San Francisco puts its illegal alien sanctuary status in neon lights
Two years ago, I wrote about a billboard erected in Denver by illegal immigration opponents critical of the city’s open-borders policies:
The billboard sponsors were trying to shame city officials for flagrantly defying federal immigration laws and endangering residents.
In San Francisco, city officials have no shame. They’re actually launching an illegal alien sanctuary advertising campaign to let the world know that their arms are wide open to lawbreakers:
San Francisco’s “sanctuary” policy for illegal immigrants, which has drawn sharp criticism from conservatives, will be promoted in an advertisement campaign complete with multilanguage brochures and radio and TV public service announcements.
The city-funded outreach campaign is expected to roll out this spring and build on San Francisco’s response to last year’s federal immigration raids, which city officials said scared undocumented immigrants into not accessing city services, reporting crimes or sending children to school.
City officials Wednesday were not able to provide The Examiner with a cost breakdown for the campaign.
“We have worked with the Board of Supervisors, Department of Public Health, labor and immigrant rights groups to create a city government-wide public awareness campaign so that immigrants know The City won’t target them for using city services,” said Nathan Ballard, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s spokesman.
In 1989, the Board of Supervisors adopted legislation enacting a “sanctuary city” policy, which instructs local law enforcement and city departments not to assist federal authorities in enforcement of federal immigration laws. The policy is backed by Newsom and members of the Board of Supervisors.
After last year’s raids, Newsom publicly reaffirmed The City’s sanctuary policy and directed departments to ensure employees are trained in accordance with it.
Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who is working on the planned outreach campaign to undocumented immigrants, said it will ensure “a lot of deserving people” take advantage of city services. “To me, it’s a logical follow-through.”
The announcements will feature Newsom and other city officials, according to meeting minutes from The City’s Immigrant Rights Commission.
The latest proposal is another action making San Francisco “the most flamboyant city in the country when it comes to working against federal immigration laws,” said Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center of Immigration, a Washington, D.C., think tank favoring tougher enforcement of federal immigration laws.
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Like any of us would have ever gone there before anyway.
I’m shocked, shocked about this!/sarc off
Just one more item on the long list of things that are screwed about San Fransisco.
scared
undocumented immigrantsillegal aliens into not accessing city services or sending children to school….sounds like a good thing to me.Any city that would not only host but hype the depraved Folsom St. Fair would certainly have few qualms about illegals.
why aren’t these people arrested for aiding and abetting known criminals???
The people in SF must be dumber than a box of rocks to pay taxes so their city can sell them out to intruders. They deserve whatever happens.
Can’t the federal Government do anything about this? Maybe they should just give CA to the Mexicans & build a fence around the state.
It sounds to me as though San Francisco chooses not to follow federal law. That sounds like an open insurrection. Wouldn’t it be reasonable to send in federal troops to restore the rule of law? Where is Abraham Lincoln when we need him?
I wonder how the denizens of San Fran will feel about illegal immigrants when they find out they aren’t exactly eco-friendly and couldn’t care less about saving mother earth?
Instead of cutting off all federal funding to cities like this, OMB or GAO should do a study to determine exactly how much illegal aliens cost per capita, use census data to determine how many “deserving” illegals there are in San Francisco, and add that additional tax assessment to the residents of that city. If they personally have to pay for them, we will soon see how welcome these illegal invaders are. It’s pretty clear to me that the mayor and county supervisors are operating under the “endless supply of federal tax money” philosophy.
Why? What does SF possibly hope to gain by this idiotic move to extend illegals an open invitation to exploit their city?
Perhaps the Examiner should worry more about the other costs to their city associated with such a decision - like the increased strain an influx of illegal immigrants will bring on SF’s social and legal services budgets - costs which are sure to make the campaign’s expense pale in comparison. For example:
This is GREAT news! I give it maybe 2 years before Mexican gangs start roaming the streets of SF beating up gays. The city should also be broke by then as social services collapse, hospitals close and affluent people move out for better schools. In 3 years it will be a slum.
