Los Angeles Schools Prepare for Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
School officials, state lawmakers have issued guidance, rolled out tools & policies & proposed legislation to limit federal immigration enforcement.
Los Angeles school officials have a message for President-elect Donald Trump about his promised immigration crackdown: we’re ready for you.
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who came to the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant from Portugal, said this week the nation’s second largest district is preparing for the incoming administration’s planned mass deportations.
The district has begun mandatory training for staff in how to respond if federal immigration officers appear at or nearby schools, Carvalho said, and has produced ‘know your rights’ cards to be distributed to students, with directions on how to behave if approached by immigration agents.