Our schools are safe spaces for all students and staff, no matter their immigration status, background, or personal circumstances. You are a valued part of our school community, and we remain unwavering in our commitment to upholding every student’s constitutional right to a public education.
Every student in California has the right to attend public school free from discrimination, harassment, violence, intimidation, and bullying.
(California Education Code [EC] 220, 234, et seq.)
All children in the United States, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, have the right to a free and appropriate public education.
(Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 [1982]).
You have the right to remain silent and do not have to discuss your immigration or citizenship status with police, immigration agents, or other officials. Anything you tell an officer can later be used against you in immigration court.
Retrieved from ACLU.org.
If you are not a U.S. citizen and an immigration agent requests your immigration papers, you must show them if you have them with you.
If an immigration agent asks if they can search you, you have the right to say no. Agents do not have the right to search you or your belongings without your consent or probable cause.
If you’re over 18, carry your papers with you at all times. If you don’t have them, tell the officer that you want to remain silent, or that you want to consult a lawyer before answering any questions.