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Sergio Covarrubias Garcia (born March 1, 1977)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sergio-c-garcia/ )〕 is a California attorney specializing in personal injury. On February 1, 2014, Garcia, then 36, became the first undocumented immigrant to be admitted to the State Bar of California since 2008, when applicants were first required to list citizenship status on bar applications. == California Bar Admission== On September 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of California heard oral argument on the ''In re'' Garcia admission matter. During arguments on the matter, it became apparent that the court would be unable to grant Garcia’s petition for bar admission unless legislative action allowed them to do so. Justice Marvin R. Baxter asked why nobody had reached out to the California State Legislature, noting, “I would imagine there would be a great deal of support for something like this.” Garcia then began lobbying members of the legislature until a bill was finally introduced recommending applicants be allowed to practice law if they have met all other bar requirements in spite of having been brought into the country unlawfully by their parents. The court testified in a hearing of the legislature recommending that immigrants who were brought here illegally as minors should be allowed to obtain law licenses, and the legislature passed said legislation just three days later. Governor Jerry Brown signed the legislation on October 5, 2013, and the bill went into effect January 1, 2014. In a January 2, 2014, unanimous decision consistent with the new legislation, the court instructed the State Bar, an arm of the court,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.calbar.ca.gov/AboutUs.aspx )〕 to admit Garcia, rejecting arguments of the United States Department of Justice and others that federal law precluded his admission due to his undocumented status. According to the court's decision, section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code “generally restricts an undocumented immigrant’s eligibility to obtain a professional license, but that also contains a subsection expressly authorizing a state to render an undocumented immigrant eligible to obtain such a professional license through the enactment of a state law meeting specified requirements.”〔 After Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill No. 1159 on September 28, 2014, requiring "all 40 licensing boards under the California Department of Consumer Affairs to consider applicants regardless of immigration status by 2016," Garcia was cited as being part of the inspiration for the bill. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sergio C. Garcia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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