Mark Zuckerberg campaigns for 'Dreamers' with a livestream from his home
Mark Zuckerberg spoke rapidly without pausing as he held a press conference Wednesday on Facebook Live. But he wasn't presenting a new product or talking about our future with video.
The CEO of Facebook used his powerful digital megaphone to speak openly about President Donald Trump's decision to repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era program that protected undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.
"To offer the American Dream to people and then to take it away and punish people for trusting their government and coming out of the shadows … is one of the most troubling things that I’ve seen in a long time in our country," Zuckerberg said before he let three "Dreamers," as the immigrants are called, share their stories. Former President Barack Obama's DACA program allowed Dreamers to go to school and work without fear of deportation so long as they registered with the federal government. They could even enlist in the military. There are about 800,000 Dreamers. Read more...
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