Immigration Inclusion and Support
A Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Support for All MVLAHSD Families
The Board of Trustees is committed to the success of all students and believes that every school site should be a safe and welcoming place for all students and their families irrespective of their citizenship or immigration status. District staff shall not solicit or collect information or documents regarding the citizenship or immigration status of students or their family members or provide assistance with immigration enforcement at district schools, except as may be required by state and federal law. (Education Code 234.7)
No student shall be denied equal rights and opportunities nor be subjected to unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying in the district's programs and activities on the basis of his/her immigration status. (Education Code 200, 220, 234.1)
- Know Your Rights 2025
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- The full "Know Your Immigration Rights" consumer alert is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
Know your rights
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Know your rights
You have the right to remain silent and do not have to discuss your immigration or citizenship status with police, immigration agents, or other officials. Anything you tell an officer can later be used against you in immigration court.
If an immigration agent asks if they can search you, you have the right to say no. Agents do not have the right to search you or your belongings without your consent or probable cause.
Immigration officials must have a judicial warrant (not an administrative warrant) that names an individual specifically and signed by a judge to conduct a search.
Every student in California has the right to attend public school free from discrimination, harassment, violence, intimidation, and bullying.
(California Education Code [EC] 220, 234, et seq.)
All children in the United States, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, have the right to a free and appropriate public education.
(Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 [1982])
