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12-22-2017, 11:50 AM
Zuckerberg-backed FWD.us: Congress failed Dreamers
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Congress passed a stopgap measure on Thursday that will prevent a government shutdown, at least until January. But FWD.us (https://www.fwd.us/blog/fwd-us-statement-congress-failure-pass-legislative-solution-dreamers-year), the organization founded by such tech titans as Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, isn't happy about one thing the spending bill is missing: protection for Dreamers.*
SEE ALSO: Mark Zuckerberg on DACA repeal: 'This is a sad day for our country' (http://mashable.com/2017/09/05/mark-zuckerberg-daca-dreamers-immigration-reform/)
Democratic leaders wanted an extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — which protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as young children — in the bill. That didn't happen, but the legislation passed anyway, funding the government until Jan. 19.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/21/fwd-us-congress-failed-to-protect-dreamers-daca/)
More about Mark Zuckerberg (http://mashable.com/category/mark-zuckerberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Bill Gates (http://mashable.com/category/bill-gates/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Immigration (http://mashable.com/category/immigration/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Dreamers (http://mashable.com/category/dreamers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Daca (http://mashable.com/category/daca/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/QPGNCr6R8gc
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Congress passed a stopgap measure on Thursday that will prevent a government shutdown, at least until January. But FWD.us (https://www.fwd.us/blog/fwd-us-statement-congress-failure-pass-legislative-solution-dreamers-year), the organization founded by such tech titans as Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, isn't happy about one thing the spending bill is missing: protection for Dreamers.*
SEE ALSO: Mark Zuckerberg on DACA repeal: 'This is a sad day for our country' (http://mashable.com/2017/09/05/mark-zuckerberg-daca-dreamers-immigration-reform/)
Democratic leaders wanted an extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — which protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as young children — in the bill. That didn't happen, but the legislation passed anyway, funding the government until Jan. 19.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/21/fwd-us-congress-failed-to-protect-dreamers-daca/)
More about Mark Zuckerberg (http://mashable.com/category/mark-zuckerberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Bill Gates (http://mashable.com/category/bill-gates/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Immigration (http://mashable.com/category/immigration/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Dreamers (http://mashable.com/category/dreamers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Daca (http://mashable.com/category/daca/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/QPGNCr6R8gc