And Californians wonder why their state is on the verge of bankruptcy. This is but another strong clue.
Oh, I plan to completely avoid San Fran from now on. No sense in spending money to prop up a failed socialist experiment.
I was just there, and it seems they have pleny of space between the Starbucks for more derelics, who they welcomed years ago.
I’m thinking of a Munsters episode. Hermann left a doorkey under the mat for someone who was coming while they were going to be out. When Lily asked how will they know to look for the key, Hermann produced a pre-made sign that said “Key under mat” with an arrow!
Advertising for non-taxpaying people to come drain money from the government for social services, overwhelm/bankrupt hospitals, and drive down local wages is about as stupid.
At least with the Munsters it was stupididty for the purpose of humor.
Agreed. I was out there about a year ago. The sense of decay due to rampant drug use and homeless people everywhere was palpable. A very beautiful city that is quickly going down the tubes.
Who knew the long term use of psychedelic drugs would have this effect of the city of San Francisco. The area has always been geologically unstable. Looks like that instability extends to other areas. When the San Andreas fault finally slips, and catches up with itself, the problem will be solved.
As the crime rate of pedophilla and child rapist goes up with the movement of the displaced workers from south of the boarder. San Francisco should feel all warm and fuzzy knowing that they are welcoming this scum into an already morally corrupt cesspool.
What was that phrase again , hmmmmm.
oh yeah … “you reap what you sow”.
Sounds about how Robert Ferrigno portrayed SF in Prayers for the Assassin
Bye, bye San Fran…maybe some of those that came here from AZ and OK will go to San Francisco since they say they can’t make a living wage here due to “too
many illegals already in TX.”
Does anyone really care about Kommifornia?
Seriously, they could call it the “Sanctuary Surtax”. Let’s say that the population of San Francisco is 400,000. And let’s assume that there would be 100,000 illegals residing there as well. And let’s assume that studies show that the average illegal costs the taxpayers $20,000 per year in social services. The city of San Francisco would then enact the “Sanctuary Surtax” to add $5,000 to every resident’s tax bill to pay for the freeloaders.
I’m sure that all of the immigration activists would flock to San Francisco, gladly paying that additional $5,000 to show their solidarity.
It might even make up for the other frustrated taxpayers who would be leaving in droves.
Let’s see if I understand this now. Marines are not welcome. But, illegal immigants and sexual deviants are welcome.
What’s wrong with this picture?
I agree…an insurrection. You can be damned sure that if a city were flouting the rule of (federal and constitutional law) in any area that concerned the left (If for example, they were failing to be sweet to gays…), you can be damn sure it would be treated as an insurrection and the CA national guard would be federalized.
But, of course, the left is permitted to ignore — or openly violate — the law.
No, Abe Lincoln is definitely not around. Definitely not in the White House. A wimp is in the White House. A wimp who himself refuses to enforce the laws. Gawd will I be glad when the last Bush is gone! If I were not so law-abiding myself, I’d like to spit on that man for his betrayal of America.
How can any normal person live there?
Is it not ironic how San Fran(natives hate that usage…lil jab) city, cnty leaders and citizens alike dispise and hate Jorge Booosh with a passion and don’t see he’s a liberal like them. It’s amusing if not so sad for the country.
Any question as to why San Fran Nan is who and what she is?
I would love to see our illegal invaders in Idaho start heading for the handouts in San Francisco while they last. A couple of months of this and the city government should be bankrupt and all hospitals in the city will have to close their doors due to unpaid services they will be providing.
Heard this the other day on the John and Ken Show out of L.A. the Kallifornea Republican State Convention will be held in San Fran(lil dig) this summer…10 % of the population of San Fran is registered Republican…huh?
What a world, what world we live in.
I’m typing this from downtown San Francisco. Please, please cut off all federal funding to this city!
