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FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia Zarate. Attorneys were beginning their final arguments Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in the trial of Zarate, accused of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier in a case that touched off a national immigration debate. The trial resumed Monday morning with instructions to the jury reminding them not to read newspapers or view social media while they are considering the case. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

The Latest: Jurors get San Francisco pier shooting case

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FILE - In this July 17, 2015 file photo, flowers and a portrait of Kate Steinle remain at a memorial site on Pier 14 in San Francisco. Attorneys were beginning their final arguments Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in the trial of Zarate, accused of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier in a case that touched off a national immigration debate. The trial resumed Monday morning with instructions to the jury reminding them not to read newspapers or view social media while they are considering the case. (Paul Chinn /San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Jury weighing fate of suspect in San Francisco pier killing

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

Matt Gonzalez, second from left, chief attorney of the San Francisco Public Defenders Office, walks to a courtroom Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in San Francisco. Attorneys are set to begin their final arguments Monday in the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate accused of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier in a case that touched off a national immigration debate. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The Latest: California pier killing case heading to jurors

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Kate Steinle was fatally shot on July 1, 2015, allegedly by illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. The U.S. House on Thursday passed Kate's Law, a federal provision aimed at penalizing illegal immigrants who return to the United States after being deported. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Justice needed in Kate Steinle case

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This July 17, 2015, file photo shows flowers and a portrait of Kate Steinle displayed at a memorial site on Pier 14 in San Francisco, Calif. The bullet that killed Kate Steinle two years ago ricocheted off the ground about 100 yards away before hitting her in the back and later launching a criminal case at the center of a national immigration debate. A San Francisco police officer who helped supervise the investigation testified about the bullet’s trajectory Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 at Zarate's trial. (Paul Chinn /San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File) **FILE**

Police: Suspect pointed gun at Steinle, pulled trigger

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Brad Steinle, the brother of Kate Steinle, left, and his wife Amy walk to a courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. A trial begins this week for Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a Mexican man who set off a national immigration debate after he fatally shot Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier on on July 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Witnesses say they saw suspect leave pier after shooting

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Brad Steinle, the brother of Kate Steinle, left, and his wife Amy walk to a courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. A trial begins this week for Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a Mexican man who set off a national immigration debate after he fatally shot Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier on on July 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: Witnesses say suspect left pier after shooting

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FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, which is what his attorney says is the birth name of the man who has been known by a number of aliases, including Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. A jury has been selected for the murder trial of Zarate, whose case set off a national debate over sanctuary cities and immigration during last year's presidential campaign after he was accused of shooting and killing a woman on a popular San Francisco pier. Opening arguments are set for Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

The Latest: Father recalls shooting that killed daughter

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Jury candidates eyed in case that sparked immigration debate

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FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. A judge on Friday, July 28, 2017, in San Francisco says a federal agency has agreed to allow a ranger to testify at the trial of Lopez-Sanchez, the Mexican native charged with the 2015 shooting death of a San Francisco woman with the ranger's gun that has become a flashpoint in the national immigration debate. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Federal ranger to testify in San Francisco murder trial

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

FILE - This undated photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. It’s been two years since Kate Steinle was randomly gunned down on a busy San Francisco pier in a shooting that set off a fierce national immigration debate. Lopez-Sanchez, the man accused of killing Steinle, is still waiting for his murder trial to be scheduled. He is set to appear in court Friday, July 14, 2017, when a trial date may get set. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Federal ranger’s testimony sought in Steinle murder trial

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

FILE - This undated photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. It’s been two years since Kate Steinle was randomly gunned down on a busy San Francisco pier in a shooting that set off a fierce national immigration debate. Lopez-Sanchez, the man accused of killing Steinle, is still waiting for his murder trial to be scheduled. He is set to appear in court Friday, July 14, 2017, when a trial date may get set. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

The Latest: Federal agent’s testimony sought in murder trial

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In this Sept. 1, 2015, file photo, from left, Brad Steinle, Liz Sullivan and Jim Steinle, the brother, mother and father of Kate Steinle who was shot to death on a pier, listen to their attorneys speak during a news conference on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

EDITORIAL: Sanctuary for the law-abiding

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Trump and his top aides have lashed out at the federal court that blocked his anti-sanctuary city executive order, with the president calling the ruling “ridiculous” and his press secretary saying sanctuaries like San Francisco have “the blood of dead Americans on their hands.” Mr. Trump vowed Wednesday to fight the case all the way to the Supreme Court, dismissing the new ruling as the latest errant decision from the country’s most liberal judicial circuit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sanctuary city crackdown best Trump blessing yet

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 1, 2015, file photo, from left, Brad Steinle, Liz Sullivan and Jim Steinle, the brother, mother and father of Kate Steinle who was shot to death on a pier, listen to their attorneys speak during a news conference on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Kate’s Law will give justice for the slain innocents

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who returned to the U.S. after multiple deportations, filed the fatal shot from a stolen government-issued firearm that killed Kate Steinle in "sanctuary city" San Francisco, authorities said.

Kate Steinle ‘Kate’s Law’: Congress gets another chance to pass immigration legislation

By S.A. Miller and Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in Granjeno, Texas, on June 25, 2014. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Failing America again

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on rising criminality in sanctuary cities by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

TAMMY BRUCE: Crime rises in sanctuary cities

By Tammy Bruce

Liz Sullivan, mother of Kathryn Steinle, is consoled by Sabine Durden as she cries during the testimony of Kathryn's father Jim Steinle during a Senate Judiciary hearing in Washington on Tuesday. The family told Congress they support changing the laws that allowed her alleged killer to remain in the United States despite being deported several times. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: American opposition to sanctuary cities

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES