California schools must create plans to notify parents and teachers when immigration enforcement is on campus under legislation passed by the state Legislature. The measure also requires California State universities and community colleges, and asks University of California campuses, to send alerts to students, faculty and staff when immigration enforcement is present. The bill heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has until Oct. 12 to sign it; the legislation would remain in effect until 2031. Lawmakers advanced related measures banning immigration enforcement from nonpublic school or hospital areas without a warrant. Supporters cited student safety and harms to undocumented students; some families welcomed alert systems.
California schools would have to create plans for notifying parents and teachers when immigration enforcement is on campus under a bill passed Tuesday by the state Legislature. The bill would also require California State universities and community colleges, and request University of California campuses, to send alerts to students, faculty and staff when immigration enforcement is present. It now heads to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has until Oct. 12 to sign it into law. The legislation would remain in effect until 2031.
"Students cannot learn unless they feel safe," Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi said. "For decades we had a bipartisan agreement to keep educational institutions, schools, campuses, free from immigration enforcement activities." The bill was part of a slate of proposals lawmakers passed Tuesday in an effort to protect families from the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. "No one should ever be afraid to go to school," California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said. "But that's what's been created in this climate."
The Legislature also advanced bills banning immigration enforcement from entering nonpublic areas of school or hospital grounds without a warrant. "The presence of immigration enforcement officers can have detrimental effects on students -- especially those who may be undocumented or otherwise without permanent status," said state Sen. Sasha Renee Perez of Pasadena, who authored the California bill. Other Democratic-led states introduced legislation this year aimed at protecting immigrants in their homes, at work and during police encounters amid Trump's mass deportation plans.
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