SSCCC Voted down on supporting AB540 legislation
On November 8th, 2009, in San Francisco hotel, more than 89 Student Senate for California Community Colleges were there to represent individual colleges and vote it on 56 resolutions that were proposed by different colleges.
Unfortunately, one of the resolutions was supporting AB540 but it has failed miserably by the majority of vote.
Asian & Pacific Islanders & AB 540
Did you know:
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that about 2.5 million undocumented youth under the age of 18 live in the U.S. About 40% of these students live in California.
In the University of California (UC) system, Asian undergraduates make up 40-44% of the undocumented student population (2006-2007). Of these undergraduates:
60% are Korean 7% are Indian or Pakistani
14% are Chinese 7% are Thai or other Asian descent
10% are Filipino 1% are Pacific Islanders
1% are Japanese 1% are Vietnamese
