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WEBVTT FANFARE, SUPPORT AND ALSOOPPOSITION.STUDENTS AT BURBANK HIGH SCHOOLARE NOW GETTING SOME EXTRAPROTECTION, EVEN IF THEY AREHERE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.>> THE SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIEDSCHOOL DISTRICT WANTS TO MAKESURE THAT UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTSAND THEIR PARENTS KNOW THAT WEWELCOME EVERYONE ON OUR SCHOOLSITES.AND THAT NO POLICY ON THEFEDERAL LEVEL IS GOING TO STOPUS FROM PROTECTING THOSESTUDENTS.MIKE: STARTING TOMORROW SIGNSLIKE THIS WILL BE GOING UPDISTRICT WIDE.ANNOUNCING THE SAFE HAVENPOLICY.>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING ATDISTRIBUTING 50,000 OF THESECARDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.MIKE: AND THESE KNOW YOUR RIGHTSCARDS WILL BE HANDED OUT TOSTUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERSACROSS THE DISTRICT.SAFE HAVEN MEANS THAT AGENTSFROM ICE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMSENFORCEMENT ARE PROHIBITED FROMENTERING CAMPUS WITHOUT SIGNEDAUTHORIZATION FROM THESUPERINTENDENT.OF THE 43,000 STUDENTS IN THEDISTRICT IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 1IN 5 WILL BENEFIT FROM ADDEDPROTECTIONS INCLUDING LEGALPROFESSIONALS ON CAMPUS.>> I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GREATBECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODYSHOULD GET A CHANCE TO GET THEIREDUCATION.MIKE: AND TEACHERS WE SPOKE WITHHER ALSO SUPPORTIVE.>> I FEEL STUDENTS SHOULDN'THAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT THERE'SALREADY ENOUGH FOR THEM TOWORRY.MIKE: BUT OPPONENTS INCLUDESACRAMENTO SHERIFF SCOTT JONESWHO TOLD US THAT FEDERAL LAWTRUMPS THE DISTRICT'S SAFE HAVENPOLICY.>> IMMIGRATION BY ALL ACCOUNTSINARGUABLY IS A FEDERAL ISSUE.THEN FEDERAL LAW PREVAILS.SO I'M NOT SURE HOW A SCHOOLDISTRICT OR EVEN A STATE FRANKLYCAN DECLARE THEMSELVES SOME SORT

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Sacramento city schools are launching a major public awareness campaign to protect undocumented students from immigration enforcement. The Sacramento City Unified School District is pledging not to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The Safe Haven campaign will include banners, lawn signs and printed cards to remind students of their legal rights. “The Sacramento City Unified School District wants to make sure that undocumented students –- and their parents -– know that we welcome everyone on our school sites,” district spokesperson Alex Barrios said. “And, that no federal policy on the federal level is going to stop us from protecting those students." Starting on Tuesday, signs and banners in multiple languages will be going up district announcing the Safe Haven policy, which board members voted into effect in December 2016. “Right now, we’re looking at distributing 50,000 of these cards throughout the district,” Barrios told KCRA 3. The “Know Your Rights” cards will be handed out to students, parents and teachers across the district. Safe Haven means that agents from ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are prohibited from entering campus without signed authorization from the district superintendent. Of the 43,000 students in the district, it’s estimated that one in five will benefit from added protections, including legal professionals on campus. “I feel like that’s great because I feel like everybody should get a chance to get their education,” Kennedy High School senior Billy Furlow said. Fifth grader Dana Lee addressed the Sacramento City Board of Education last week. “I just want to say that I am worried about (President Donald) Trump’s immigration law right now," Lees said. "I am worried and afraid that many of my friends might be impacted by deportation." Parents like Sheba Payne are worried, too. “I work with children who are undocumented, and they had no choice in coming here,” said Payne, who is a foster parent. “So, I totally support that they should be safe.” Teacher Duanna Challenger is also supportive of the Safe Haven policy. “I feel students shouldn’t have to worry about that," Challenger said. "There’s already enough for them to worry about.” Opponents to the campaign include three California sheriffs. Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones is one of them. “Immigration, by all accounts, unarguably is a federal issue,” he said. “Then federal law prevails, so I’m not sure how a school district -- or even a state, frankly -- can declare themselves some sort of a sanctuary against immigration law.” The larger issue is Senate Bill 54, which would make California a “sanctuary state,” meaning government agencies would offer no cooperation with federal immigration authorities. “It handcuffs us in our ability to protect people,” Jones said. “So, you will have violent criminals that do get out because of this bill. And many of them will go out and continue to victimize others.” Other Republicans are skeptical that Sacramento City Unified can actually keep immigration agents off campus. “They can do or say that all they want,” said Sen. Joel Anderson, R-San Diego County. “But there’s nothing preventing ICE from coming on to campus and collecting whomever they wish.” In response, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson Lori Haley explained the agency's sensitive locations policy, which “provides that enforcement actions at sensitive locations should generally be avoided, and require either prior approval from an appropriate supervisory official, or exigent circumstances necessitating immediate action." Haley added, “The Department of Homeland Security is committed to ensuring that people seeking to participate in activities or utilize services provided at any sensitive location are free to do so without fear, or hesitation.” SB 54 is scheduled for a hearing next Monday at the State Capitol.