Garcia Zarate was accused of fatally shooting Steinle in July 2015 when she was walking on Pier 14 in San Francisco with her father. Garcia Zapata, who was homeless, had multiple felony convictions and had been deported five times before Steinle’s death, The New York Times reported. He had been released from jail months before the shooting, despite federal immigration requests to hold him for deportation. Hours after the verdict, federal immigration officials said he would be deported, according to The Associated Press. San Francisco’s decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle.”

Source: Huffington Post December 01, 2017 01:30 UTC