Los Angeles Times (California)
By Patrick McGreevy
August 13, 2015
Outraged
by the recent killings of two California women allegedly by immigrants
in the country illegally, a state lawmaker has proposed legislation to
require law enforcement
agencies to notify immigration officials of the pending release of any
convicted felon improperly in the U.S.
Sen.
Jeff Stone (R-Murrieta) said Thursday he would introduce the bill in
response to the recent slayings of Marilyn Pharis, 64, in Santa Maria
and Kathryn Steinle, 32,
in San Francisco.
Pharis
was raped, tortured and killed on July 24, allegedly by Aureliano
Martinez Ramirez, 29, and another man. Ramirez is in the country
illegally and was released from
jail just days before the attack. Stone also cited the shooting death,
weeks earlier, of Steinle, allegedly by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a
seven-time felon who was in the country illegally and had been deported
five times.
“This
has got to stop,” Stone said. “If police and sheriff‘s departments were
to notify immigration officials before they released these dangerous
criminals, murders like
these would not take place.”
Stone’s
bill would require notification of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
and holding of the convicted felon for an additional 48 hours to allow
ICE officials to
determine whether federal prosecution or deportation is warranted.
For more information, go to: www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com
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