Resources for K-12 Educators
- Promoting a Safe and Secure Learning Environment for All: Guidance and Model Policies to Assist California’s K-12 Schools in Responding to Immigration Issues, California DOJ-Office of the Attorney General, December 2024.
- Guide from California to equip local educational agencies with the updated information and resources necessary to continue to provide safe, welcoming environments for all students and to safeguard the rights and privacy of students and their families.
- Legal Protections for Immigrant Students: A Guide for Educators, Los Angeles County Office of Education, 2024
- Presentation on California Assembly Bill 699 and Senate Bill 54: Safe Schools for Immigrant Students, what student rights are, and how CA schools can support immigrant students
- Protecting our Students Toolkit, English and Spanish, AFT, NILC, and CLASP, January 2025
- Comprehensive Guide on Immigration for Schools & Safe Zone School Resolution Guide, NEA
- The comprehensive guide includes links to several resources on how to keep schools safe from ICE enforcement and tips for how educators can support students and families impacted by ICE actions, and the guide on safe zones includes a model resolution.
- How School Districts Can Take Action to Protect Their Immigrant Students, The Century Foundation, December 2024
- Explains 2017 NYC Public School policy put in place to protect immigrant students from ICE enforcement, and how other school districts can model it.
- The Legal Authority for Sanctuary School Policies, NILC, August 2018
- Provides background on the rights of schools related to immigrant students and families, and provides guidance for creating sanctuary policies in school settings.
- Health Coverage Toolkit for Educators, The Children’s Partnership
- 9-8-8 Fact Sheet for Educators
Resources for Early Childhood Educators
- Safe Spaces Guide for Early Childhood Providers, UPDATED TO REFLECT 2025 CHANGES CLASP, 2022
- This guide provides practitioners, advocates, and policymakers with information and resources to design and implement “safe space” policies that safeguard early childhood programs against immigration enforcement.
- Guide: What to do if Immigration Comes to your Workplace, NELP and NILC
- Nonprofits Guidance-Regarding-Immigration-Enforcement, NYLPI
- Presentation: Rights of Businesses & Nonprofits when Interacting with ICE & Slides, Public Counsel
Resources for Students and Families
- Free Legal Services in California, CDSS
- Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- My School My Rights website, ACLU
- Learn more about student rights and what you can do to protect your rights if your school violates them!
- What to do if you Encounter ICE, ACLU SoCal
- Red Cards, ILRC
- Know Your Rights: Gender and Restrooms, ACLU NorCal
- Post Election Guidance for California’s LGBTQ+ Community, Equality California
- Queer and Transgender Immigrant Health Brochure
- Health Coverage Factsheet 2024-2025
- Public Charge Roadmap for Families, CA-PIF Coalition
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- Report Immigration Enforcement Actions Form, NILRA
- The National Immigration Legal Responders Alliance (NILRA) has created a Provisional NILRA Enforcement Actions Form to capture information on enforcement actions. This form will help to map locations and permutations of raids and enforcement actions in the coming days and weeks.
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