Many San Francisco Juvenile Offenders are Adults
Many San Francisco juvenile felony offenders (17 out of 58, nearly 30%) are adults, authorities have determined. Classification as juvenile offenders allows undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation under the law.
Critics charge that this is a clear abuse of San Francisco’s sanctuary policies about undocumented individuals. And a costly one at that, since San Francisco’s Juvenile Probation Department pays expenses for these offenders to live in group homes.
And Mayor Newsom agrees. As of July 2, San Francisco will no longer honor sanctuary laws for anyone who has been convicted of a crime in California court. Many of the 58 individuals, legal and illegal, in the juvenile program were charged and convicted of dealing drugs.
Supporters of San Francisco’s sanctuary status believe the benefits of the policy far outweigh the downsides of those who may be gaming the system.
Under the same set of circumstances surrounding a felony charge, adults are turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and are nearly always deported if found to be illegal immigrants.
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