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Immigration Information and Resources

This Resource Guide provides immigration information for families, schools, and community members from the State of California and the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE). Also included are related IUSD Board Policies and Administrative Regulations. Content will be updated as new information becomes available. IUSD is committed to fostering safe and welcoming learning environments for our more than 38,000 students and their families, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, country of origin, or immigration status, in accordance with the law and IUSD Board Policies. 

CA.gov Immigration and California Families Resources

State Immigration Information and Resources

Californians may have questions about public programs, their families' mixed immigration status, or what federal immigration policies mean for their daily lives. State resources can help answer those questions for families and groups that engage with immigrant families, such as schools, local governments, and community organizations. Learn more.

Additional Resources from the California Attorney General's Office

Orange County Department of Education Immigration Resources

OCDE Immigration Resources for Families and Schools

In response to potential changes to federal immigration policies, California leaders have reiterated their commitment to ensuring that all students, including those from immigrant families, have access to a safe and supportive education. This commitment has been outlined through legal protections and practical resources to assist schools and families. Learn more. 

IUSD Board Policies and Administrative Regulations

The following Board Policies and Administrative Regulations are in accordance with California state laws. 

The Board of Education desires to provide a welcoming, safe, and supportive school environment to ensure equal access to and opportunities for all students in the District's educational programs, guidance and counseling programs, athletic programs, testing procedures, and other activities. District programs and activities shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, intimidation, and bullying of any student based on the student's actual or perceived race or ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, ethnic group identification, immigration status, age, religion, actual or potential parental, family, or marital status, pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy or lactation, including related medical conditions or recovery, physical or mental disability, sex, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or genetic information; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

The Board prohibits discrimination, intimidation, bullying, or harassment of any student by any employee, student, or other person in the District. Prohibited harassment includes physical, verbal, nonverbal, or written conduct based on any of the categories listed above that is so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it affects a student's ability to participate in or benefit from an educational program or activity; creates an intimidating, threatening, hostile, or offensive education environment; has the purpose or effect of substantially or unreasonably interfering with a student's academic performance; or otherwise affects the student's educational opportunities.

The Superintendent or designee shall not inquire into or request documentation of a student's citizenship or immigration status, and shall not deny a student enrollment in a district school on the basis of the citizenship or immigration status of the student or their parents/legal guardians. Any information obtained about a student's or parent/legal guardian's citizenship or immigration status shall not be shared without parent/legal guardian consent or a lawful judicial order, in accordance with laws pertaining to the confidentiality of student records.

District (IUSD) personnel shall not inquire specifically about a student’s citizenship or immigration status or the citizenship or immigration status of a student’s parents or guardians; nor shall personnel seek or require, to the exclusion of other permissible documentation or information, documentation or information that may indicate a student’s immigration status, such as a green card, voter registration, a passport, or citizenship papers.

Immediately upon entering any school building or grounds, any person who is not a student of the school or a district officer or employee shall, when school is in session, report his/her presence and the reason for visiting the school to the principal or designee.  All volunteers, visitors and guests to IUSD sites are required to check in at the school office. The school must furnish them with identification to wear while on campus.    Any person the principal or designee asks to leave school grounds shall promptly comply.

No outsider—which would include immigration-enforcement officers—shall enter or remain on school grounds of the Irvine Unified School District during school hours without having registered with the principal or designee.  If there are no exigent circumstances necessitating immediate action, and if the immigration officer does not possess a judicial warrant or court order that provides a basis for the visit, the officer must provide the following information to the principal or designee:

  • Name, address, occupation;

  • Age, if less than 21;

  • Purpose in entering school grounds;

  • Proof of identity; and

  • Any other information as required by law.

The Irvine Unified School District shall adopt measures for responding to outsiders that avoids classroom interruptions, and preserves the peaceful conduct of the school’s activities, consistent with local circumstances and practices.

Irvine Unified School District personnel shall report entry by immigration-enforcement officers to any on-site school police or other appropriate administrator as would be required for any unexpected or unscheduled outside visitor coming on campus.