Professor Hing Addresses SF Supervisors on Sanctuary Ordinance
Professor Bill Ong Hing addressed the public safety committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on proposed amendments to the city's controversial sanctuary ordinance on October 5. The San Francisco Chronicle quoted Professor Hing in a story on the hearing the following day.
The San Francisco Supervisors are expected to amend the ordinance, restricting when local authorities can report juveniles for possible deportation. Mayor Gavin Newsom has said the legislation conflicts with federal law and is unenforceable, but Professor Hing and legal scholars from Yale and Stanford appeared at the hearing to say the amendment is legally defensible.
"I am 100 percent confident that the sanctuary ordinance and the new proposal is constitutional and legally viable," said Professor Hing.
Bill Ong Hing is recognized nationally as an immigration law and community lawyering expert. He is the founder of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco.
San Francisco Chronicle article
