Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate faced charges in the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle.
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Steinle was shot and killed while walking along Pier 14 in San Francisco with her father.
Garcia-Zarate, an undocumented migrant, was eventually acquitted of murder and manslaughter in 2017.
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However, he was found guilty on gun charges and now faces deportation, according the New York Times.
The killing sparked fierce debate over San Francisco's sanctuary city policy at the time.