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SFUSD board urges Congress to prioritize children and families in immigration reform
Summary
The Board adopted a resolution calling on Congress and the president to prioritize children and families in comprehensive immigration reform, to streamline pathways for young people, and to protect family unity. The measure passed unanimously and the board will send copies to the congressional delegation.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education passed a resolution urging the president and Congress to prioritize the needs and rights of children and families in comprehensive immigration reform.
Commissioner Matt Haney read the resolution into the record, noting San Francisco’s large immigrant population and the board’s prior support for policies such as the DREAM Act and deferred action for childhood arrivals. The resolution calls for reform that prioritizes family unity, humane treatment and due process, access to higher‑education financial aid for undocumented students, and reasonable pathways to citizenship for long‑term residents and young people who grew up in the United States.
"Children of immigrant families face challenges that affect their educational attainment, including poverty, lack of access to health insurance, and housing instability," the measure states. It also asks that immigration judges consider family and child ties to the United States in cancellation determinations and that federal policy avoid separating children from families wherever possible.
The board voted to suspend the rules to consider the resolution and adopted it by roll call vote (7–0). The district will send copies of the resolution to the local congressional delegation and will advocate for amendments addressing the items enumerated in the text.
What happens next: The district will transmit the resolution to the San Francisco congressional delegation and may engage in further advocacy on provisions that affect students and families.
Sources: Full resolution read into the record by Commissioner Haney; roll‑call vote recorded by the board.
