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Committee advances bill to limit immigration arrests on or near school grounds
Summary
Assemblymember Marasuchi told the Senate Education Committee AB 49, known as the California Safe Haven Schools Act, would codify policies to restrict immigration arrests at or near public schools and require federal immigration agents to present a valid judicial warrant and identification, and to notify school officials before entering school grounds when students are present.
Assemblymember Marasuchi told the Senate Education Committee AB 49, known as the California Safe Haven Schools Act, would codify policies to restrict immigration arrests at or near public schools and require federal immigration agents to present a valid judicial warrant and identification, and to notify school officials before entering school grounds when students are present.
The bill’s proponents told the committee that the measure responds to a change in federal policy that rescinded prior guidance treating schools as sensitive locations exempt from enforcement activity. “Children cannot learn when they're under the…
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