Front desk card: if immigration agents arrive
A printable from School and Child Care ICE Response. Fill it in by hand. Nothing you write is collected by this website.
Front desk card: if immigration agents arrive
Stay calm. Be polite. Do not touch or block anyone.
- Say: "I need to get direction from our administrator first."
- Call: Administrator ____________ Backup ____________ Counsel ____________
- Ask for and write down: name, badge number, agency, supervisor's phone.
- Ask: "Why are you here?" Write the answer.
- Ask: "May I see your paperwork?" Copy every page.
- Check the signature:
- Signed by an immigration officer (Form I-200, I-205, or a subpoena): do not consent. Call counsel.
- Signed by a federal judge: call counsel. You usually must comply.
- Say: "I do not consent to you entering nonpublic areas or searching."
- If they say it is an emergency, let them in and call the administrator right away.
- Keep children with staff in a nonpublic space. No interview without a parent's consent or a judge's order.
- Write notes now: who, what, when, which paper, what was said.
Never share a student's or staff member's address, schedule, records or family information without a judge's paper.
Report: BCJ@doj.ca.gov (schools) or oag.ca.gov/ab495/reporting (licensed child care).
From School and Child Care ICE Response. Facts checked October 21, 2026. Free information, not legal or medical advice.