Zuckerberg-backed FWD.us: Congress failed Dreamers

Congress passed a stopgap measure on Thursday that will prevent a government shutdown, at least until January. But FWD.us, 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. 

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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...

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