Senator Sasha Renée Pérez says immigration enforcement agents should have no place on California college campuses

SACRAMENTO –Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) issued the following statement on Cal Poly Pomona’s initial plan to allow federal immigration enforcement authorities to recruit at an on-campus career fair before deciding to postpone the event:

“Our office has received several reports from students that Cal Poly Pomona would be hosting ICE on campus during a career fair. In response, our office reached out to the CSU system to inquire about this event. Since then, administrators have confirmed that the event has been postponed.

“I understand the community’s outrage about ICE being allowed on campus for a career fair. 

“ICE should have no place on our campuses, and certainly should not be given space to recruit people to join their cruel, terror squad. 

“As the Chair of the Senate Education Committee, ensuring all students feel safe on college and university campuses is a priority to me. This is why I’ve authored SB 98, the SAFE Act, in partnership with student leaders to ensure students and campus communities are informed if immigration enforcement authorities show up on campus.”

Background:

Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) is the author of SB 98, the SAFE Act, to alert school communities if immigration enforcement authorities show up on campus and SB 805, the No Vigilantes Act, which will expand the scope of existing police impersonation laws by making it illegal to impersonate peace officers, including federal agents, and require all law enforcement operating in California to clearly display identification that includes their agency and either a name or badge number or both. This bill also authorizes law enforcement to request identification from anyone claiming to be law enforcement, and bans bounty hunters from engaging in any form of immigration enforcement in California.

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Senator Sasha Renée Pérez is Chair of the Senate Education Committee and represents the 25th Senate District that includes the communities of Glendale, Pasadena, Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Claremont, Glendora, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta-Montrose, Monrovia, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, Temple City, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, and San Antonio Heights.