By Megan Myscofski 

The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to enter schools in its first week. Now, California lawmakers are working on new state-level restrictions to prevent that.

Assembly Bill 49 authored by Democratic Assembly member Al Muratsuchi from Torrance would require immigration agents to have permission from school district or county leadership, a valid ID, and a statement of purpose in addition to the warrant. It would also restrict them to areas where students are not present.

“We want our school employees to verify that you can't just come on to our public school grounds, our public school campuses, or I extended my bill to the covered child care facilities,” Muratsuchi said. 

Senate Bill 48 from Long Beach Democratic Senator Lena Gonzalez would require a juridical warrant for agents to access schools, records or information about a student, their family or school staff. 

A third — Senate Bill 98 — was introduced in January by Pasadena Democratic Senator Sasha Renée Pérez and would require schools to notify students and parents if federal immigration officials enter school grounds. 

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