Immigration Enforcement Action Response and Emergency Contact Notification
Summary In accordance with Assembly Bill 21 Public postsecondary education: Access to Higher Education for Every Student, establishes University requirements for compliance with immigration enforcement actions, for notifying the AB-21 Point of Contact or Chancellor’s Designee, and for notifying the emergency contacts of its community members when there is reason to suspect that a student, faculty, or staff person has been taken into custody as a result of an immigration enforcement action. Where applicable, the University may also be responsible for union notification. This local implementing procedure sets forth Unit response actions and process for notifying the required emergency contacts when an immigration enforcement action is suspected.
Union Agreements - employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Process Overview Immigration Enforcement Action Response
If any student, faculty, or staff person obtains information that a federal immigration agent or DHS agent has, or plans to enter campus to enforce an immigration action, or an employee is being detained by such an immigration enforcement officer who wishes to interrogate, search or seize the person or property of any employee on the University's premises, the Unit Head or Designee must immediately:
Notify AB-21 Point of Contact, Chancellor’s Designee via phone at 831-459-7003 (currently AVC Garrett Naiman; and/or Back-Up AVC/Dean of Students, Lucy Rojas) for assessment, consult, and/or to convene the UCSC AB21 Response team. For urgent matters, call 831-502-5009, or deanofstudents@usc.edu, available 24/7.
Arrange a confidential location for the action, if applicable
Emergency Contact Notification if Employee is Believed to Have Been Taken into Custody for Immigration Enforcement Action
Unit Head or Designee collects and maintains up to date Emergency Contact Log information for all staff, in alignment with business continuity processes
Once an immigration order has been verified and executed, if the Unit Head or Designee believes an employee has been taken into custody as a result of an immigration enforcement action, on or off UC property, through receipt of a warrant, etc, the Unit Head or Designee must: