Supporting Vulnerable Students and Employees

If you are approached by someone asking for information about a student or employee or seeking access to non-public areas of campus, please follow these steps:

• The District will share information about students and employees with law enforcement or immigration officers only when legally required to do so. Before sharing any information, including identifying students enrolled in a course, please contact District Police Services
  at 408-270-6468. Police Services will contact the appropriate District or College administrator and dispatch an officer to your location.

• Ask the individual who they are and what agency the represent. If they say immigration or any law enforcement agency, obtain their name, title, and badge number. 

• Be polite and professional. Do not lie to immigration or law enforcement officers or agents and do not physically interfere with their activities, even if they appear to be acting outside of their authority. 

• Once you call Police Services, you may remain in the vicinity of the immigration officer and take notes on what you observe. You may return to work if an employee other than you has been designated to document the interaction.
   

As a reminder:

• No employee other than the Chancellor, President, or their designee(s) can consent to entry of District facilities by immigration enforcement officers. 

• The Chancellor, President, or designee must verify the legality of any warrant, court order, or subpoena.

• No employee shall attempt to physically interfere with an immigration enforcement officer, even if the officer appears to be acting without consent or exceeding the authorization given under a warrant or other legal order.

• No employee shall discuss or otherwise share the personal information—including immigration status—of any student or employee, unless permitted by state and federal law.