Calif Court Okays Undocmented Resident as Attorney
Great news for Sergio Garcia, an undocumented resident who went to law school in the U.S. and wants to be a lawyer. A California court has ruled he can be admitted to the bar as an attorney.
“We conclude that the fact that an undocumented immigrant’s presence in this country violates federal statutes is not itself a sufficient or persuasive basis for denying undocumented immigrants, as a class, admission to the State Bar,” the chief justice wrote.
Garcia waited four years for the ruling. More on his case, and that of Jose Godinez-Samperio at the ABA Journal here.
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