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Board finalizes ordinance limiting local detentions on civil immigration detainers
Summary
The Board of Supervisors gave final passage to an ordinance prohibiting local law enforcement from holding people on civil immigration detainers after they become eligible for release, with exceptions limited to certain violent-felony suspects. The measure passed unanimously.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave final passage to an ordinance that bars local law‑enforcement officials from detaining individuals on the basis of civil immigration detainers once those individuals are otherwise eligible for release from custody, except in limited circumstances involving violent‑felony charges or recent convictions.
Supervisor David Avalos, who led the item on the floor, framed the ordinance as a protection for…
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