a community member and client of ours. marie is a immigration attorney with us. [inaudible], ultimately [inaudible] who is the new one and nina graiber who is a volunteer attorney. we are a nonprofit organization here in san francisco and represent immigrants through legal empower mentd and policy advocacy. we are here today to enthusiastically support this ordinance. the way it is written, clean, straightforward, and does not leave anyone out of receiving due process, and we're especially concerned about individuals impacted as a result of being over charged with crimes including serious crimes and felonies that they did not commit. her story is a classic example and she will speak solely. she is the single

caretaker of three small children and two are u.s. citizens and on the way to apply for a visa and obtaining status permanently. she was arrested by san francisco police under chief suhr's leadership of a false accusation and a man harassing her at a lub here in san francisco. this hatched on june 28. >> >> after the sheriff's policy took effect and the policy and what the chief is suggesting are clearly not enough and we really have to codify and expand the current policies that we have, so that wrongly accused individuals aren't caught in this net. so even though the man was the aggressor and had to be removed

and escorted out of the dance venue she was the one who was charged with a serious crime classified as a felony, assault with a deadly weapon because the man accused her of assaulting him with a glass bottle. this didn't happen. the charges were dropped and she was not released by the police regardless. the county of san francisco, the city and county of san francisco held her in our local jails from a thursday night, friday morning until the following tuesday pursuant to an ice hold. then she was transferred to ice. ice did release her on a bond that same day july 2 and fatama's children were left alone without her mother. she has a few words of her own to share and the impact on her and her family and why it is important, so

important that we implement and pass this due process for all ordinance. >> [speaking spanish] >> milla just shared with you i was detained. [speaking spanish] >> i don't really know what my charges were. i was going out that day to have fun that night -- >> can you pull that in when you do translation? okay. [speaking spanish] >> so a guy was harassing me and the guy got taken out of the

club. [speaking spanish] >> so then when i was leaving the club there was an ambulance and police around and i left the scene. [speaking spanish] >> so then when i was about to get on my car police officer stopped me and asked me if i knew the guy. i told him exactly what happened inside the club. [speaking spanish] >> then they were investigating . they sent someone to investigate

further. [speaking spanish] >> so he actually said i hurt him with a glass bottle which was not the case. the hotel -- the club actually doesn't allow any glass bottles. [speaking spanish] >> so then after that a police officer told me to put my things on the floor. he arrested me and put me on the cop car without telling me why. [speaking spanish] >> so i thought i was going to be a witness and instead i was

detained for four days. [speaking spanish] >> so i thought i was going to go in front of a judge. i didn't have court. i didn't know my charges. four days later i was turned over to ice. [speaking spanish] >> this was really hard for me and my kids. [speaking spanish] >> knowing not what was going to happen to my children i didn't know why i was there. [speaking spanish]

>> so i support this due process legislation because it's not fair that the police doesn't investigate. they just turn over to ice and that's how they separate families. [speaking spanish] >> i had the -- let be out on bail. how many people are separated from their kids who don't have the resources to pay for bail, don't have the resources to have a lawyer and those people are being separated from their kids. >> [speaking spanish] . >> thank you. >> okay. speakers i want to

call up -- i think she just spoke. iris randall. sonia couch, francisco [inaudible], nelly fuentes, and other folks can come and line up as well. mr. [inaudible] >> iris is running late so sonia is going to start. >> [speaking spanish] >> good afternoon. my name is sonia. >> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] >> in 2011 i a problem in my

home so i called 911 to get help . [speaking spanish] >> so when the police arrived and i told them what happened they saw nothing so they left and that person continued to abusing when they were gone. they came back again, the police, and instead of taking that person away they arrested me. i spent five days away not knowing what was happening with my children.

[speaking spanish] >> my son of 11 years tried to translate to the police what was happening but they didn't want to listen to him. [speaking spanish] >> so they wanted me to speak english and i couldn't speak english to me so instead they decided not to listen to my 11 year old that was translated and i had a six year sold and three month old and one of the children was sick and they weren't listened and wanted me to speak english even though i don't speak it. [speaking spanish].

