The Regents yesterday responded to calls for UC to employ undocumented students by creating a committee - a working group - to study the legalities of doing so. See below. (We will be reviewing the May 18 and 19 Regents meetings as time permits. As always, we have preserved recordings of the meetings indefinitely on the Internet Archive since the Regents have no policy on the duration of their preservation.)
UC statement from President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and Board of Regents Chair Richard Leib
UC Office of the President, May 18, 2023
University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and Board of Regents Chair Richard Leib today (May 18) issued the following statement on student employment opportunities:
The University is committed to ensuring that all students, regardless of their immigration status, can pursue and attain a world-class UC education. This should include providing enriching student employment opportunities to all students. After an in-depth discussion, consistent with the adopted policy statement, the Board of Regents appointed a Regents working group that, by the end of November of this year, will consider relevant issues and develop an implementation plan and a legal strategy. The working group will determine whether, how and when to implement next steps.
The Regents could have just gone ahead and green-lighted the hiring. Since they did not do so, we can infer that in their closed discussion of this issue, some potential legal obstacles were presented by the general counsel. When in doubt, create a committee.
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