Staff Writer

For two decades San Francisco embraced a generous policy toward undocumented aliens, making it a sanctuary city that kept police from enforcing immigration laws.

That all changed last year after a Salvadoran immigrant, who was allegedly in the country illegally, was charged with shooting a father and his two sons to death.

Edwin Ramos, 22, had a record for assaults h...

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