Employees, volunteers and school police will patrol near an estimated 100 campuses and set up so-called “safe zones” in neighborhoods that have a high population of Latinos.

LAUSD opens schools with unprecedented protections amid ICE raids, deploying staff and volunteers to create safe zones around 100 schools. The district's efforts follow recent incidents involving federal agents and aim to shield students from immigration enforcement actions.

A group of teachers, in collaboration with the community organization Union del Barrio, is launching "teacher patrols" to protect students from potential ICE raids.