Illegals can collect California workers compensation.Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Undocumented immigrants injured on the job are entitled to California workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. benefits despite their legal status, a state appeals court ruled. The court ruled that an employer could not deny workers' compensation benefits to an employee who was in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. illegally. The employer's lawyer argued that federal immigration laws over-rode the state's workers' compensation system, which provides medical care and disability benefits to injured employees. "California law has expressly declared immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. status irrelevant to the issue of liability to pay compensation to an injured worker," the three-judge panel said in a unanimous decision. |
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