Judge: San Fran Can't Be Sued Over Death by Immigrant

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A San Francisco judge has ruled that the city and its sheriff cannot be held liable for the death of a woman by a man who was in the country illegally.

Kate Steinle was killed in 2015 by Juan Lopez-Sanchez, who was a repeat drug offender, deported several times and back in the country illegally.

He was released after the district attorney dropped charges, and the sheriff’s department ignored a request by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to keep him behind bars.

San Francisco’s so-called “sanctuary city policy” bars city employees from cooperating with federal immigration officials in deportation efforts.

Steinle’s family argued if deportation officials had been notified of Lopez-Sanchez’s release, their daughter would still be alive.

Corrie O'Connor