It says school officials “should not consent to access by an immigration enforcement officer unless he/she declares exigent circumstances or has a federal judicial warrant.”

Still, Bass is not the first California political leader to lead in absentia during a moment of exigent crisis.

For example, the City Council could still impose a hiring freeze at the commission, or even intervene in its spending plans, if it found there were “exigent circumstances.”

Moreover, while the court acted with some dispatch in the immunity case, it was nowhere near as quick as in other exigent cases.

“Texas has demonstrated that even in the most exigent circumstances, it will not allow Border Patrol access to the border to conduct law enforcement and emergency response activities.”