LOS ANGELES – A California Court of Appeal on Tuesday ruled the Regents of the University of California’s policy of barring undocumented immigrants from accessing on-campus jobs and paid research positions violates state law.

The three-judge panel’s decision concluded “the University’s employment policy facially discriminates based on immigration status and that, in light of applicable state law, the discriminatory policy cannot be justified by the University’s” reasons.

San Francisco, CA - A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday ordered a halt to the Trump administration’s decisions ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua while the case proceeds.