Guidance on Immigration Issues
NEA Office of General Counsel (January 25, 2025)
This page includes various resources on the intersection of immigration issues and the education space, including info on immigration enforcement and safe zone policies.
Rapid Response Toolkit
CLINIC (November 19, 2024)
The new toolkit provides a guidance for communities on how to prepare and respond during and after an immigration raid.
Know Your Rights and Other Information
CLINIC (various dates)
This page includes various know your rights resources, including wallet-sized cards, flyers, and more.
Trump signs sweeping actions on immigration and border security on Day 1
Ximena Bustillo, NPR (January 20, 2025)
The Trump administration announced a slew of immigration related executive orders on its first day in the White House, including related to ending birthright citizenship, expanding immigration enforcement, and ending pathways to humanitarian relief.
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
ACLU (January 20, 2025)
The ACLU and other immigrant rights’ organizations sued the Trump administration over its attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at school. Some families are now weighing school attendance
By Olga R. Rodriguez, Moriah Balingit, Bianca Vázquez Toness, & Jocelyn Gecker, AP News (January 22, 2025)
The Trump administration has ended the Protected Areas policy, a policy in effect since 2011 instructing ICE not to conduct immigration enforcement operations in certain sensitive locations like schools, hospitals, and churches.
Judge blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship
Tierney Sneed, CNN (January 23, 2025)
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
How Schools Can Navigate Trump’s Immigration Policies
Ileana Najarro, Education Week (January 23, 2025)
Despite the recent rescission of the protected areas policy, there are a number of things schools can still do to protect immigrant students’ and families’ rights and access to education.
DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop providing support at immigration courts
Laura Romero, ABC News (January 23, 2025)
The Department of Justice has instructed legal service providers who receive federal funding to cease providing legal orientation and access programs that help individuals, families and children at risk of deportation.
Berkeley Talks: Coming of age as an unaccompanied migrant youth in the U.S.
Public Affairs, Berkeley News (January 24, 2025)
In a recent Berkeley Talks podcast, sociology professor Stephanie Canizales discusses her 2024 book, Sin Padres, Ni Papeles, which delves into the experiences of undocumented immigrant youth coming of age in the US without their parents. The podcast also features a panel of Berkeley professors who share their thoughts about the book, including Kristina Lovato, assistant professor of social welfare and CICW director.
