Lawsuit Challenges UC’s Claim That Federal Law Blocks Hiring Undocumented Students

Members of the coalition that’s been pushing to get the University of California to hire its undocumented students for campus jobs are now suing the university system, days after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have made such employment a reality.

The suit, filed Tuesday in the California Court of Appeals, argues that as a state agency, the UC has the legal authority to hire undocumented students.

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