Sanctuary Cities Counties and States
Anyone who is objecting to ICE doing their job needs to read this, titled “The Hard Truth About the Sanctuary Movement”
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The Hard Truth About the Sanctuary Movement
Kate Steinle (2015, San Francisco)
32-year-old Kathryn “Kate” Steinle was shot and killed on July 1, 2015, while walking with her father on Pier 14. The shooter, José Inez García Zárate (also known as Juan Francisco López-Sánchez), an illegal immigrant from Mexico who had been deported multiple times, fired a single .40-caliber round that ricocheted off the pier and struck her in the back. He claimed he found the stolen gun and it discharged accidentally. A San Francisco jury later acquitted him of murder and manslaughter charges but convicted him on a firearm possession count (later overturned on appeal). He had been released by local authorities despite an ICE detainer.
Laken Riley (2024, Athens, Georgia)
22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley was attacked and murdered on February 22, 2024, while jogging near the University of Georgia campus. She died from blunt-force trauma and asphyxiation. José Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 near El Paso and was released into the country, was convicted in a 2024 bench trial of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping, and aggravated assault with intent to rape. He was sentenced to life without parole. Prosecutors said he targeted her while “hunting for females.
Jocelyn Nungaray (2024, Houston, Texas)
12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and strangled to death on June 16, 2024. Her body was found the next morning under a bridge in a creek. Two Venezuelan illegal immigrants—Johan José Martínez-Rangel (apprehended and released by Border Patrol in March 2024) and Franklin José Peña Ramos (apprehended and released in May 2024)—were charged with capital murder. Authorities allege they lured her, bound her, assaulted her, and dumped her body. Both face capital murder charges.
Juan Ramón-Vásquez (Philadelphia example of a repeat offender shielded by sanctuary policy)
An illegal immigrant from Honduras previously deported, he was in Philadelphia custody in 2014 when ICE lodged a detainer. Local authorities released him under sanctuary policies. After release, he repeatedly raped a young child (his girlfriend’s daughter) over an extended period. He later received a lengthy state prison sentence for the sexual assaults plus additional federal time for illegal reentry. U.S. prosecutors explicitly linked the failure to honor the detainer to the subsequent crimes.
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