Add Los Angeles to the chopping block as well. Heck cut all federal funding to the State and let Arnold pay for it out of his own pocket. He might have uncle life guard chip in too.
SanFreakcisco.
Can’t wait to see the normal (if there are any) residents change their tune after the city is overrun and bankrupted by this…and it will be.
Pardon my ignorance here but doesn’t your population determine how many representatives you have? i remember not too long ago they were trying to redistrict some areas (maybe all?) of California. Something like that! Please someone enlighten me.
Didn’t San Fagsisco do the same kind of thing, welcoming the Homeless…and now they are crying for help because they are overrun with Homeless people piling into door frames and such at night???
Guess they want the Illegals to Clean up the mess the Homeless leave behind…and/or work in Nancy Pelosi’s vinyards and Resturaunts.. (Oh wait..they already do!!!)
Last year was my first visit to San Francisco - I was not impressed - except when I took the Alcatraz trip. Obviously I have lived a sheltered life, as when I was driving through a lovely park (the big one right in the city - forgot the name), the person in front of me stopped in the road, got out of his car, and urinated right there on the street. I kid you not. California? I used to think it was the land of honey…..my eyes were opened. Obviously, I’ll NEVER return. The illegals can have it.
I wonder if the day will come (and it has before), when a shot will ring out, some citizen or illegal will fall, and then it escalates into a wide-open shootout. Emotions for, and against, illegal immigration will boil over. People, fed up with illegals, will finally take law into their own hands, and illegal/allies will fight back. A mini-civil war will break out. Either that, or the country will meekly submit to living with illegals, and compete with them for entitlements (bribes) by the government. It has to come to a head someday. Which way will it go?
Let’s see…the government
wastesspends billions trying to cure gay STDs and this is the thanks America gets?I think all cities should take inspiration from this, personally. Just think about the possibilities. I’ve always thought it was stupid that tampering with mail was a federal offense. From now on, I think our city should no longer arrest people taking things out of others’ mailboxes. Also, all the post offices in my city shall take down the federal “Most Wanted” signs, since it’s not our job to help them. Yeah, they might not ever get caught and more people might die, but that’s not our city’s problem, right?
Yup, sounds just as stupid coming from me as it does from them. Idiots.
Cut off all federal funding now. I don’t want a penny of my taxes going there.
This should be a green light for cities that don’t want to pay for illegals using their services. Everytime they catch one, instead of notifying ICE so they can be released back on the streets, put them on the first Greyhound to SF.
The price of a bus ticket for the whole family is probably cheaper than one emergency room visit.
Problem solved and the illegals will be welcomed with open arms to SF.
I just sent an email to the City Councils office (although we don’t have much of a problem since it’s such a small town anyway (under 35,000).
the subtitle
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I don’t give a crap about what happens to San Fran. The fools living there deserve every bad thing that happens to them, their tax base, and their freedoms. They voted for the fools making these decisions and the results are on their heads. I think most of the smart and decient people should have left by now.
Well, the way I would look at it, and defending the Constitution, California is in a “state of rebellion”, violating Article one, section 10. Legally, they do not have the Consent of Congress, by entering into an agreement with a foreign power. Of course, it could go one way or another, but it would be a big case for the MSM, and the country at a whole, to see some proclamation made and the SCOTUS brought into play.
Where is the governor in all of this? You would think that a governor who was himself a legal immigrant would want to put a stop to this, but I guess not.
UberInfidel67 is absolutely correct. Illegal Aliens are residents so they are included in the Census count.
The next census count will be in 2010 and this count will determine the boundaries for the House of Representatives. So there is just enough time to flood San Francisco with even more Illegal Aliens to create an even safer seat for Rep. Nancy Pelosi. This is an outrage!
There should be a national effort to pressure Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to cut off all federal funds to San Francisco until the city agrees to comply with federal immigration laws.
