Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: Immigration and the knowledge economy

This is a good opinion piece about why we need immigrants and need them to succeed, especially in our new knowledge economy.  - - Donna Poisl

By Mark Zuckerberg,

Earlier this year I started teaching a class on entrepreneurship at an after-school program in my community. The middle-school students put together business plans, made their products and even got an opportunity to sell them.

One day I asked my students what they thought about going to college. One of my top aspiring entrepreneurs told me he wasn’t sure that he’d be able to go to college because he’s undocumented. His family is from Mexico, and they moved here when he was a baby. Many students in my community are in the same situation; they moved to the United States so early in their lives that they have no memories of living anywhere else.

These students are smart and hardworking, and they should be part of our future.
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