Progress demand in California by deny jobs a students university by their migratory status
The demand asks that authorizes the employment a the students of the system of the university of California, without have in account its status migratory
Lawyers that represent a students undocumented of the system of the university of California (Uc) presented on Friday arguments oral before the cut of appeal Lations of the state in a case that seeks suspend a policy that denies opportunities employment in its campus a the students, with base in its status migratory.
The case, Umaña Muñoz, Et al. Against Regents University Of California, was presented in 2024 by a exumno and a teacher of the university of California.
The lawyers of the demanding argue that the regents no are prohibited hire to undocumented because the federal law that prohibits l A Hiring of people undocumented, the law of reform and control of the immigration of 1986 (IRCA), no apply to the employers of the state government state.
In addition, the demand challenges the policy by consider it a violation of the prohibition of the law of equality in the employment and the housing of California (feha) over the discrimination by status migratory.
The student y the teacher are represented by lawyers of the center of right y politics of immigration (cilp) of the faculty of right of the university of California in the the angels (UCLA), the national network of day laborers y the the plug altshuler altshuler alshuler altshuler altshuler altshuler bron.
The demand arrives in a crucial moment for the status, because approximately 54,509 students university undocumented in California that no are eligible for daca, and 14,000 students undocumented are graduate of the secondary schools of California every year.
The demand only is applies to the UC, no a the other schools and universities public of California.
Includes A jobs study y work as internships remunerated and positions of student student in organizations of the campus; work for the students postgraduate as Researchers Y Assistants Teaching, practices required and other OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL Y PROFESSIONAL necessary for Plenary Access to the educational opportunities.
Without the possibility to work in the universities of Uc ni of search positions remunerated in the higher education , as positions of assistant of teaching e investi Gación, Many Students undocumented are forced to work in the informal economy, where are victims of abuse per part of employers without scruples.
Others abandon their studies because no can pay registration ni cover basic needs as feeding y housing.
The Dr. Iliana Pérez, a demanding, said in a statement published by ucla law: “California ha taken measures important to increase the access to the education higher for for studies the studies undershocumers. But the access by yes only no is enough. this case treats closed the gap of opportunities that prevents that the students undocumented are benefit fully of their education. the undocumented students grew in states United, attended to schools public and study higher higher with the sleep of contribute to the unique country that have known o. deny them the possibility to work, already by by of positions of research, practices or jobs in the campus, les prevents the future and decrease the investment of the state in its education ”.
“This case no is is alone of labor labor, but of equity, dignity and the future of the higher education in California. A victory in this case would affirm that all the students, independently of their status migratory, they have right to participate fully in the academic and professional life. we would approach to a california that really respect their values of inclusion and opportunity ”, assured Pérez.
“The employment in the campus is fundamental for that students of first generation y of low resources as we we can do reality our dream of a higher education also in a progress of our state. the interpretation erroneous per part of the uc of the law of reform and control of the immigration (IRCA) of 1986 is is deprivate a the university y a California of the contributions crucial, the innovation and the erudition that we can offer ”, declared the unundocummented Student-Led Network:

