SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man in a legal fight to become an attorney in California despite being brought to the U.S. illegally as a child now has the support of the state Assembly.

Legislators passed a resolution 48-24 Monday on a party-line vote. It commends 35-year-old Sergio Garcia of Durham and declares that immigration status should not prohibit someone from getting a law license. Unlike a bill, a resolution merely state’s the Legislature’s intent.