From the Daily Bruin: UCLA is asking community members to inform UCPD if immigration officers enter or are expected to enter campus to execute federal immigration orders. The university issued the notice in a... BruinPost [see below], noting in the message that it has “no indication or reports” suggesting immigration enforcement operations will occur on campus. The BruinPost also advised community members “responding to or having contact with an immigration officer executing a federal immigration order” to immediately contact UCPD, as well as campus counsel.
Steve Lurie, the associate vice chancellor for campus and community safety, said in an interview Thursday that the university will notify students and staff if it can confirm immigration enforcement officers are on campus and performing immigration enforcement activities. He added that the notification would be a campuswide email and not a BruinALERT, noting that the university saves such alerts “for emergencies or danger to campus.”
...Lurie also said the notifications would not be preemptive or “a real-time notification that immigration authorities are in a certain place on campus,” adding that such alerts could be considered obstruction of justice...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2025/12/11/ucla-shares-immigration-enforcement-policies-procedures-in-accordance-with-ca-law.
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Dear Bruin Community:
With the passage SB 98 (2025) and the continuing practice of AB 21 (2017), state law requires that you be notified of several policies and procedures in place with regard to possible immigration enforcement on campus. These laws require both the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and requests the University of California, to establish various policies and procedures on our campuses to foster a campus environment that is safe and inclusive for all members of our community, regardless of immigration status. This includes a notification when the presence of immigration enforcement is confirmed on campus.
We have no indication or reports that such activities will occur on our campus. However, we want the campus to be aware of UC’s position and our intentions regarding communicating with the campus community.
It is important to note that federal immigration agencies can and do enter campus for non-enforcement activities, which can include recruitment and activities related to normal immigration visa processing. The below procedures and information relate only to immigration enforcement activities.
Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Safety Officer Steve Lurie will host informational sessions with the campus in the new year to share more about SB98 and how UCLA will implement the new legal requirement.
For a broader overview of UC’s policies and procedures relating to undocumented members of our community, please see UC’s Statement of Principles in Support of Undocumented Members of the UC Community, reissued in January 2025, and Frequently Asked Questions for University Employees about Possible Federal Immigration Enforcement Actions on University Property.
For up-to-date information for our campus, please visit Federal Updates for the UCLA Community.
Please review the following to ensure awareness and preparedness in the event of immigration enforcement activity on campus:
1. Please notify UCPD at 310-825-1491 as soon as possible if you are advised that an immigration officer is expected to enter, will enter or has entered the campus to execute a federal immigration order.
2. Students, academic employees and staff responding to or having contact with an immigration officer executing a federal immigration order should contact UCPD at 310-825-1491 and campus counsel at 310-825-3828 for purposes of verifying the legality of any warrant, court order or subpoena. Inform the officer that you are not obstructing their access but are following campus protocol.
3. UCLA Student Affairs, Academic Affairs and Personnel and Employee and Labor Relations are available as contacts if you are or may be subject to an immigration order or inquiry on campus. Unless permitted by federal and state education privacy laws, these designees are prohibited from discussing your personal information, including immigration status, with or revealing that personal information to anyone. Please contact:
• Students: Dean@saonet.ucla.edu
• Academic employees: apoSB98notice@conet.ucla.edu
• Staff: Employee.Relations@chr.ucla.edu
4. For more information about your legal rights in an immigration enforcement situation, please consult no-cost counsel at the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center; this Know your Rights Card; and these flyers for students and flyers for employees, including student workers.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
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