And we should all highlight the conflict of interest that this sanctuary policy presents for Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
This really is a national issue because if California gets additional seats in the House of Representatives due to the number of Illegal Aliens in the state, then California will be taking seats in the House away from another state.
Call Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office now!
Not really surprising. Probably only 1%, if that, are truly conservatives.
I’ll not return to SF. Was last there in ‘94 and stayed in a quaint up-scale hotel. Even then you had to take care to step around the filthy homeless squatters right outside the door. The hotel locked its doors at 10 pm to avoid the homeless moving into the lobby during the night.
I can just imagine what an influx of illegals will add to San Franciso’s fast fading charms.
Why don’t they just secede from the Union already and be done with it.
I say we make this a National advertising campaign. “Don’t like the tough immigration laws where you live now? Frisco awaits your entrance with outstretched arms and free social welfare for you and your family. Enjoy the fresh ocean breeze, convene with your friends, colleagues and fellow illegals on the street corners while you await day-labor and tax-free incomes. Frisco is not only willing … but anxious to pay your way to the American dream.”
After all, we would be helping them to feel better about themselves in Frisco, we would be helping the illegal aliens get their tax-free slice of the American pie and we would have an opportunity to remove them from where they were not wanted and allow them to go where they are wanted … at least until the true financial impact is known to the residents who are paying for it.
Have you SEEN this man? He looks like Mel Brooks’ character in, “Blazing Saddles”. I giggle every time I see him, until he opens is mouth; then I stop giggling and start gaggin.
“…start gagging”. Whatev.

Ah, more left wing pandering to criminals.
This comes as no surprise. In fact, it’s expected.
So as a tourist visiting San Francisco, how safe do you feel now. Wish you had picked a different destination? I think so. The whole Bay Area all the way down to Santa Cruz is nothing less than ‘lost souls’ and illegals.
wren #44 - right on!
birdlady79 said:
Sorry, the only honey is in the apiaries keeping the central valley in bloom. Not far from Yosemite that is still worth checking out. Go see it!
graysonret said:
Shhhhhhh! No one is suppose to talk about what’s happening between the blacks and the mexicans.
The Ugly American said:
Don’t be silly. Co-dependents never voluntarily leave their enablers (especially when the enabler is paying the bills!).
Does global warming weaken the San Andreas fault? Oh wait, it’s Bush’s fault.
How much more of this are we tax payers suppose to take? I say cut of federal funding to those losers. Businesses should boycott them as well.
You know, the more I think about this, the more angry I get. As I’ve said in my blog:
Laws mean nothing, if no one is held accountable.
Why did the SF officials put up that billboard in English? Don’t they know the illegals speak Spanish? What a bunch of ignorant fools and I wonder if Nancy P’s neighborhood is in the sanctuary part?
I live about 50 miles north of SF. I used to like going to the city for the occasional dinner and night out. Not any more. I stopped that when SF became the cesspool of CA, with all their anti-U.S., pro-socialist politics that are completely devoid of reality. They don’t want rational politics? They don’t get rational people to spend their money there.
I love it. I hope they double, triple their population with illegal immigrants .. I need to get my hands on some brochures to pass out to the illegals here in my state and urge them to seriously consider moving to SF !!!
Watch this recent Bay Area news video about Calif. OSHA raiding 20 pallet factories employing illegals at $4 to $5 per hour in squalid conditions.
SF wants its serf labor!!!
What an abomination!
One of the employers could not speak English and said he didn’t know he was breaking any laws.
UNBELIEVABLE!
And the icing on the cake? You can’t arm yourself to protect yourself and your family from the criminal element that decides to come…
Golly, maybe we should alert the President and Coyote-in-Chief so San Francisco can receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
A disgusting story, but illegal infiltration is a federal responsibility, so you have to put the blame where the buck stops, with the corrupt Coyote-in-Chief in the Whitehouse.
I am sure there are a few billion “deserving” Chinese, Indians, Africans, etc., too. Why not invite them as well? Is the welcome mat only out for illegal Mexicans, or can anyone join the party?
