Carillo v. Employment Division

*206BUTTLER, P. J.

Petitioner seeks judicial review of a final order of the Employment Appeals Board determining that she is not entitled to unemployment benefits because she does not have an immigrant visa or work authorization from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and is, therefore, “unavailable” for work. We reverse.

Petitioner entered the United States from Mexico in 1975. She did not have any type of visa. She was employed in Hermiston by the J.R. Simplot Company from June, 1978, until June, 1984, when she was discharged, pursuant to a new company policy, because she could not…