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the article: Sergio Garcia
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As a
teenager in Northern California, Sergio Garcia worked in the almond fields and
in a grocery store, earning his way through college and then law school. He
passed the California bar exam on his first try, something just half of all
candidates do.
But when it
came time to apply for his law license, Mr. Garcia encountered a formidable
hurdle: Because he had come from Mexico illegally, he could not become a
lawyer.
[...] In
its ruling, the court said that California had paved the way for Mr. Garcia’s
admission to the bar in October when the Legislature overwhelmingly passed a
bill saying qualified applicants could be admitted to the state bar regardless
of their immigration status. The court went on to suggest that immigration
status should not be considered any differently from, say, race or religion.