Where do the whackos of SF draw the line? Is there a line? Are illegal Mexicans more deserving than illegal Chinese?
Should make for some interesting Ninth Circuit Court decisions, LOL!! This shoud really drive down the cost of homes in SF!
What’s the very stupidest thing about this very stupid situation is that this is going on despite inevitable cuts throughout the school district, a quarter-billion dollar deficit, and City departments that are ignoring requests for cuts in overtime.
I redeploy in just over a month. How sad it is that these leeches on the taxpayers’ dollars are more welcome in SF than I would be. (If I had any reason whatsoever for going there. Ever.)
Actually, that stupid law was shot down in a smoking heap last year… ironically enough, by the 9th Circuit court. The NRA came out with all guns firing against this full on infringement of the 2nd Amendment, and won another for the people of the USA……and the morons of SF.
I live 200 miles south of SF, but their crap already extends to my county. No doubt our illegal community will grow ten-fold in a few years.
Oh…..I am most definitely armed too
Eventually they will completly overwhelm the blacks and drive them out of their nieghborhoods. THEN, who will be the growing and brazen latino gangs next targets?
SF, like all sancuary cities, will continue to drive out the taxpayers that are expected to pay for all the services the city wants to provide, a recipe for disaster.
If the city leaders love their illegal serf labor so much, they should open their own homes,use their own money to pay for them (not taxpayers)and have what they really want, modern day plantations.
Yep, some of you guys hit a nail that no one wants to talk about openly: in South Central LA Latino gangs have already run blacks out of neighborhoods, by simply killing as many as they can. Including kids, non-gang-bangers, anyone that happens to be breathing while black. If SF can’t learn from this example, they are going to repeat it.
To that end, there may be a positive here for everyone not in SF: maybe more of the illegals here in Orange COunty, for example, will go up there.
I know we have Santa Ana, aka Northern Mexico City, but alot of us in OC are getting fed up. Perhaps if we push back, they will go to SF where they are “welcome!”
Nice job, San Freakcisco! I hope ALL of the nations illegals flock to that deranged city; it will be much easier to arrest and deport the lot of them!
The illogical “thinking” of San Francisco city officials and their fellow travelers in sanctuary policies leads to this abomination: a revolving door to a safe haven for sexual predators who re-enter our country at will.
Our civilization, or what’s left of it, is doomed with these elected officials in power and their misguided supporters keeping them there. If government tolerates, and in this case even encourages, anarchy, there will always be a significant percentage of hardened criminals along with the “good ones”, who only steal ID’s to work.
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I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
The hypocrisy is astounding!
They pretend to care about the environment in SF but then they open their arms to the most environmentally unfriendly group of people ever….not to mention many illegals are Christians.
Liberals say they want a colorblind world but open their arms to one of the more racist groups of people.
I would laugh but as someone who has always taken personal responsibility, took care of my family, donated time to those less fortunate, and always paid my taxes I find liberals/democrats truly threatening to my freedoms and way of life
I wil be laughing when SF city services collapse as a result of this policy.
You beat me to it! I can hardly wait until MS-13 excrement takes SF up on the offer and claims the town as ‘territory’. The moral and legal dilemma will be a sidesplitter.
First off as a SF native unlike the city stupidvisors the only ones that want the city to be a festering swear are those banking their jobs on pandering to every social racial and sexual orientation group?
The cold hard truth is most property is not owned by the locals {transplants} but buy people {real locals} who have moved out of the city and hold the property as rentals. This way the city can sock it to them on taxes while at the same time piss off their 6 billion dollar a year budget. That right a city of just under 3/4 of a million has an annual budget of 6 billion dollars.
I grew up in the city and for the past 19 years it has gone down the toilet big time.
One good thing is the country sheriff refuses to follow the city sanctuary polices and will not let his people violate the federal law so they do report illegal’s to feds.