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October 3, 2013

San Francisco Cuts Ties to Federal Deportation Program 
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted to cut ties to a
federal program facilitating the deportation of undocumented immigrants
arrested for crimes. In a unanimous vote, the board voted to end a
practice allowing the extended detention of undocumented immigrants in
order to hand them over to federal authorities for deportation. Los
Angeles took a similar action with the Secure Communities program last
year.

 

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