president, is that three months before the day that he murdered katesteinly, -- kate stinly, this murder was in the custody of the san francisco police department. they had him. he was in custody. they had him from an old warrant from a previous crime. when the dapt of home -- department of homeland security found out they had this guy in custody, they reached out and said, hold this guy until we can get someone to take him into custody. we know he's dangerous, but the san francisco police couldn't provide that minimal cooperation. instead they released this man back on to the streets from which three months later he murdered young kate stinly. why would the police do something like that? why would they refuse to provide this minimal cooperation with the immigration authorities with respect to a dangerous individual? well, the reason, mr. president, is because san francisco is a sanctuary city. what that means is it has as its explicit legal policy a prohibition that permits the police from cooperating. this is the case even when the local law enforcement authorities believe that the per