>> so they ended up arresting me, put me in the cop car and put me in the car for a ride and calm me down and they didn't listen and i ended up on bryant. [speaking spanish] >> so when we got there i asked them why am i here? all i did was call asking for help. they

said they didn't want to hear what i said. they said to wait 72 hours and i waited and then with ice and i paid the $2,000 to be let out on bail. [speaking spanish] >> so i wanted to tell people this is happening and families are being separated. my kids were alone. i didn't have family here. they continue to

ask me what happened and i told them about the assault and because of that they let me out on bail but we're still in proceedings now and it's been a year and we're still fighting the charge. [speaking spanish] >> so we hope that this new legislation gets passed and you listen to the testimony today. there are so many people that are hurting and the children suffer. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >>

[speaking spanish] >> so good afternoon. i am here also to support the ordinance. i also had a situation with ice and i am here to tell you all what happened. >> [speaking spanish] >> so i was arrested in 2012. i tried to explain to the police what my situation was, what my problem was and they didn't

listen and they didn't speak spanish and i didn't speak english. [speaking spanish] >> so first i got arrested in valencia and over to bryant and waited through day and on an ice hold and put into ice interest. [speaking spanish] >> sorry i wanted make sure to bring up the important part. she spent eight months in detention. [speaking spanish]

>> so it was really hard for me to be there those eight months. i felt like my life didn't make sentence anymore. i was away from my daughter. i was really desperate. i didn't know what was going to happen. i am finally recovering a little with therapy but it's important that you hear my testimony. [speaking spanish] >> and so this also -- the reason what happened when i called the police because i am a domestic violence survivor and

i was getting beat by my partner and even those the police saw the actual blood on my body they ended up arresting me instead. [speaking spanish] >> so thank you very much for listening. good afternoon and i really hope that you do support this ordinance. >> thank you. [applause] >> hi my name is francisco [inaudible] and a attorney at dolores services and we specialize in immigration and since s-com was implemented we worked with hundreds of families transferred to ice by law enforcement. the notion that domestic violence survivors are caught up in deportation is not

hypothetical and you heard stories today and we represent individuals where the individuals were charged but not convicted of a crime. some of the charges were quite serious and included attempted murder, child endangerment and assault with a deadly weapon and it's not uncommon for people to get plea agreements on the charge and some were detained up to months and eight months in nelly's case and lead to the break up of the family unit and unemployment and a host of other consequences so we're here to say today until there is a clean break between san francisco city county jail and ice there will be more stories like the one you heard today and any entanglements, carve outs will make sure that the sheriff's

department continues the working relationship with ice as it is today and people will be transferred without due process and we ask to you support the ordinance without carve outs. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> [speaking spanish] >> my name is atta and i am representing [inaudible] latina. i am here with my sisters. >> [speaking spanish] >> we're a program for latina woman that are transgender and we support the immigrant community interest. [speaking spanish] >> we also support the basic human rights of everyone. >> [speaking spanish]

>> we provide services to the community around violence prevention and hiv and each year we receive about 75 trans women. [speaking spanish] >> we're here today to support and defend the right of equality related to immigration and the criminal system. >> [speaking spanish] >> we don't want anymore [inaudible] in san francisco and even though it says it's a law that's in our favor -- >> [speaking spanish] >> it really isn't. it's a lie. we want you to vote yes to this law of the due process for all.

[speaking spanish] >> we want you to support and approve these law so you can stop separating our families, our friends and our community. [speaking spanish] >> we want you to support this law because we're here to be better people and we want to contribute in society for good. [speaking spanish] >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> i am laura pullstein from central american resource center and located in the mission district. i want to say three brief things to the chief suhr's comments earlier. it seems that the chief is suggesting and i appreciate your reputations and it's a solution to the public

safety problems that we face and i want to under score that is not the case. if someone does something that we don't like we can't take them out of the country and the absurd lit the of the comments and if they do something like this we kick them out and i want to under score that we oppose that and there are many people waiting to speak so i will be brief but thank you for your support of the due process ordinance. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> hello supervisors i am an attorney and we help asylum seekers and people caught up in this program and forced to go to immigration court and can be difficult and

