By Marisa Lagos, KQED News Fix
It’s a murder that is still driving debate nationally about so-called sanctuary cities.
Thirty-two-year-old Kate Steinle was walking along the San Francisco waterfront on July 1, 2015, when shots rang out and she fell to the ground.
She died at the hospital hours later.
An undocumented man was arrested and charged with her murder. He’d recently been released from San Francisco jail after a court dismissed a 20-year-old marijuana charge against him. The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department ignored requests to tell immigration officials about his release, citing San Francisco’s sanctuary law.
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