The Democrat-held California Legislature passed a first-of-its-kind bill that will require public universities in the Golden State to hire undocumented students who do not have work permits, forcing Gov. Gavin Newsom to weigh in on the measure during an election year.
Assembly Bill 2586 would prohibit “the University of California, California State University, or California Community Colleges from disqualifying a student from being hired for an employment position due to the student’s failure to provide proof of federal work authorization, except where that proof is required by federal law or where that proof is required as a condition of a grant that funds the particular employment position for which the student has applied.”
The bill was first introduced by San Diego-based Democrat David Alvarez in February in response to the University of California rejecting a similar proposal.
Read more at Newsmax© 2024 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
