Senate Bill 1062

Senate Bill 1062 was originally introduced to strengthen protections for immigrant students in Puerto Rico’s public schools, regardless of their immigration status, by restricting federal immigration enforcement actions on school grounds and establishing safeguards for personal and confidential information. However, amendments approved by the Senate removed important protections, introduced ambiguities regarding administrative and judicial warrants, weakened safeguards for students and their families, and left open the possibility of immigration enforcement actions inside classrooms. In response to these concerns, the organizations participating in the

The ACLU of Puerto Rico is calling on the House of Representatives to reverse the amendments, restore the original protections, and hold public hearings to assess the bill’s implications for the fundamental rights of immigrant children. If these demands are not addressed, the organization is calling for the bill to be rejected.