The issue of UC hiring (or not hiring) undocumented students keeps coming up in public comments at Regents meetings. The next open Regents meetings are in mid-September. Whether the issue will be on the agenda is unknown.
From the Daily Bruin: The California Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in the case Umaña Muñoz v. Regents of the University of California in October 2025, letting stand the court of appeals’ ruling that the University cannot bar undocumented students from holding on-campus jobs and that the UC’s current hiring policies discriminate based on immigration status. However, more than eight months later, immigrant rights advocates said the UC has not taken action to comply with the ruling...
A UC Office of the President spokesperson said in an emailed statement that... the court’s decision doesn’t change current hiring practices or mandate the UC to hire undocumented students, the spokesperson added. ...UC... previously argued during the court case that its hiring policies aim to comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, a federal law that makes it illegal for employers to hire undocumented people. A majority of regents said not complying would risk billions of dollars in federal research grants...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2026/08/02/undocumented-students-push-for-uc-job-opportunities-citing-california-court-ruling.
Note: The case can be found at:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/117570869.html.
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