San Francisco D.A.'s program trained illegal immigrants for jobs they couldn't legally hold

Jun. 21, 2009
As she runs for state attorney general, prosecutor Kamala Harris faces questions over a program that trained illegal immigrant drug felons for jobs and kept them out of jail. The assault on Amanda Kiefer at dusk in San Francisco's posh Pacific Heights was extraordinary enough for its cruelty.
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