Drug dealing in San Francisco is paying for new homes back in Honduras for drug dealers. The San Francisco Chronical reports that as many as half of San Francisco’s dealers are from Honduras.
The Chronicle says the dealers are attracted to San Francisco because of it’s sanctuary city laws, and that the risk of deportation is low.
“The reason is because, in San Francisco, it’s like you’re here in Honduras,” a dealer told The Chroncle. “The law, because they don’t deport, that’s the problem…Many look for San Francisco because it’s a sanctuary city. You go to jail and you come out.”
Under current San Francisco law, last amended in July 2016, city employees are forbidden from using city resources to cooperate with any ICE investigation, detention, or arrest relating to an illegal immigration case. The law also prohibits ICE from placing holds on local prisoners so they can be deported upon their release from jail, the publication noted.