On May 18, University of California (UC) President Michael Drake and Board of Regents Chair Richard Leib issued a joint statement indicating that the school system plans to remove employment restrictions for hiring undocumented students.

“The University is committed to ensuring that all students, regardless of their immigration status, can pursue and attain a world-class UC education,” they stated. “This should include providing enriching student employment opportunities to all students.”

Drake and Leib said that the UC Board of Regents ultimately met and 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.”