The UC system has been directed to reconsider its ban on employing undocumented students, per a California Court of Appeals ruling Aug. 5.
Current UC policy dictates that undocumented students cannot hold any campus job, including teaching assistant and research positions. The university is being directed to “reconsider its policy based on proper criteria,” according to the court’s decision.
The suit was originally filed against the UC Board of Regents in October 2024 by UCLA alumnus Jeffry Umaña Muñoz and UCLA lecturer Iliana Perez, who is also the executive director of Immigrants Rising, a San Francisco-based organization increasing access to education for undocumented individuals…