--- description: Killing of Kathryn Steinle at Pier 14 "yet another example of why we must secure our border" title: Donald Trump Cites San Francisco Shooting in Border Control Remarks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Trump Says San Francisco Shooting Proves Him Right on Immigration by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2015 1:53 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2015 1:53 PM CUT Donald Trump said the fatal shooting of a young woman at a popular San Francisco tourist spot was further proof the U.S. needs to crack down on border control, his latest in a string of controversial comments about immigration policy. Kathryn Steinle, 32, was [gunned down at Pier 14](http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/SFPD-Investigating-Shooting-on-Embarcadero-311351081.html "undefined") in San Francisco on Wednesday. San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr told NBC Bay Area that the suspect arrested in the shooting — Francisco Sanchez — had “[made an admission](http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Francisco-Sanchez-Kathryn-Steinle-Accused-San-Francisco-Pier-Shooter-Should-Have-Been-Deported-Immigration-Officials-311581541.html "undefined")” with regards to the seemingly random shooting. Trump seized on the killing on Friday to tout his immigration views after it emerged that … [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-kathryn-steinle-death-pier-14-shows-need-border-n386646?cid=par-time-article%5F20150704 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3945766/donald-trump-san-francisco-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3945766/donald-trump-san-francisco-shooting/"},"headline":"Trump Says San Francisco Shooting Proves Him Right on Immigration","datePublished":"2015-07-04T13:53:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:57:47.581Z","description":"Killing of Kathryn Steinle at Pier 14 \"yet another example of why we must secure our border\"","url":"https://time.com/3945766/donald-trump-san-francisco-shooting/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3945766/donald-trump-san-francisco-shooting/","name":"Trump Says San Francisco Shooting Proves Him Right on Immigration"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Macy's Marks Just Latest Partner To Flee Donald Trump","description":"Macy's announced Wednesday it was severing ties with Donald Trump over his now infamous comments about Mexican immigrants.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2vPonyfM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-01T19:33:25.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2vPonyfM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3945766/donald-trump-san-francisco-shooting/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3945766/donald-trump-san-francisco-shooting/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```