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Bill Would Let Undocumented Students Work At Public Universities, Community Colleges

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A young person with long hair points and speaks emphatically at a person in a sport coat with short hair.
UC student Karely Amaya Rios (left) confronts UC Regent Member Ana Matosantos (right) on her vote in favor of suspending consideration of a proposal to allow the university to hire undocumented students at a UC Board of Regents meeting at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center on Jan. 25, 2024. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

Lawmaker Pushes For Allowing Undocumented Students To Work At  Colleges

Advocates for letting public universities in California hire undocumented students, who don’t have federal work authorization, have gotten a boost from Sacramento. A new proposal would let all students work, regardless of immigration status, in the UC, CSU and state community college systems.
Reporter: Danielle Venton, KQED

The Challenges Of Building Lasting Friendships

We’ve been exploring the crisis of loneliness among Californians and finding community. We turn to the topic of friendship as one all important remedy to social isolation.
Guest: Rhaina Cohen, journalist and author of the book “The Other Significant Others” 

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