Speaking about the donation in his Facebook post Mark Zuckerberg said "America was founded as a nation of immigrants. We ought to welcome smart and hardworking young people from every nation, and to help everyone in our society achieve their full potential."
Sources close to the Facebook CEO say he is passionate about the issue of immigration reform.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan.
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The Zuckerbergs made the $5m donation to TheDream.us-a scholarship fund for young undocumented immigrants.
You will recall that Mark founded FWD.us to lobby for citizenship for about 11 million un-documented immigrants.
With this donation, un-documented immigrants in San Francisco Bay will achieve their dream of going to college.
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Speaking about the donation on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg said 'Today Priscilla and I made a $5 million donation tothedream.us, a scholarship fund that helps undocumented young immigrants in the US attend college.Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants are part of our communities and attend school legally in the United States. Many of them moved to America early in their lives and can’t remember living anywhere else. They want to remain in the country they love and be a part of America’s future…'
Watch this heart to heart, no holds barred interview with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO.
