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CSEA president urges Rialto Unified to treat immigration enforcement as crisis; board asks staff for ICE protocols update
Summary
At the July 16 board meeting, CSEA chapter president Christina Costa urged Rialto Unified to declare the rise in local immigration-enforcement activity a public crisis and to provide multilingual legal, counseling and community supports; trustees asked staff for a clear campus protocol and said counseling referrals and on-site services are available.
Christina Costa, president of the California School Employees Association chapter representing Rialto staff, told the Rialto Unified School District Board of Education on July 16 that many families and staff are living in ‘quiet, fearful anxiety’ because of local immigration-enforcement activity and called on the board to act.
“No child should have to start a school year in fear,” Costa said, urging the board to create accessible legal and advocacy resources, host safe informational meetings with immigration attorneys and trauma counselors, and support confidential parent and caregiver groups on school grounds or virtually.
The plea prompted trustees to seek clearer operational guidance. Trustee…
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