Flores v. Department of Jobs & Training

OPINION

COYNE, Justice.

On the petition of the Commissioner of the Department of Jobs and Training (Department) we review a decision of the court of appeals awarding unemployment compensation to an alien. Flores v. Department of Jobs and Training, 393 N.W.2d 231, 234 (Minn.App.1986). The court of appeals held that an alien otherwise eligible for unemployment compensation is not disqualified by the expiration of her employment authorization. We affirm.

Juana Flores is a Mexican national who came to the United States around 1970 and became a Minnesota resident in 1979. 1 Initially, Flores applied…