The University of California’s board of regents will vote Thursday on allowing illegal immigrants to be employed across the campus system after activists had pushed for such a move — despite criticism that it would be illegal under federal law.
The university’s board is scheduled to vote on a policy on "equitable student employment opportunities."
"In response to a recent advocacy campaign, the University has assessed whether it would be appropriate to adopt a policy that would authorize the employment of student employees regardless of immigration status," an official summary says. "This assessment has included a review of legal theories that might be asserted in support of a new equitable access to employment policy."
The New York Times reported in October about how a coalition of "undocumented student leaders" and other legal scholars were proposing that the state begin employing students at the 10 campuses across the system.
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The proposal would appear to be in violation of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. But the Times reported that a "new legal analysis" drafted at UCLA argues that the law does not apply to states.
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