MARK ZUCKERBERG FILES BRIEF SUPPORTING OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

BY SEUNG LEE ON 3/8/16 AT 5:59 PM

Mark Zuckerberg has signed his name on an amicus brief supporting President Barack Obama's executive orders protecting certain immigrants without documentation from deportation, which is currently part of a Supreme Court case.

Zuckerberg was the most high-profile name on the list of 63 American businesses and executives, which included Redfin Corp., LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman and influential, San Francisco-based venture capitalist Ron Conway. Zuckerberg is one of the three founders of FWD.us, a lobbying group focused on immigration reform that was started in 2013.

"The business community would benefit from policies that afford undocumented individuals—approximately 11 million of whom live in the United States—lawful opportunities to contribute to the American economy," the amicus brief reads. "Conversely, the failure of our political system to make progress on modernizing our nation's immigration system has made it harder for U.S. businesses to compete in the global marketplace."

http://www.newsweek.com/mark-zuckerb...umented-434877