Comment on California school districts questioned for seeking students’ immigration status

Civil rights groups asked California’s attorney general Monday to investigate dozens of school districts across the state that required parents to provide children’s Social Security numbers, their citizenship status and when they entered the country. Requiring families to provide such information not only raises legal concerns but can cause a “chilling effect,” deterring parents from enrolling children in school, said the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area and California Rural Legal Assistance.