Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have announced they’re donating $5 million to a scholarship fund to help undocumented immigrants in the U.S. attend college.
In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg said he made the donation to the fund, called TheDream.US, to allow hundreds of young immigrants the chance to receive a legal education.
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“America was founded as a nation of immigrants, ” wrote Zuckerberg. “We ought to welcome smart and hardworking young people from every nation, and to help everyone in our society achieve their full potential. If we help more young immigrants climb the ladder to new opportunities, then our country will make greater progress.”
The Facebook CEO wrote that the gift will create a scholarship fund to enable over 400 immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area attend college. “Over the coming years, our hope is to prepare hundreds of students to graduate with associate or bachelor’s degrees so they can build meaningful new careers, ” he wrote.
Zuckerberg’s involvement in immigration reform started in 2013 when he co-founded FWD.US, an organization that “mobilizing the tech community in support of policies that keep the American Dream achievable in the 21st century, starting with comprehensive immigration reform.”
