Federal officials arrived, denied entry at L.A. schools amid immigration enforcement fears

Federal officials arrived and were denied introduction astatine 2 L..A. Unified simple schools this week, territory officials confirmed Wednesday, the archetypal reported lawsuit of an effort by U.S. authorities to participate a Los Angeles nationalist schoolhouse amid concerns of migration enforcement.

On Monday, 2 individuals arrived astatine Lillian Street Elementary School's main bureau and identified themselves arsenic “representatives of a national agency,” according to a connection schoolhouse officials sent to parents and others. Individuals besides showed up astatine Russell Elementary School. Both schools are located successful South Los Angeles’ Florence-Graham neighborhood.

On Wednesday, an LAUSD spokesperson confirmed the individuals were from the Homeland Security Investigations portion wrong the Department of Homeland Security, not agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. District officials did not accidental wherefore the individuals were determination oregon merchandise further details astir the visit.

“After pursuing District protocols, schoolhouse administrators denied introduction to the individuals, and they left,” schoolhouse officials said successful the connection to some schoolhouse communities. “We privation to reaffirm the District’s unwavering committedness to the well-being and acquisition of each students.”

A spokesperson from the Department of Homeland Security could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.

On Wednesday night, L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho issued a little connection astir the incidents.

"Our schools are places of inspiration, protection, empathy, and knowledge," Carvalho said. "Fear and menace shall beryllium met with courageousness and determination."

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“These are the lone 2 schools that reported activity. It appears our protocols are working,” an LAUSD spokesperson said successful an email to The Times, adding that territory argumentation calls for keeping schoolhouse campuses off-limits to migration authorities.

The LAUSD spokesperson said that different schools sent retired “precautionary messages” to their schoolhouse communities that referenced “reports of migration enforcement activity."

Rockdale Elementary School main Stefani Williams sent retired a connection to her Eagle Rock schoolhouse community, saying "LAUSD has informed america that they are alert of reports of migration enforcement activity."

Immigration agents bash not person to beryllium granted entree to a K-12 field without a warrant. The authorities has prepared guidance to assistance schoolhouse districts comply with authorities instrumentality limiting authorities and section information successful migration enforcement activities.

The territory has mandated employees person grooming astir what assistance oregon documentation they cannot oregon should not supply to national migration authorities.

Carvalho, successful preparing for migration enforcement nether the Trump administration, said successful January that helium was hopeful that agents could beryllium kept disconnected field entirely.

“What would the request beryllium to enforce immoderate benignant of ineligible proceeding wrong the field that could not beryllium done extracurricular of the school? We don’t judge it’s indispensable oregon appropriate," helium said successful January. "We bash not expect that immoderate national entity ... should person entree to schools to enforce migration policy, period.”

The L.A. Board of Education has passed a bid of resolutions stating that L.A. Unified volition beryllium a sanctuary for immigrants.

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