SF board changes tack on immigrant minors

By JULIANA BARBASSA Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco is changing the way it deals with illegal immigrant minors who run into trouble with the law.

The Board of Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday to a measure that would keep law enforcement from turning over minors to immigration authorities unless they have been found guilty of a felony.

The move reverses the mayor's policy, which required undocumented youth to be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement after they're arrested.

The mayor adopted the stance in May 2008, after a teenager who was not deported was charged with the shooting deaths of a man and his two sons.

The mayor has vowed to veto the measure, but the supervisors can overturn his veto.