Suspect in shooting of San Francisco tourist has extensive criminal record Francisco Sanchez has seven felony convictions and has been deported five times, according to a federal agency Francisco Sanchez US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had turned Sanchez over to authorities in San Francisco on 26 March on an outstanding drug warrant, agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice said. A man suspected in the shooting death of a woman at a busy San Francisco tourist destination has seven felony convictions and has been deported five times, most recently in 2009, a federal agency said on Friday. Related: Donald Trump links shooting death in San Francisco with border control The case provided further fuel for the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who on Friday claimed it was “yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately”. Trump has been condemned by Hispanic leaders, the Mexican government and some other 2016 hopefuls, for a series of derogatory remarks about illegal immigrants to the US. “This is an absolutely disgraceful situation and I am the only one that can fix it,” the billionaire developer and television personality said. “Nobody else has the guts to even talk about it.” US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had turned Francisco Sanchez over to authorities in San Francisco on 26 March on an outstanding drug warrant, agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice said. He was booked into the San Francisco County jail from federal prison, according to a statement from the San Francisco sheriff’s department, which operates the jail. Police officers arrested Sanchez about an hour after Wednesday’s seemingly random shooting dead of Kathryn Steinle at Pier 14 – one of the busiest attractions in the city. People gather there to take in the views, joggers exercise and families push strollers at all hours. Sanchez was on probation for an unspecified conviction, police sergeant Michael Andraychak said on Thursday. Kice said ICE issued a detainer for Sanchez in March, requesting notification of his release and that he stay in custody until immigration authorities could pick him up. The detainer was not honored, she said. Freya Horne, counsel for the sheriff’s office, said Friday that federal detention orders are not a legal basis to hold someone, so Sanchez was released 15 April. San Francisco is a sanctuary city, and local money cannot be spent to cooperate with federal immigration law. The city does not turn over people who are in the country illegally unless there’s an active warrant for their arrest, she said. Horne said they checked and found none. ICE could have issued an active warrant if they wanted the city to keep him, she said. “It’s not legal to hold someone on a request to detain. This is not just us. This is a widely adopted position,” Horne said. Steinle was gunned down while out for an evening stroll with her father along the waterfront. Police said witnesses heard no argument or dispute before the shooting, suggesting it was a random attack. Liz Sullivan told the San Francisco Chronicle the killing of her daughter was unbelievable and surreal. “I don’t think I’ve totally grasped it,” Sullivan said. Police sergeant Michael Andraychak said witnesses snapped photos of Sanchez immediately after the shooting, and the images helped police make the arrest while he was walking on a sidewalk a few blocks away. Police were still waiting for fingerprint identification on Sanchez, who is believed to be a 45-year-old whose last address was in Texas. Authorities said he does not yet have a lawyer who could be reached for comment. Sullivan told the Chronicle that her 32-year-old daughter turned to her father after she was shot and said she didn’t feel well before collapsing. “She just kept saying, ‘Dad, help me, help me,’” Sullivan said. Her father immediately began CPR before paramedics rushed the woman to the hospital. “She fought for her life,” Sullivan said. Steinle went to high school and previously lived about 40 miles east of San Francisco, the newspaper said. She recently moved just blocks from the waterfront and worked for a medical technology company.