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EDUCATORS AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES Joint Ethnic Caucus Issues Conference Manhattan Beach, CA. May 6, 2017 Facilitated by Guillermo Memo Durgin CTA Region 1 Organizer WORKSHOP OUTCOMES 1.General overview of US immigration history
Joint Ethnic Caucus Issues Conference Manhattan Beach, CA. May 6, 2017 Facilitated by Guillermo “Memo” Durgin CTA Region 1 Organizer
1.General overview of US immigration history 2.Basic understanding of legal rights for educators and immigrant students 3.Review ways educators can support immigrant families in their chapters
INCLUDES THE MEXICAN REPATRIATIONS OF THE 1930S…
14th/15th Amendments
Chinese Exclusion Act
Reparations
WWII Japanese Internment
Operation “Wetback”
WHAT ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF US INTERVENTION IN THE WORLD?
Immigration and Naturalization Act
Death squads/ refugees
Operation “Hold the Line”
Post 9/11/01
Trump
Approximately 2.5 million undocumented
youth live in the United States.
Each year, 80,000 undocumented youth turn 18
years of age.
Each year, 65,000 undocumented youth graduate
from high school, of which only 5 to 10 percent enroll in college.
Of these undocumented youth enrolled in college,
➢ Calls for tripling the number of officers available for
immigration enforcement
➢ Drastically expands who the government considers a priority for
deportation
➢ Makes it easier to deport immigrants without due process; and ➢ Threatens to take away critical federal funding from “sanctuary cities”
CTA along with many school districts and other educational organizations are supporting Santa Clara County in its legal challenge to the EO
VICTORY (for now): Judge Orrick issued a preliminary injunction in County of Santa Clara, City & County of San Francisco, 17-cv- 00574-WHO, 17-CV-00485-WHO holding that the parties are "likely to succeed" in preventing enforcement of Section 9(a) of the Executive Order against sanctuary cities & counties.
➢ When parents are deported, entire families are
affected.
Children must either remain behind without parental
support or leave with their parents to a foreign and unknown country.
The removal of parents can also impact children's
ability to focus and perform in school, curtailing their educational opportunities.
Research shows that children who have had a parent
detained or deported experience:
increased occurrences of PTSD; the negative consequences of a sudden
loss of parental income, such as housing and food insecurity; and
increased risk of entering the child welfare
system
Over 700,000 people have received DACA
According to a recent survey:
Among those who are currently in school, 92% said
that because of DACA, “I pursued educational
These educational opportunities include: Including early childhood education,
biochemistry, computer science, creative writing, graphic design, neuroscience, nursing, social work, and urban planning, among many others.
(see) https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2016/10/1 8/146290/new-study-of-daca-beneficiaries-shows-positive-economic- and-educational-outcomes/)
➢ Trump has said that he intends to end the
DACA program; we don’t know exactly if, when, or how he might do this.
Concerns about the information that DACA
applicants have submitted on their applications.
DACA people would not necessarily be
automatically at greater risk of being deported if the DACA program is terminated.
DACA recipients are considered “low
priority”
DACA program has been high profile &
successful
BY THE POLICE OR ICE
Phone numbers to call Immigration lawyer's name and number Someone to take care of your family,
especially children & elderly
List of medications Put all important documents in a safe
place at home
Call United We Dream’s hotline to
Send text messages to 877877. If it’s possible, take photos and
THE DENIAL OF EDUCATION TO A GROUP OF CHILDREN “POSES AN AFFRONT” TO A BASIC GOAL OF EQUAL PROTECTION: ABOLISHING “OBSTACLES TO ADVANCEMENT ON THE BASIS OF INDIVIDUAL MERIT.”
Plyer v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202, 221 (1982).
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
▪ District cannot disclose personally
identifiable information in a student’s “education records”
▪ District can disclose “directory information”
without consent unless families have opted out
TEACHERS’ RIGHTS WHEN ENGAGING IN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY
Your protection is strongest when you engage in
activism OUTSIDE of work
First Amendment protection at work is LIMITED Tenured teachers and those with academic freedom
protections in their CBA have more protection
Schools can prohibit educators from engaging in
protests during work time
You could face criminal consequences for harboring
undocumented students or their families
REAFFIRM YOUR SUPPORT FOR ALL STUDENTS
http://www.cta.org/forallstudents INCLUSIVE LESSON PLANS http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/59206.htm SCHOOL BOARD ACTIVISM https://www.nea.org/assets/docs/ice-raids-fact-sheet-1.pdf CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT http://educationvotes.nea.org/neaedjustice/social-justice/issues/immigration/ STUDENT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lns99pZzu0
SANCTUARY PETITIONS https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebt9BS305_PDLU-vYNPeu-BPurRIM9_ZrBBrPQQ0xlEOMQMw/viewform (CUNY example)
You can make sure your students have access to info
about their rights if the district makes the info available
If your district does not make info available to
students, you can direct them to a resource or
Do not inquire or make assumptions about students’
immigration status
Either provide resources only to students who ask for
them or make info and resources available to all students
ACADEMIC FREEDOM LANGUAGE IN YOUR CBA
From Fremont Unified District Teachers Association CBA – Article 33
Academic freedom shall be guaranteed to each unit
member in the study, investigation, presentation, and interpretation of facts and ideas insofar as such facts and ideas reflect state and local prescribed courses of study.
Such academic freedom shall be subject to standards of
professional responsibility with due regard for the maturity level of the students, laws of the State of California, and District policy, and administrative rules and regulations.
In performing instructional functions, a unit member shall
have reasonable freedom to express personal opinions on all matters relevant to the course content, in an objective and judicious manner. A unit member, however, shall not utilize the instructional position to attempt to influence students with personal, political, and/or religious views…
You and your Association can work to ensure that:
District does not include immigration status in education records Educators do not include immigration status in education records District does not include place of birth in directory information Parents know they can opt out of directory information disclosure District does not release data without subpoena and legal advice
PREPARE COMMUNITY FOR A RAID OR ARREST
Create a network of friends, family, neighbors, etc. Phoenix, AZ: “barrio defense committees”
created to be ready to protest or take action if someone was taken by ICE.
Could include text tree, phone tree, noisemakers,
banners, videographers, photographers, legal
and community leaders such as educators.
SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE IN YOUR ASSOCIATION
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
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tienen-derechos-basicos/
w-your-rights-eng-casa-maryland.pdf
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Raids-Educators-Guide-2016-06.pdf
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