Schools should be safe learning environments, not arenas for immigration crackdowns. Yet many of the components of the school-to-prison pipeline that cast students of color into the criminal justice system pose a particular threat to immigrant students.

Schools involve police in several ways: as district employees (school police officers), as local police officers working in schools (school resource officers), or by being called in from the outside on demand. Some law enforcement agencies also have working arrangements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).