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San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city goes back to 1989. The city prides itself as a haven for immigrants, regardless of legal status, and a place where local law enforcement is sharply restricted from cooperating with or assisting federal immigration agents.
But under Mayor Daniel Lurie, the implementation of the policy is facing pressure from Supervisor Jackie Fielder, whose district represents parts of the Mission, Bernal Heights and Portola. Fielder is concerned by two things:
- A report that SFPD accessed information from Oakland’s license plate reader database to share with federal law enforcement agencies.
- Statements made by Deputy Chief Derrick Lew at a town hall in the Castro last week regarding what he described as SFPD’s obligation to protect ICE agents from protesters, to keep them out of harm’s way.
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Fielder, who called ICE “a fascist agency doing Trump’s bidding,” sent a letter to interim SFPD Chief Paul Yep, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, Lurie and the city controller demanding answers about policies that may conflict with the city’s sanctuary law…