DHS secretary can't say if gov't reaching out to Steinle family

 Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson could not say Tuesday whether the Obama administration was reaching out to the family of the young woman killed earlier this month on a San Francisco pier, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, after the family complained that no one had been in touch. 

During a Capitol Hill hearing, Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, asked Johnson if the administration had reached out to the Steinle family. 

Johnson initially said: "To who?" 

Chabot clarified he was talking about Kathryn Steinle, 32, who was killed in San Francisco, allegedly by an illegal immigrant who had a lengthy felony record and had been deported several times before. (Johnson, who had spoken about her case earlier in the hearing, later told Fox News he simply couldn't hear the question.)

Asked again if the administration was reaching out, Johnson said: "I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that question, sir." 

Chabot urged Johnson to check, and he said he would.

The Steinle family, though, maintains that nobody from the administration has reached out to them, ever since their daughter's death re-ignited a national debate over so-called sanctuary city policies and immigration enforcement. Murder suspect Francisco Sanchez had been in San Francisco custody but was released in April. 

Speaking with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, Kathryn's brother Brad Steinle said "nobody" from the White House or administration has reached out. 

"We have not heard a word," he said, adding: "I wish somebody would reach out to us." 

But he said much of the blame lies with the city sheriff, who he said also has not contacted him. 

"A lot of this lies on his shoulders," he said, explaining, "The system failed my sister in so many ways." 

While Johnson told the House Judiciary Committee he'd check on Chabot's request, the DHS secretary stressed that he reaches out to every sheriff or police chief who has had a law enforcement officer die in the line of duty.
 

 source:foxnews