stressful given they're trying to safely stay in the country and not have to go back and face serious situations. as a legal organization we generally support equal treatment regardless of immigration status and due process in general. we do not support any carve outs as we want due process for all, not due process for most. as a civil rights organization we specifically are concerned about the potential for racial profiling. one study has shown that latinos comprise 93% of the individuals flagged in the program although seven 7% of the undocumented population of the u.s. i urge san francisco to be a leader in this fight against s com that is sweeping the nation. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i am nadia kelly and a lawyer of the national board guild of san

francisco and comprises legal workers and attorneys and students and i want to echo the comments of everyone else and support the ordinance without carve outs and i want to address the comment thases the chief made. i was shocked to hear that anyone convicted of a certain felony are not welcome in san francisco. i think we heard from people today that law enforcement has significant discretion and that leads to problematic consequences and people held in detention centers for eight months. law enforcement has the discretion who they arrest and everyone else has discretion. it will never be enough. they always want more authority than they have and we need to set the line here and say that everybody is going to be treat d the same

regardless of documentation status. i think the values of san francisco are that we don't welcome people here because of something they did in the past and having carve outs is absolutely the wrong decision and i want to thank you for your defense of the ordinance as it is without carve outs and we know it's not an issue of public safety. it's an issue much public rights for everyone in san francisco. thank you. >> next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i am reverent carrien [inaudible] and joined by others in the community of faith. we are standing here as part of san francisco's religious community who have been working in collaboration with hundreds of

faith leaders and congregations from diverse communities around the state and including the catholic conference of bishops and others as well. we are here as religious leerkds because we feel this ordinance is an opportunity for san francisco to continue to be a city like none other, one that embraces the refugee and welcomes them as son and daughter and shows we will not comply with federal policy that rip families apart and distrust of our law enforcement and divide rather than unite the community. >> i also want to add to that the time is of essence especially in this season of heightened and accelerated gentd tricasion happening in the city and marginalizing the people that we're talking about. i

would say that we support this ordinance in the tradition of martin luther king that we just commemorated last week. as a moral indictment, a moral corrective and indictment of a federal system largely born of fear and bigotry and also the pursuit of profits that systematic and adversely affect millions of immigrants and their families since 2003 when the homeland security launched operation end game and the massive and ambitious immigration crack down that our country ever embarked on. lastly as a faith community we have a tradition of visiting and extending dignity to the prisoners, and to offer and promote sanctuary to make sure that they have fair trial and opportunity for rehabilitation,

of restoration and redemption into society and therefore we support due process for all. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> my name is [inaudible] and i am the program director of african [inaudible] network. i want to say words and in. [speaking spanish] spanish and i think this is what it's all about so not about immigrants but [inaudible] with our elected authorities and we have been part of different programs. we know about the san francisco access network and i think san francisco is the place to be, and if you look back at the reasons why some of us are here in this city is fear. we have been running away from fear

and san francisco is the safe heaven we found so we would like to see this place and safety preserved and that's why in the name of the african immigrants and also the african caribbean immigrants that we are serving at the network i would like to express our support for this ordinance, just like other ordinances that preceding and like the access ordinance and thank you for the work that you're doing. i think we also need to look at all these processes as a empower mentd of the communities because we. to see a police that is working for us and with us and again we want to be work with the police and we believe in this work of empowerment and again thank you in the name of the communities here. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> hello. thank you supervisors. my name is miriam

[inaudible]. i'm a member and staff at the arab organizing resource center and we provide immigration services, largely for the arab community. although our work load convinces us otherwise we serve only a small percentage of the immigration communities immigrated into the city. with that said the number of cases we do receive that are complicated with s-com shows the larger systemic problem at hand and cases are interrupted with traffic violations and sentences are extended and deportation could be to a country the united states doesn't recognize or maybe doing drone strikes. this is product of work done on the grass roots and legal and representative levels and it's our responsibilities