Los Angeles schools distributing ‘red cards’ to help immigrant families ‘assert constitutional rights’

KTLA ^ | January 28, 2025 | by: Will Conybeare

[artichokegrower]

Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District are now distributing “red cards” – also known as “Know Your Rights” cards – and other resources to remind immigrant community members what their legal rights are.

The cards, which are about the size of a credit card, will help immigrant Angelenos “assert their constitutional rights in encounters with federal law enforcement officials,” according to the Community Resource Guide for Immigrant Angelenos, which was put together by the L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ Office of Immigrant Affairs and is now being made available by LAUSD.

[artichokegrower]

Hey you property owners down in Los Angeles. This is how your school bond money is being spent.

[George from New England]

All in spanish I presume.

[hdbc]

What constitutional rights do illegal invaders have?

[Psalm 73]

Karen Bass doubles down on Marxism.

If LA residents want recovery, they may have to recall the mayor first.

[madison10]

They have no “constitutional rights.”

[Celtic Conservative]

Immigrant Angelenos? Their very presence in the country is a crime. They are not from Los Angeles. That they aren’t is exactly the point regarding their removal.

CC

[rlmorel]

They have NO Constitutional rights. They are not Americans.

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8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

(a) Criminal penalties

(1)

(A) Any person who—

(i) knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated port of entry or place other than as designated by the Commissioner, regardless of whether such alien has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such alien;

(ii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law;

(iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;

(iv) encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or

(v)

(I) engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or

(II) aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).


(B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—


(i) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i) or (v)(I) or in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A) (ii), (iii), or (iv) in which the offense was done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;

(ii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;

(iii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) during and in relation to which the person causes serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of title 18) to, or places in jeopardy the life of, any person, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and

(iv) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or both.


(C) It is not a violation of clauses [1] (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A), or of clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) except where a person encourages or induces an alien to come to or enter the United States, for a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States, or the agents or officers of such denomination or organization, to encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the United States to perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or organization in the United States as a volunteer who is not compensated as an employee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic living expenses, provided the minister or missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least one year.


(2) Any person who, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever, such alien, regardless of any official action which may later be taken with respect to such alien shall, for each alien in respect to whom a violation of this paragraph occurs—

(A) be fined in accordance with title 18 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or

(B) in the case of—

(i) an offense committed with the intent or with reason to believe that the alien unlawfully brought into the United States will commit an offense against the United States or any State punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year,

(ii) an offense done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or

(iii) an offense in which the alien is not upon arrival immediately brought and presented to an appropriate immigration officer at a designated port of entry, be fined under title 18 and shall be imprisoned, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(iii), not more than 10 years, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(i) or (B)(ii), not less than 3 nor more than 10 years, and for any other violation, not less than 5 nor more than 15 years.


(3)
(A) Any person who, during any 12-month period, knowingly hires for employment at least 10 individuals with actual knowledge that the individuals are aliens described in subparagraph (B) shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

(B) An alien described in this subparagraph is an alien who—
(i) is an unauthorized alien (as defined in section 1324a(h)(3) of this title), and

(ii) has been brought into the United States in violation of this subsection.
(4) In the case of a person who has brought aliens into the United States in violation of this subsection, the sentence otherwise provided for may be increased by up to 10 years if—
(A) the offense was part of an ongoing commercial organization or enterprise;

(B) aliens were transported in groups of 10 or more; and (C)
(i) aliens were transported in a manner that endangered their lives; or

(ii) the aliens presented a life-threatening health risk to people in the United States.


(b) Seizure and forfeiture
(1) In general
Any conveyance, including any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, that has been or is being used in the commission of a violation of subsection (a), the gross proceeds of such violation, and any property traceable to such conveyance or proceeds, shall be seized and subject to forfeiture.

(2) Applicable procedures
Seizures and forfeitures under this subsection shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 46 of title 18 relating to civil forfeitures, including section 981(d) of such title, except that such duties as are imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws described in that section shall be performed by such officers, agents, and other persons as may be designated for that purpose by the Attorney General.

(3) Prima facie evidence in determinations of violations
In determining whether a violation of subsection (a) has occurred, any of the following shall be prima facie evidence that an alien involved in the alleged violation had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law:

(A) Records of any judicial or administrative proceeding in which that alien’s status was an issue and in which it was determined that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law. (B) Official records of the Service or of the Department of State showing that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.

(C) Testimony, by an immigration officer having personal knowledge of the facts concerning that alien’s status, that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.

(c) Authority to arrest
No officer or person shall have authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except officers and employees of the Service designated by the Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.

(d) Admissibility of videotaped witness testimony
Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the videotaped (or otherwise audiovisually preserved) deposition of a witness to a violation of subsection (a) who has been deported or otherwise expelled from the United States, or is otherwise unable to testify, may be admitted into evidence in an action brought for that violation if the witness was available for cross examination and the deposition otherwise complies with the Federal Rules of Evidence.

