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The Remembrance Project’s director Maria Espinoza, speaking for the family members who lost children to illegal aliens, demanded that Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez be censured for attacking an expert witness.

The group, Presente.org, names Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) as its primary Democrats of concern after those lawmakers signaled support for introducing legislation targeting sanctuary cities. Feinstein and Boxer are reportedly working on legislation to that end.

A raging Rep. Luis Gutierrez used his time testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to furiously denounce the Center for Immigration Studies’ Jessica Vaughan, after she quoting him as saying death of Kathryn Steinle was “a little thing.”

While many have referred to Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez — the man charged with murdering Kathryn Steinle — in varying formats as an illegal immigrant, repeat felon, multiple deportee, to Sayu Bhojwani he is a type of “American.”

Introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), the Sanctuary Cities legislation came to the floor in response to the outcry over the murder of Kathryn Steinle earlier this year. The bill passed 241-179 Thursday afternoon.

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) expressed sadness and frustration during a hearing on sanctuary cities Thursday, that criminal immigrants remain on U.S. streets.

During a July 23 press conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12th) suggested the problem with sanctuary city policies isn’t the sanctuary aspect but the continued the access to guns.

“Our family realizes the complexities of immigration laws, however, we feel strongly that some legislation should be discussed, enacted and/or changed to take these undocumented immigrant felons off our streets for good,” Steinle testified before a House subcommittee Thursday.

The murder of Kathryn Steinle at a San Francisco pier allegedly by a multiple deportee illegal immigrant with a long rap sheet — who had been released due to the city’s sanctuary policies — has sparked a national outcry over sanctuary cities. Thursday’s hearing sought to examine those policies.

The loved ones of the victims came to Washington, D.C. for a hearing on Kate’s Law and meetings with several legislators, including Gohmert, concerning the epidemic of illegal immigration into the United States.

“While we appreciate the intent behind the Hunter sanctuary bill (H.R. 3009), NumbersUSA has no choice but to oppose it,” the limited immigration group said in a statement issued to House Members Tuesday, adding the bill does not confront the “largest sanctuary jurisdiction of all: the Federal government.

“He put himself into harm’s way every time he put his uniform on. And on Friday, October 24, 2014, my husband and father of two approached a car on his beat, but this time, it was the last time,” said Oliver. “The last thing my husband attempted to do as a POP [Problem-Oriented Policing] officer was to ask the man inside the car how his day was going. But he never made it to the driver’s window.”

The House is slated to consider legislation targeting sanctuary cities.

The father of the woman murdered in the sanctuary city of San Francisco will again appear before Congress later this week.

An advocate of mass immigration defended sanctuary cities and scoffed that an upcoming congressional hearing featuring families whose children were murdered by illegals would be a “circus” during a Monday press call.

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi laid into Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday in response to Lee’s July 14 letter regarding the details of San Francisco’s sanctuary city policies, which have come under intense scrutiny in light of the July 1 murder of Kathryn Steinle by an illegal alien.

Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors responsible for sanctuary city policies that have become controversial again in the wake of the July 1 shooting death of Kate Steinle by an illegal alien are defending those policies, calling for gun

“Sanctuary city policies needlessly endanger American lives by refusing to honor the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said Thursday. “Unfortunately, the Obama Administration’s own foolish policies enable rogue local governments to defy federal immigration laws,” he added. “All too often, these reckless policies create preventable tragedies.”

Pelosi’s support for San Francisco as a sanctuary city comes as its policies are under fire for leading to Kathryn Steinle’s murder by an illegal immigrant with a long rap sheet who had been deported at least five times. Asked about the case and Republican calls for mandatory minimum sentences for illegal immigrants who reenter the U.S. after a prior deportation, Pelosi said she has not supported minimum sentences.

A little bit of common sense and discretion might have prevented the killing this month in San Francisco of Kathryn Steinle — a victim not only of random gunfire but of the mindless handling of the city’s immigration policy.

The California State Assembly Health Committee passed SB 4 Tuesday on a straight party-line vote, but not without vocal objection from citizen lobbyists. The bill would appropriate $170-740 million annually in taxpayer funds in part to grant illegal aliens Medi-Cal coverage.

Sanctuary cities are back in the news once again following the tragic murder of Kathryn Steinle by an illegal immigrant who was protected by sanctuary policies in San Francisco.

In the wake of the July 1 attack in which illegal alien Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez allegedly used a stolen gun to shoot and kill Kathryn Steinle, San Francisco supervisor Mark Farrell is pushing a new gun control law that will require every gun and ammunition sale to be videotaped.

According to the Iowa lawmaker, the hearing will examine the breakdown of immigration enforcement under the Obama administration and the repercussions of lax immigration enforcement — specifically the impact on families victimized by illegal immigrant crime.

“Cities that refuse to comply with immigration officials and release dangerous criminals back into our communities put innocent American lives at risk,” Rep. Kevin Yoder says. “If these cities wish to continue to subvert the law they will do so without the support of American taxpayers. The heartbreaking tragedy in San Francisco was preventable and we must do everything we can to ensure that it never happens again,” he added.

“I’m sorry I do not know the answer to that question,” Johnson responded when asked by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) during a House Judiciary Committee hearing if the administration had reached out to Kathryn Steinle’s family. Chabot encouraged the administration to reach out to the Steinle family.

Gowdy sparred with the lone witness at the hearing, DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson over the release of Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez — who later allegedly shot and killed Steinle — by the sanctuary city of San Francisco, pointing out that the multiple-felon, multiple-deportee illegal immigrant reveals a lack of control over the border.

Nearly two weeks after 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle was murdered on San Francisco’s Pier 14 by an illegal alien and convicted felon who was released from prison earlier this year, President Barack Obama has failed to contact the victim’s family or mention her in public. Yet Obama took the time to write (and release) 46 personal letters this month to felons imprisoned for non-violent drug offenses whose sentences he has commuted.

A majority of likely voters say action should be taken against jurisdictions with sanctuary policies for illegal immigrants, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.

CIS’ report, authored by Jessica Vaughan, reveals that 63 percent of the 8,145 released criminal immigrants — in 276 jurisdictions from January 1, 2014, to August 31, 2014 — had “serious prior criminal records” and a fourth had a prior felony charge or conviction.

On Friday, California Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris continued to defend sanctuary cities after illegal alien Francisco Lopez-Sanchez confessed to murdering Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco.

Kevin Williamson of National Review Online attacks the conservative base of the Republican Party in his latest column, “WHINOS: On the Martyrdom of the Holy, Holy Base.”

The shooting death of 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle on a San Francisco, California, pier has taken another twist, as the gun used to kill her appears to belong to a federal agent.

Illegal alien and Kathryn Steinle’s alleged murderer, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, would have been treated in Connecticut exactly as San Francisco treated him. Apparently, this is fine with sanctuary city New Haven Mayor Toni Harp.

On July 10 California Attorney General and current US Senatorial candidate Kamala Harris (D) responded to Donald Trump’s statements on the dangers posed by illegal immigration by calling those statements “ignorant.” Trump spoke out after Kathryn Steinle was allegedly gunned

Kathryn “Kate” Steinle was a 32-year-old woman in the prime of her young life, beloved by family and friends she had moved to San Francisco not long before she was shot and killed at Pier 14 while walking with her father.