County in California will take on the civil service of immigrants: before such work required US citizenship

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously and without debate to hire stateless people to government positions in the county, reports FOXBusiness. Previously, access to such work required US citizenship.

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This policy will not apply to positions where U.S. citizenship is required by state or federal law. Immigrants will also not be able to work for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department or any other law enforcement positions - they still have US citizenship requirements.

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According to the authors of this legislative initiative, the new policy "ensures fair and impartial consideration of job applicants, regardless of their national origin, citizenship, or other factors that are not related to the successful performance of job duties."

Last year, the County Board of Supervisors asked the DA's Office and the Department of Human Resources to review the legality of lifting citizenship requirements for county officials. They all analyzed and came to the conclusion that this requirement can be eliminated if it is established by local law, and not by state law or federal regulation.

“Los Angeles County is a community of immigrants from all over the world,” said bill co-sponsor Hilda Solis. “And while our county and government employees are a good reflection of the community they represent, there is room for improvement.” Our legislative proposal seeks to make clear that the District, as one of the region's largest employers, is committed to being inclusive and diverse, and is committed to not allowing citizenship to be a barrier to employment.”

As of 2018, approximately 880 non-U.S. citizens lived in Los Angeles County. Many of them are qualified to work in municipal positions, but are not allowed to do so due to the citizenship requirement.

“Barriers to employment based on cultural, racial, ethnic or religious characteristics are contrary to our core values. Citizenship is not something special, it just combines these demographic characteristics, said Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia. “Solis’ bill would promote fairness in hiring and provide the Office of the Public Defender with access to the most qualified applicants for employment, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status.”

“The immigrant experience will enhance our vision, mission and values ​​to protect the legal and human rights of our clients and allow us to more readily realize our goal of having our employees fully represent the diversity of the population we serve,” Garcia continued. .

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The new policy says removing the citizenship requirement will also help attract multilingual workers, thus "connecting with vulnerable communities and improving their access to critical services."

Edit August 5th: the previous version of this article contained information that the right to enter the civil service extends to illegal immigrants. In fact, we are talking only about legal immigrants.

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