Agents for home protection tried to enter 2 Lausd schools. Here is what families should know

This week, federal agents tried to enter two uniform primary schools in Los Angeles.

Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said at a press conference on Thursday that the presence of the Department of Homeland Security was afraid of the educators and the surrounding community.

“My very first question begins there should have a Homeland security agent of a first grader or a second grader, a third grader or a fourth grader?” Said Carvalho.

The Department of Homeland Security said agents were traded in the interest of student security.

“These HSI officials (Homeland Security Investigations) were at these schools who carried out wellness reviews about children who arrived at the border unaccompanied,” said a DHS spokesman Laist via e -mail. “It had nothing to do with immigration authorities.”

Carvalho said this was the first time that federal agents have tried to enter the Lausdschulen since the beginning of the second term of office of President Donald Trump.

What happened this week?

Carvalho described the attempts from Homeland Security to meet a total of five students on the campus in South La.

• The Russell Elementary competed at around 10 a.m. on Monday at 10 a.m. Shortly afterwards, the agents also entered the Lillian Street Elementary. Both schools are located in the Florence-Firestone district west of Huntington Park.
• School employees asked for ID. When the employees tried to lose information, the agents stuck their IDs and refused to allow the employees to write down names and drawing numbers.
• The agents said they had the permission of shooters to enter the school and claimed they had the right to enter school. According to Carvalho: “We spoke to the housekeepers of these children, in some cases parents, and they refuse any interaction with these companies and certainly deny the provision of permits for these people.”
• The headmaster of each school refused to join the agents and contact the legal department of the district.
• The agents went.

A DHS spokesman confirmed this timeline of the events, but said that the purpose of the visit was to check the health and well -being of the students in question.

Carvalho said that the targeted schools were made available to some resources, including psychiatric social workers and consultants who deal with immigration, and this legal advisor is available.

However, the headmaster in the entire district notified families about “immigration authorities” this week, but did not state any details, including the response to an information request from Laist.

Carvalho said it was waiting to offer a public account to protect the students and avoid the media that rise in the two schools.

How does Lausd deal with concerns in connection with a migration background?

The policy of the district is not to exchange information or work with immigration authorities. Carvalho said that access to individuals within a school requires an arrest warrant. The board of the district declared Lausd A “Sanctuary District” in 2016 While Trump’s first office in office.

The district began news before the elections in November with immigration. Confirm support for students with a migration backgroundGiven the strong rhetoric of President Donald Trump to deport immigrants without papers.

The district Distributed cards “Know your rights” To students in January and students Were active In protest against the immigration policy of the Trump government.

Carvalho reproduced his own message on Thursday.

“I would be the biggest hypocrite in the world, regardless of my position today,” said Carvalho.

The Advocacy Group Fwd.Us are estimated 72,000 undocumented students In California K-12 schools.

Ilse Escobar, a joint organizer for United Teachers Los Angeles, told Laist that she was glad that the training of the main training works and wants to make sure that all employees know it well. “We start thinking more about the school staff that they have to be involved in the knowledge of the protocols,” she said.

In the California Senate Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) Introduction in legislation This requires schools and college campus to immediately notify students, parents and employees if immigration agents are available on the premises, similar to early warning systems for emergency warnings.

Carvalho said on Thursday that “all parents in this school community are automatically called when something like this happens.”