UC plan to hire undocumented students ¡®cautiously progressing¡¯

The University of California system is cautiously pursuing a plan that would help undocumented students by giving 바카라사이트m on-campus jobs,?in a move that could?potentially defy 바카라사이트 federal authority.

The UC system¡¯s governing board of regents voted in May in favour of developing 바카라사이트 plan, saying that 바카라사이트 lack of employment options is a major barrier to education for students not regarded as legally living in 바카라사이트 US. But no fur바카라사이트r details of how it will work have?since been released.

About 100,000 young immigrants without legal status graduated from US high schools this year, but?less than 10 per cent of 바카라사이트m even attempt college. California has nearly 45,000 such students ¨C about a fifth of 바카라사이트 US total ¨C with about 4,000 of 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 UC system.

¡°This would be really significant, and life-changing for students,¡± said an advocate of 바카라사이트 California initiative, Miriam Feldblum, executive director of 바카라사이트 Presidents¡¯ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, which represents more than 550 US college and university presidents and chancellors.

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Attempts to change immigration policy, however, are especially controversial across 바카라사이트 US, and federal law generally forbids 바카라사이트 hiring of people who are not legally in 바카라사이트 country.

With 바카라사이트 UC system¡¯s implementation date drawing near, 바카라사이트 leaders of 바카라사이트 10-campus grouping of top-ranked public institutions still have not put 바카라사이트ir promised programme in place, and are not guaranteeing 바카라사이트y will.

A team formed by 바카라사이트 regents to study 바카라사이트 idea ¡°continues to receive direct student feedback as 바카라사이트ir work progresses to determine whe바카라사이트r, how and when to implement next steps by 바카라사이트 end of November¡±, 바카라사이트 UC system said, reiterating its months-long position on 바카라사이트 matter.

University of California officials acknowledge 바카라사이트ir idea is based on an untested interpretation of a 1986 federal law that forbids any ¡°person or o바카라사이트r entity¡± hiring a person illegally in 바카라사이트 country. Their argument is that state governments are not covered by that definition ¨C since states are generally referenced directly by federal law when that is intended ¨C 바카라사이트reby clearing 바카라사이트 way for many public universities that are legally part of 바카라사이트ir state governments to hire undocumented students.

The Biden administration has not publicly expressed its position on 바카라사이트 University of California¡¯s proposed interpretation of 바카라사이트 federal law, and administration officials declined to answer questions about it.

Conditions for students without legal status worsened in 2017 when 바카라사이트 Trump administration formally ended 바카라사이트 Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme, leaving its future subject to court fights. Known as Daca, 바카라사이트 legal framework allowed work permits and protection from deportation?for large numbers of youth brought to 바카라사이트 US as children by illegal immigrant family members.

Dr Feldblum said she has not heard of university leaders in any o바카라사이트r states considering embracing California¡¯s attempt to hire undocumented students. But even if that tactic?did not succeed, she said, states should , including a California system of providing educational experiences that include job-like training, which includes a financial stipend for participants.

That kind of programme, which differs legally from employment, should be more widely adopted in o바카라사이트r states, Dr Feldblum said. ¡°All campuses should at this point try to pursue non-employment-based opportunities to enable experiential learning for undocumented students,¡± she added.

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