Proposition 187 prohibits public schools from admitting and allow-
ing the attendance of children who are not citizens or lawfully
admitted residents. Starting on January 1, 1995, each school district
must verify the legal status of each child enrolling in the district for
the first time. By January 1, 1996, each school district must verify the
legal status of every child already enrolled in the district as well as
that of the parents or guardians of those students. If the district
determines or “reasonably suspects” that a student, parent or
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Attorney General, and
the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Proposition 187 prohibits public post-secondary educational insti-
tutions from enrolling or permitting the attendance of students who
are not in the United States legally. Under the measure, each institu-
tion would be required to verify the legal status of every student at
the end of every term after January 1, 1995.
The measure limits the provision of public social services and of
publicly funded health care (except emergency care required by fed-
eral law) to U.S. citizens or lawfully admitted aliens. Agencies must
notify the authorities regarding the undocumented status of clients
seeking services.
The measure requires every law-enforcement agency in the state to
notify the Attorney General and the Immigration and Naturalization
Service of the apparent illegal status of those arrested.
Proposition 187 makes the manufacture of false immigration or cit-
izenship documents a felony punishable by a fine of $75,000 or
imprisonment for five years. It also makes the use of false immigra-
tion or citizenship documents a felony punishable by a fine of
$25,000 or a five-year prison term.
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