(e) Outreach program
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall develop and implement an outreach program to educate the public in the United States and abroad about the penalties for bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of this section.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 274, 66 Stat. 228; Pub. L. 95–582, § 2, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2479; Pub. L. 97–116, § 12, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 99–603, title I, § 112, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3381; Pub. L. 100–525, § 2(d), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2610; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60024, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1981; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title II, §§ 203(a)–(d), 219, title VI, § 671(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–565, 3009–566, 3009–574, 3009–720; Pub. L. 106–185, § 18(a), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 108–458, title V, § 5401, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3737; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 796, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2165.)

[fidelis]

What constitutional rights do illegal invaders have?

Above basic human rights, I can't think of any.

[EinNYC]

First Karen Bass, the incredibly stupid agenda-driven moron, sets up a situation just about guaranteed to result in a disastrous loss of property, even life. Then she issues a card helping the people who have NO STAKE in said property or life—illegal criminal invaders. So first she ensures loss from the fires, then from thievery from people who don’t even belong here. Just set her in the street and run her over, get rid of the curse of her.

[cgbg]

The way I read the law is that the entire school district can be seized and put under federal control.

[SPDSHDW]

Legally, none.
According to the Democrats, some pigs are more equal then others.

[hanamizu]

What constitutional rights do illegal invaders have?

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All the rights you and I have. The Fourteen Amendment says that states cannot deprive ‘any persons’ of life liberty or property without due process of law.

But that begs the question, how does the L.A. Unified School District know who to give the red cards to? Are they keeping track of students’ immigration status. Perhaps such records can be subpoenaed.

[Frank Drebin]

Good. They’ll have something to read on the plane home. Throw in a bag of peanuts and we’ve given them more than they deserve.

[Brian Griffin]

Invaders who commit crimes should be removed. This is something Team Trump has legal authority to do.

The non-thug invaders should be financially squeezed by all means we can think of, hopefully right out of the USA:

1. no welfare, except Medicaid/Kidscare, for persons under age 2,
2. limit welfare to US born persons (an anchor baby shouldn’t be able to support a family on your tax dollars),
3. change Section 8 to pay by citizen adult/head of household, up to 2, and by child born in the USA, up to 2,
if more money is needed, let the recipients borrow from their relatives’ Social Security accounts,
starting with the parents of the adult class recipients,
4. future financings of motor vehicles requiring insurance under state law
to require insurance paid through the key financier,
with unlimited liability for each financing party involved, jointly and severely, if the insurance is not in place,
5. no alien to be permitted to acquire such a vehicle except with a down payment on the vehicle of at least $2,000,
6. an annual motor vehicle use fee of $1,999 for an alien not married to a US citizen,
payable if desired in monthly installments of $190,
which must be paid to operate a mandated insurance vehicle in a city, county or parish
having built-up area orange shading in the 2020 Rand McNally Road Atlas,
[That would exempt agricultural workers. Rural areas typically lack mass transit.]
7. confiscation of motor vehicles if driven in violation 4,5, or 6,
8. a CO2 emissions motor vehicle sales tax by vehicle weight, fully deductible on income tax,
[an illegal that crashes a vehicle every six months would pay every six months
as much as a domestic driver that drives safely for a dozen years or more would pay for as long as he/she owns the vehicle],
9. a remittance tax of 10% on the first $2,000, 15% on the next $2,000, and then 20%,
levied on a running 12-months basis,
10. remittances to be held two days for each $1,000 per sender over a 12-month period,
federal law enforcement may add a delay of up to 30 days,
and judges may add delays of up to 30 days per order,
[to give law enforcement time to examine remittances],
11. aliens can only send money to the US or to a country from which they have a valid passport
[to impede payment to Mexican cartels],
12. an additional alcoholic beverage tax of 50 cents per 16 ounces of beverage, by container,
to be charged unless paid for by a person with
a picture ID suitable for purchase of alcohol and integral/matching proof of legal residence in the USA
[a six-pack of Corona would cost the invader almost $15].

This will require changes in our laws, which should be done ASAP. Trump needs to work with Congress. Some changes can be made at the state level.

Confiscating an invader’s uninsured car is not going to cause whining among voters.

The prime confiscation pathways would be federal interstate highways.

And if the aliens shun federal highways, we’ll have probable cause to suspect they are aliens illegally in the USA.

[JBW1949]

Cannot the mayor be arrested???

She is aiding and abetting the illegals...

[PeterPrinciple]

https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas

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false hope in my opinion. but the libs are doing something.

[Iron Munro]

Would that be the constitutional rights for their scat-hole countries where they are citizens?

Or for our country where they are law breakers and illegal trespassers?

[ansel12]

It seems the liberals in government can leap into action and act quickly when they want to fix something they don’t like.

[rlmorel]

They should ALL watch this video:

LINK: With Bob and David: Know Your Rights

NOTE: This video is comedy (hilarious comedy) not real, about five minutes long, and I laugh every single time I watch it! (you may recognize some of the people in it...:)

[Brian Griffin]

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects....”

The ilícitos are not “of the people” IMO.