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State Board: State and Appointment

state board: Gov, according to Metro News. Jerry Brown in 2016 appointed to a state board a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gives protection from deportation to people brought the U.S. illegally as children.A corrected version of the story is below Lawyer in US illegally gets California statewide appointment The California Senate has named an attorney and immigrant rights activist living in the country illegally to a statewide appointment in the nation's most populous state By SOPHIA BOLLAGAssociated Press An attorney and immigrant rights activist living in the U.S. illegally has been named to a statewide appointment in the nation's most populous state, California's Senate leader announced Wednesday. In a story March 15 about a statewide appointment in California, The Associated Press reported based on information from the California state Senate that Lizbeth Mateo was the first person living in the U.S. illegally to receive a statewide appointment. The Senate Rules Committee appointed Lizbeth Mateo to be an adviser on college access and financial aid. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon framed her appointment as a rebuke of Republican President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Mateo is well known for championing protections for people without legal authorization to live in the U.S. who were brought to the country as children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.