University of California Shelves Undocumented Worker Hiring Plan

University of California regents voted Thursday to table action for at least a year on a plan to allow unauthorized immigrants to be hired on campus.

UC President Michael Drake said a legal pathway for the hiring plan wasn’t viable at this time and carried significant risks to the institution.

“For that reason, it is inadvisable for the university to initiate implementation right now,” he said.

Student organizers in 2022 launched a campaign calling for UC to hire immigrants without regard to their legal status, citing a novel argument that federal law does not prevent state government entities like the ...